Scott Ludlam

Scott Ludlam is an Australian politician, representing Western Australia in the Senate on behalf of the Australian Greens since being elected in 2007 (sworn in July 2008.)

It was thought that Ludlam had lost his senate seat in the 2013 federal election. However, following an AEC recount of votes and controversy over lost ballot papers, Ludlam retained his seat, much to the dismay of certain people.

This caused Clive Palmer to take the decision to the high court, which resulted in a senate election re-run being called for the state of Western Australia.

That speech
Leading up to the senate rerun, Ludlam delivered a speech to the Senate grilling Tony Abbott and his government. This speech naturally went viral, and led to Ludlam romping it in in the Western Australian senate reelection.