• Australian Labor Party Representative for Hindmarsh
• Minister for Health and Ageing (since 13 May 2025)
  Minister for Disability and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (since 13 May 2025)
  Deputy Leader of the House (since 1 Jun 2022)
• Entered House of Representatives on 24 November 2007 — Federal election
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Questions without Notice: Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (26 Mar 2026)

“I say thank you to the member for Macquarie, firstly, for her support for all of the new services we've rolled out in her electorate—the new Medicare mental health centre, an endometriosis clinic, a second headspace and, of course, the urgent care clinic in Windsor that opened this year—but also for her question, because she knows that there are more than 20,000 Australians today...”

Questions without Notice: Indigenous Health: Diabetes (25 Mar 2026)

“While I strongly reject the characterisation that the member just made of a number of decisions, I do also recognise, and have for some years, his deep interest in this area and his involvement going back to his time as the minister for Aboriginal affairs in the Bjelke-Petersen government and the role that the mission market gardens program played back then. I've heard the member speak...”

Questions without Notice: Medicare (25 Mar 2026)

“My friend and colleague the member for Spence is a terrific representative of Adelaide's northern suburbs. A lot of people do it tough in Adelaide's north, but it is an amazing community. It gave us Holden cars and Jimmy Barnes and so much else. Those opposite managed to shut down Holden, but not even that terrible government could shut down Barnesy, for which we're all very thankful. He's...”

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• Has spoken in 67 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Representatives.
• People have made 3 comments on this Representative's speeches — well 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.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 538 times in debates — well above average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)

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