• Australian Labor Party Representative for Rankin
• Treasurer (since 1 Jun 2022)
• Entered House of Representatives on 7 September 2013 — Federal election
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Questions without Notice: Budget (30 Jun 2026)

“The Leader of the Opposition has been interjecting once again about the ladder, and I'll say once again to the Leader of the Opposition that not everybody fails upwards up the ladder like the Leader of the Opposition does. Not everybody starts their life at the top of the ladder. There's not much point in a ladder if the first few rungs are missing. That's the case when it comes to the...”

Questions without Notice: Budget (30 Jun 2026)

“I'd be very surprised if the Leader of the Opposition wants to go down this path, which I suspect is why nobody on the frontbench asked that question. Just like the Leader of the Opposition, the questions from the Liberal and National parties are becoming increasingly desperate and more than a little bit pathetic. Our changes in the budget that we announced less than two months ago are about...”

Questions without Notice: Cost of Living (30 Jun 2026)

“I take their interjections. I know that the member for Lindsay has been saying that they need to rebrand their values over there. It's not a marketing problem over there; it's a meltdown. The member for Hume said that his leadership was a change or die moment, and then he made the wrong choice. He said it was a change or die moment, and then he forgot to change. So that leaves only one...”

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• Has spoken in 103 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Representatives.
• People have made 0 comments on this Representative's speeches — average amongst Representatives.
• This Representative's speeches are understandable to an average 17–18 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") 815 times in debates — well above average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)

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