• Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Hindmarsh
• Minister for Health and Ageing (since 13 May 2025)
  Minister for Disability and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (since 13 May 2025)
  Deputy Leader of the House (since 1 Jun 2022)
• Left House of Representatives on n/a — Still in office
• Entered House of Representatives on — Federal election

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Questions without Notice: Aged Care (15 Oct 2026)

“The bill returns the private health insurance subsidy system to its original design, where households next door to each other get the same rebate, based on their income, so that households on $50,000 or $70,000 or $90,000 will all receive a quarter of their private health bill paid for by taxpayers. Now, I don't pretend this is an easy decision. I've said that from the beginning. But it is...”

Questions without Notice: Aged Care (15 Oct 2026)

“Thank you to the member for Petrie. She knows that government has no more important job than providing high-quality, dignified aged-care services to older Australians in their final months and years on this planet. And, from the time that we were elected in 2022, there's been no higher priority for this prime minister and for the government, going through the hard work of implementing the...”

Motions: Private Health Insurance (15 Oct 2026)

“We don't support this motion. It's another political stunt from the opposition, echoing the political stunt we saw in the other place yesterday afternoon which essentially signalled the return of the 'no-alition'—”

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• Has spoken in 98 debates in the last year — above average amongst Representatives.
• People have made 3 comments on this Representative's speeches — well above average amongst Representatives.
• This Representative's speeches are understandable to an average 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 76 people are tracking whenever this Representative speaks .
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 601 times in debates — well above average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)