Opinion Articles
“It is Bull….. It is total Bull….” Senator Canavan and Senator O’Sullivan call out the Tasmania test and the live sheep mess
Senator Matt Canavan has never been one for consensus or caution. He is the hard-dry economist in a Parliament of weather vanes—blunt, unshakably conservative, and armed with a calculator where others bring slogans. Born in Southport, Queensland in 1980, Canavan studied economics at the University of Queensland, graduating with first-class honours before joining the Productivity Commission. There, he learned how to dismantle bad ideas with data, discovering that bureaucrats can be just as reckless with
Trevor Whittington
October 17, 2025
