Politics
Chamarette was appointed to the Senate in 1992, following the resignation of Jo Vallentine. In 1995, she proposed an Export Control Amendment Bill that would ban woodchip exports from old-growth forests. She was opposed to privatising Telstra and delayed the Mabo legislation by demanding the inclusion of mineral rights in the compensation package for native title holders.
She was defeated at the 1996 general election; her term ending several months later on 30 June 1996. Chamarette said that when working in the Senate, she thought it was the most important work of her life, but she now refers to it as simply "useful experience".
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