• Former Australian Labor Party Representative for Corio
• Minister for Defence (since 1 Jun 2022)
  Deputy Prime Minister (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: Cybersecurity (27 Oct 2026)

“I thank the member for his question and acknowledge his great work on the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security. Today the government has released the Australian Signals Directorate's Annual cyber threat report. It reveals that in the last financial year ASD responded to 1,500 cyber incidents, which is an annual increase of 20 per cent. By historic standards, that's a big...”

Questions without Notice: Defence Properties (26 Oct 2026)

“I take the interjection in respect of defence history. It is really important, and I understand the importance of that history to the Australian Army. To be clear, most members of the Australian Army have never been to Victoria Barracks Sydney, nor is Victoria Barracks Sydney open to most members of the Australian Army. What we are talking about doing now is opening it to the entire nation....”

Questions without Notice: Defence Properties (26 Oct 2026)

“I thank the member for his question. What was clear, when we came to government, was that we had, as a nation, a significant defence estate, much of which we did not use, and we were spending not hundreds of thousands of dollars in maintaining it but hundreds of millions. We undertook an independent audit of the entire defence estate to properly understand what Defence needed and what it...”

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• Has spoken in 39 debates in the last year — well below 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 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 31 people are tracking whenever this Representative speaks .
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 518 times in debates — above average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)