• Liberal National Party Representative for Herbert
• Shadow Minister for Defence Industry (since 17 Feb 2026)
  Shadow Minister for Defence Personnel (since 17 Feb 2026)
• Entered House of Representatives on 18 May 2019 — Federal election
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Bills: National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026; Second Reading (27 May 2026)

“It's like the Great Barrier Reef.”

Bills: National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026; Second Reading (27 May 2026)

“And it's Latin for magpie. We went around in circles trying to figure it out, and then one doctor said, 'Just do a blood test.' We did the blood test. It came back—nearly no iron. They called an ambulance and said: 'Your daughter has no iron. She's trying to find iron in a book, in paper, in dirt—anywhere she can.' I get nervous when we hear things like, 'When you get your...”

Bills: National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026; Second Reading (27 May 2026)

“No-one's loved one should feel like an inconvenient dollar figure on any government's budget bottom line. No-one should be worried about treatments being cut or stopped to their children and to their loved ones. Sadly, over the last few months, this is what has occurred. In the electorate of Townsville, there is a school called AEIOU. That school is a specialty school for children with...”

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