Statement on Sri Lanka Flooding
Sri Lanka is facing one of its worst flood disasters in two decades, with nearly one million people affected and more than 400 reported dead or missing after Cyclone Ditwah unleashed catastrophic flooding and landslides across the island. My thoughts are with our wonderful Sri Lankan Australian community at this difficult time. I welcome the […]
Media Release – Labor Adandoned Ipswich On Public Health Inquiry – LNP Delivered Action
Locally based Senator Paul Scarr has spoken in the Senate expressing his deep concern about the serious health impacts caused by odours from waste facilities on Ipswich residents—and condemning Labor for turning its back on the community. Senator Scarr said “On 7 November 2023, I rose in the Senate to call for a public health […]
Media Release – Affordable & Responsible – The Liberal Plan For Affordable Energy and Lower Emissions
The Liberal Party has today announced a new direction in energy and emissions policy, placingaffordable energy and the cost of living at the centre of Australia’s economic future. Leader of the Opposition Sussan Ley and Shadow Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction DanTehan said the Liberal Party’s priority will be to deliver affordable energy for […]
Media Release – Ipswich Mortgage Meltdown – Labor’s Economic Mismanagement Exposed
Locally based Senator Paul Scarr has spoken in the Senate overnight expressing his deep concern with respect to the level of mortgage stress being faced within the Ipswich region. This follows the release of alarming new data from Digital Finance Analytics (DFA) and last week’s increase in inflation. The Digital Finance Analytics survey of over […]
Media Release – Tony Burke Appearance On Insiders
The Minister for Immigration, the Hon. Tony Burke MP, appeared on the ABC’s Insiders earlier today and gave a woeful defence of the reason the Government abandoned multi-year planning for Australia’s immigration programme. Shadow Minister for Immigration, Senator Paul Scarr said: The Prime Minister announced that the Labor Government was moving to a multi-year planning […]
Senate Estimates Outcomes
ISIS brides cover-up revealed The Albanese Government knew a cohort of ISIS brides and their children were coming back to Australia months ago but refused to tell the public. They knew as early as June yet kept Australians in the dark despite repeated media stories and questions from the Opposition. It wasn’t until Senate Estimates […]
Address to the Migration Institute of Australia
I thank the Migration Institute of Australia for the invitation to present at your national conference. Our immigration policy must be a policy which has a social licence – a policy which has the support of the Australian people. The Mapping Cohesion Report jointly published by the Scanlon Foundation, the Australian Multicultural Foundation and ANU […]
Media Release – Population Surge Highlights Labor’s Failure to Plan for Growth
Australia’s population grew by 1.6 per cent in the 12 months to March 2025, reaching 27.5 million, according to new figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The ABS advised that 315,900 of the population increase was attributable to net overseas migration. Shadow Minister for Immigration, Senator Paul Scarr, said the figures indicate that the […]
Media Release – A National Response To Islamophobia Report
Friday, 12 September 2025 Australia’s Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia, Mr. Aftab Malik, handed down his independent submission to the Australian Government on Islamophobia today. This role was established in 2024, alongside the Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism. When Australians are targeted or marginalised because of their faith, culture or background, it damages the social […]
Media Release – Senator Welcomes Bundamba Land Release to Boost Housing Supply
Shadow Minister for Immigration and Shadow Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, Senator Paul Scarr has welcomed the Queensland Government’s announcement to unlock 6.1 hectares of development-ready land in Bundamba, Ipswich, as a positive step toward addressing the state’s housing supply challenges. “This is a constructive move by the Queensland Government, and I commend the […]