James Paterson

Liberal Party MP and member of IPA

Senator James Paterson was sworn in as a Liberal Senator for Victoria in the Australian Parliament in March 2016. He was appointed by a joint-sitting of the Victorian Parliament to the casual vacancy caused by the retirement of Senator the Hon. Michael Ronaldson on 9 March 2016. He was re-elected at the July 2016 federal election.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Positions

Liberal Party of Australia Major right-wing political party in Australia, which espouses both a 'socially conservative' and a 'neoliberal' (free market agenda) for Australia

• Senator ('16→?)

Institute of Public Affairs Australian neoliberal/libertarian think tank

• Director ('14→'16)*

Memberships

Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (Australia) The PJCIS is a joint committee of the Parliament of Australia which oversees Australia's primary agencies of the Australian Intelligence Community

• Chair (Feb 4 '21→May 23 '22)

Miscellaneous Relationships

2024 The Sydney Dialogue, ASPI Australian Strategic Policy Institute's premier policy for critical, emerging and cyber technologies.

• host (Sep 2 '24→Sep 3 '24)*

ARC Conference 2023 Alliance for Responsible Citizenship inaugural conference in November 2023.

• host (Oct 30 '23→Nov 1 '23)*

Updated 12 months ago

Types	Person, Elected Representative
Website	https://senatorpaterson.com.au/
Region	Australia and Oceania

Twitter @senpaterson