• Former Liberal Party Representative for Forrest
• Former Liberal Party Senator for WA
• Shadow Assistant Minister for Electoral Matters (since 17 Feb 2026)
  Shadow Assistant Minister for Infrastructure (since 17 Feb 2026)
• Entered the Senate on — unknown
• Previously Representative for Forrest until n/a — Still in office
• Entered House of Representatives on — Federal election
• Left Senate on — unknown

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Documents: Presentation (17 Sep 2026)

“I seek leave to table a document, being a Sydney Morning Herald article, entitled 'Labor MP's dad in homophobic outburst at polling booth', which carries a warning that the story contains strong language of an explicit sexual nature.”

Adjournment: Government Grants (17 Sep 2026)

“It seems that this Labor government just can't help itself, whether it was the Major and Local Community Infrastructure Program, which the chair of the Centre for Public Integrity recently described with the words, 'Prima facie, it looks like the misuse of public money or serious pork-barrelling, as it's sometimes called,' or the Stronger Communities Program, which saw 93 per cent of funding...”

Business: Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders (17 Sep 2026)

“Indeed. We're very clear about standing order 64 and directing comments through the chair. I would ask the minister to withdraw the unparliamentary term which she used to describe me just now.”

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• Has spoken in 93 debates in the last year — above average amongst Representatives.
• Has spoken in 22 debates in the last year — below average amongst Senators.
• People have made 0 comments on this Representative's speeches — average amongst Representatives.
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• 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") 77 times in debates — well below average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 30 times in debates — well below average amongst Senators. (Why is this here?)