• Australian Labor Party Representative for Watson
• Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (since 13 May 2025)
  Minister for Cyber Security (since 29 Jul 2024)
  Minister for Home Affairs (since 29 Jul 2024)
  Minister for the Arts (since 1 Jun 2022)
  Leader of the House (since 1 Jun 2022)
• Entered House of Representatives on 9 October 2004 — Federal election
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Questions without Notice: Antisemitism (20 Jan 2026)

“I thank the member for Macnamara for the question. The answer goes, quite specifically, to issues around the arson attack against the Adass Israel Synagogue in his electorate. In October, Australian Federal Police Commissioner Krissy Barrett announced who the Australian Federal Police's No. 1 priority was. She has not given him a name—nor have I—but his name has appeared in the...”

Questions without Notice: Gun Control (20 Jan 2026)

“I thank the member for Werriwa for the question. In responding to the antisemitic terror attack, we need to deal with the motivation and we need to deal with the method. We are dealing with two people there who had horrific antisemitic bigotry in their minds and in their hearts. They had weapons they should not have had, as those individuals—I don't think anyone argues those individuals...”

Questions without Notice: Antisemitism (20 Jan 2026)

“Thanks, Prime Minister. The counterterrorism and violent extremism strategy was released again last year, where we reviewed the different programs that we run. They're important programs, and there is regular measuring of them. The challenge we have is that terrorism itself is changing as well. If I give, simply, these statistics: as of a couple of days ago, since 2014, we've had 189 people...”

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• Has spoken in 162 debates in the last year — well above average amongst Representatives.
• People have made 2 comments on this Representative's speeches — above average amongst Representatives.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 1471 times in debates — well above average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)

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