• 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)
• Entered House of Representatives on 24 November 2007 — Federal election
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Questions without Notice: Health Care (6 Nov 2025)

“I acknowledge the member's advocacy for the return of this privatised hospital, effectively, to public hands. Can I remind the House that no Labor government has privatised hospitals over the last 30 years, while Liberal government after Liberal government around the country has persisted with this failed experiment of privatising public acute care hospitals. The first time I dealt with it...”

Questions without Notice: Health Care (6 Nov 2025)

“It just reminds us that the leadership, the frontbench, of those opposite hate urgent care clinics. Their backbench, though, are very supportive of them—constantly advocating for one, sending us emails and starting up petitions! If only their frontbench let them get what they want! But I thank the member for Cunningham for her question and for her advocacy for a stronger Medicare in the...”

Questions without Notice: Medical Research Future Fund (6 Nov 2025)

“Thank you to the Prime Minister for giving me the opportunity to answer the member's question. Can I say, first of all, how much we value your experience and contributions in this place to health policy generally—particularly the time you're taking to represent and advocate the interests of the medical research institute sector, which has been in the building over the last several days....”

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• Has spoken in 47 debates in the last year — well 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 19–20 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 502 times in debates — above average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)

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