• Former Liberal Party Senator for WA
• Became a Senator on 11 March 2009 — Federal election
• Left Senate on 31 July 2017 — Resigned

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Bills: Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Broadcasting Reform) Bill 2017, Commercial Broadcasting (Tax) Bill 2017; Second Reading (22 Jun 2017)

“I was told that I could stop at five o'clock tonight and I would be out of here, Senator Dastyari, and here it is, a quarter to midnight, and I am still going. So no, I do not need his vote, but he is a fine Western Australian, and he is very, very knowledgeable in this space.”

Bills: Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Broadcasting Reform) Bill 2017, Commercial Broadcasting (Tax) Bill 2017; Second Reading (22 Jun 2017)

“Thank you, Acting Deputy President Bernardi. The chamber will be delighted to learn that I am not attempting to emulate Dame Nellie in terms of her beautiful soprano voice! But I want to associate myself with the comments that have been made by everyone in this debate this evening on the Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Broadcasting Reform) Bill 2017, particularly as it relates to...”

Bills: Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Broadcasting Reform) Bill 2017, Commercial Broadcasting (Tax) Bill 2017; Second Reading (22 Jun 2017)

“Well, thank you very much, Senator McKim! But it is the case that the two-in-three rule is redundant; it is out, finished. It is like the man who fell out of the balloon and just is not in it anymore. Therefore, we have to move with the times. We have to accept that at any time, at any moment, any one of us now—in fact, people who have no interest in what I am saying may well be doing...”

More of Christopher Back's recent appearances

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• Has spoken in 90 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Senators.
• People have made 4 comments on this Senator's speeches — above average amongst Senators.
• 10 people are tracking whenever this Senator speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 517 times in debates — above average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)