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Federal parliamentary service8 years 7 month(s) and 23 days.Duration reported by the Parliamentary Handbook · 28 Oct 2026
Current ministry / shadow entries0Includes office-holder entries such as Cabinet membership; not a count of distinct policy areas.
Parliamentary service
First entered federal Parliament: 2 July 2016.
Service periods below follow the Handbook’s election and service boundaries. The source-reported duration above is shown separately from our interval calculation.
1 July 2025 – CurrentSenate
Re-elected 2025
1 July 2019 – 30 June 2025Senate
Elected to the Senate for Queensland 2019.
2 July 2016 – 27 Oct 2017Senate
Elected to the Senate for Queensland 2016. Election ruled void 27.10.2017 under section 44 (i) of the Constitution; ruled ineligible from 2.7.2016.
Current responsibilities
Ministry and shadow ministry
No current ministry or shadow-ministry appointment is recorded in this Handbook snapshot.
Parliamentary and party offices
No additional current parliamentary or party office is recorded in this import.
These are the Handbook’s dated appointments. Party spokespeople and committee memberships outside these records need their own source checks.
Background before Parliament
Qualifications recorded by Parliament
Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) Honours, University of Queensland
Master of Business Administration, University of Chicago
Occupations recorded by Parliament
Investigating climate claims from 2008
General manager from 1990 to 1993.
Mine manager from 1983 to 1988.
Mining engineer from 1979 to 1983.
Coal face miner underground from 1977 to 1979.
Vineyard labourer, 1973.
Appointment history
View 1 dated office and portfolio entries
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Acting Whip18 Oct 2021 – 21 Oct 2021
