• Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Watson
• Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (since 13 May 2025)
  Minister for Cyber Security (since 29 Jul 2024)
  Minister for Home Affairs (since 29 Jul 2024)
  Minister for the Arts (since 1 Jun 2022)
  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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Documents: Presentation (15 Oct 2026)

“These documents are tabled in accordance with the list circulated to honourable members earlier today. Full details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings.”

Questions without Notice: Cybersecurity (15 Oct 2026)

“I thank the member for Reid for the question and, in particular, for the work that the member for Reid is leading on cybersecurity with the House of Representatives Committee. When we talk about different threats to the country, particularly in terms of terrorism, we often talk about whether a threat is 'possible' or 'probable'. We don't tend to use that language with respect to...”

Questions without Notice: Employment (15 Oct 2026)

“To the point of order, I just refer to the ruling you gave yesterday, where you referred specifically to tags like the one here and the way that significantly widens where relevance is able to go. It's the same way that Tony Smith used to rule. And, at any rate, the compare-and-contrast principle always remains.”

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• Has spoken in 294 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Representatives.
• People have made 2 comments on this Representative's speeches — above average amongst Representatives.
• This Representative's speeches are understandable to an average 17–18 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 50 people are tracking whenever this Representative speaks .
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1551 times in debates — well above average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)