• Australian Greens Senator for SA
• Became a Senator on 1 July 2008 — General election
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Bills: Deterring People Smuggling Bill 2011; In Committee (25 Nov 2011)

“I would like to make it very clear for the sake of Hansard, and to anybody listening, that the government have consistently failed to show that there is anything in the current legislation that has acted as a deterrent. This bill is named the Deterring People Smuggling Bill, yet the government cannot provide any evidence that the current act and criminal charges within the Migration Act have...”

Bills: Deterring People Smuggling Bill 2011; In Committee (25 Nov 2011)

“I will ask the question again: is the government going to consider amendments to the mandatory sentencing regime?”

Bills: Deterring People Smuggling Bill 2011; In Committee (25 Nov 2011)

“I would like to give the minister an opportunity again to put on the record exactly what evidence the government has that the current legislation has indeed deterred anybody from participating in people smuggling.”

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• Has spoken in 89 debates in the last year — above average amongst Senators.
• People have made 5 comments on this Senator's speeches — well above average amongst Senators.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 174 times in debates — average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)