• Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Lilley
• Left House of Representatives on 18 May 2019 — retired
• Entered House of Representatives on 13 March 1993 — Federal election

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Prime Minister: (20 Jun 2006)

“Yes. The Prime Minister has doctored Hansard”

Matters of Public Importance: Workplace Relations (20 Jun 2006)

“The vandalism of the government, when it comes to tax, is exposed because they draw attention to the tax wedge. You get higher unemployment when there is a large tax wedge—a large difference between what it costs an employer to employ a worker and what the worker gets in the hand. The government is operating a tax wedge on someone on minimum wages of 98c in every additional dollar they...”

Matters of Public Importance: Workplace Relations (20 Jun 2006)

“I withdraw. The third prejudice of this Prime Minister is that we cannot have any decent protection for workers from unfair dismissal. He has ranted and raved about that. Of course we do need sensible unfair dismissal laws, but we have a Prime Minister who wants to rip them away altogether. He has done that for firms of a particular size. We have a Treasurer whose absurd position is that he...”

More of Wayne Swan's recent appearances

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• Has spoken in 8 debates in the last year — well below average amongst Representatives.
• People have made 2 comments on this Representative's speeches — average amongst Representatives.
• This Representative's speeches are understandable to an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 20 people are tracking whenever this Representative speaks .
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1025 times in debates — well above average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)