• National Party Representative for Riverina
• Entered House of Representatives on 21 August 2010 — Federal election
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Bills: Australian Centre for Disease Control Bill 2025, Australian Centre for Disease Control (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025; Second Reading (9 Oct 2025)

“See, you can hear it—just smug, just hubris. And it's not funny. It's serious, and I'm being deadly serious, because it was a deadly time. We lost so many lives, and we mourn for those thousands of Australians who did lose their lives because of COVID. So disease preparedness is important, and that's why this legislation is important. And it should be important enough for every Labor...”

Bills: Australian Centre for Disease Control Bill 2025, Australian Centre for Disease Control (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025; Second Reading (9 Oct 2025)

“Don't laugh! Please do not laugh! It truly was. It was recognised by the Hopkins Centre as being the second-best in the world. There was no manual at the time that we could have pulled down from the shelf which said, 'This is what you do when you have a global pandemic,' because we hadn't had one for a hundred years, and the last one occurred just after the First World War. Of course,...”

Bills: Australian Centre for Disease Control Bill 2025, Australian Centre for Disease Control (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2025; Second Reading (9 Oct 2025)

“When Labor first took office in the term before this one, they came to power on the promise that they would be transparent and that there would be no secrets. 'Let the sunshine in,' they said, and the public believed them. The public took them at face value as to what they said they would do as far as accountability is concerned. Yet, time and time again, we are being faced with the prospect...”

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• Has spoken in 88 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Representatives.
• People have made 7 comments on this Representative's speeches — well above average amongst Representatives.
• This Representative's speeches are understandable to an average 16–17 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") 1343 times in debates — well above average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)

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