• Australian Labor Party Representative for Maribyrnong
• Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (since 1 Jun 2022)
  Minister for Government Services (since 1 Jun 2022)
• Entered House of Representatives on 24 November 2007 — Federal election
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Questions without Notice: Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme (22 Mar 2023)

“I thank the member for Calwell for her question. The royal commission has revealed a terrible human cost to this monstrously illegal scheme. I know that when the Prime Minister announced the royal commission, with me and with my colleagues the Attorney-General and the Minister for Social Services, the current Leader of the Opposition called it 'just a witch-hunt'. I would perhaps ask the...”

Questions without Notice: Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme (22 Mar 2023)

“I thank the member for Bradfield. I'm not sure the member for Fadden will when I read the direct quotes.”

Questions without Notice: Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme (22 Mar 2023)

“The former member for Stirling Michael Keenan actually paused some of the robodebt on vulnerable cohorts in 2018. There was an election in 2019. The new minister was under pressure—and this is clear from his evidence—to reinstate the vulnerable cohorts. The member for Fadden said, and I quote— Honourable members interjecting—”

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• Has spoken in 32 debates in the last year — below average amongst Representatives.
• People have made 5 comments on this Representative's speeches — well above average amongst Representatives.
• This Representative's speeches are understandable to an average 16–17 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") 1034 times in debates — well above average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)

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