--- title: "Susan McDonald: political ads and spending | Election Computer" description: "What Susan McDonald has spent on Facebook and Instagram ads, and the ads themselves." url: "https://election.computer/mp/susan-mcdonald" --- [Home](https://election.computer/) / [Politicians](https://election.computer/mps) / [Queensland](https://election.computer/seats/senate/queensland) LNP Senate # Susan McDonald Senator for [Queensland](https://election.computer/seats/senate/queensland), [LNP](https://election.computer/party/liberal) ## About Susan McDonald Susan McDonald is an Australian Senator for Queensland and a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP). She sits with the National Party in federal parliament and has a background in agribusiness. Her Facebook and Instagram ads focus on immigration, economy tax and cost of living. First elected 2019 federal election, term beginning 1 July 2019 Born 7 February 1970, Brisbane Education Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Economics, University of Queensland Before parliament Managing director of Super Butcher, 2014 to 2019 Shadow ministry Resigned in January 2026 after crossing the floor Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan%5FMcDonald), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026. Spent on ads $1.5K–$2.3K Ads seen 4 Running now 4 Paid for by Senator Susan McDonald, according to the ads' disclaimers. [See this page in Meta's Ad Library](https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active%5Fstatus=all&ad%5Ftype=political%5Fand%5Fissue%5Fads&country=AU&view%5Fall%5Fpage%5Fid=2095657470702857) ## Biggest ads Ranked by what Meta says was spent on each design, across every copy of it. - [![Working every day for Queensland. Like my page to see how decisions in Canberra affect you - and what I'm doing about them.](https://election.computer/media/0be4d968106a592b2aa5dc42f8c0c0c8db1486526ad6cf4749e90e0b05aa3f1d?w=480) $1.5K–$2K spent Running since 10 Dec](https://election.computer/ad/0be4d968106a592b2aa5dc42f8c0c0c8db1486526ad6cf4749e90e0b05aa3f1d) - [![Australians are paying the price for Labor’s out of control spending. Only the Liberals and the Nationals have a plan to fix our economy a](https://election.computer/media/41783a6f3d51acf403a019d243f0cfb33a71584efcdfa0391933e41c713ce8eb?w=480) Under $100 spent Running since 9 Nov](https://election.computer/ad/41783a6f3d51acf403a019d243f0cfb33a71584efcdfa0391933e41c713ce8eb) - [![Labor blames global events. But you can't be unlucky 17 times. The Liberals and Nationals have a plan. We will put a speed limit on spendin](https://election.computer/media/781ebd66779eba25df35c5ba77cc30eac385b94685783286fc63636b63e6511a?w=480) Under $100 spent Running since 3 Nov](https://election.computer/ad/781ebd66779eba25df35c5ba77cc30eac385b94685783286fc63636b63e6511a) - [![15 years after Labor’s unlawful live cattle export ban devastated Northern Australia’s cattle industry, hundreds of producers are STILL wait](https://election.computer/media/9ae59ff4bf9bba2f5ec9d632a06cd3cc5cd996ae3858f94b9a2ea2cb358ada00?w=480) Under $100 spent Running since 3 Nov](https://election.computer/ad/9ae59ff4bf9bba2f5ec9d632a06cd3cc5cd996ae3858f94b9a2ea2cb358ada00) ## What the ads are about Topics read from the ads we've analysed so far, by number of ads. - Economy tax 3 ads - Cost of living 2 ads - Immigration 1 ad ## Other LNP members of the Senate [Liberal spending, LNP included](https://election.computer/party/liberal) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_McGrath_2017.jpg?width=96)**James McGrath** LNP, Senator for Queensland ](https://election.computer/mp/james-mcgrath) Party and seat checked against the Parliament House member list on 11 November 2026\. --- Ads and spend from Meta's Ad Library, checked every Sunday, last on 11 Nov 2026\. Meta reports spend as a range for each ad, so every total here is a range too. [Search](https://election.computer/search) [Who's spending](https://election.computer/who) [Federal divisions](https://election.computer/seats/federal) [Senators](https://election.computer/mps/senate) [How this works](https://election.computer/about) For AI agents: [site guide (llms.txt)](https://election.computer/llms.txt), [sitemap](https://election.computer/sitemap.xml), [developer guide](https://election.computer/developers.md). Every page is available as Markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown` or add `.md` to the path.