• Australian Labor Party Representative for Hotham
• Minister for Home Affairs (since 1 Jun 2022)
  Minister for Cyber Security (since 1 Jun 2022)
• Entered House of Representatives on 7 September 2013 — Federal election
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Questions without Notice: Additional Answers: Immigration Detention (28 Nov 2023)

“I seek to add to an answer from question time. Today our government received reasons from the High Court. We are moving quickly to finalise a tough preventive detention regime before parliament rises. The safety of Australian citizens is our utmost priority. Yesterday the opposition voted against measures that would have criminalised sex offenders going near schools and childcare centres. We...”

Questions without Notice: Immigration Detention (28 Nov 2023)

“I think it's pretty clear that the Leader of the Opposition doesn't want to hear the facts about what members of his frontbench have been up to. What we have heard from Senator Smith is outrageous. He wrote not once but twice to the minister advocating for the release of a child sex offender.”

Questions without Notice: Immigration Detention (28 Nov 2023)

“What we know is that this particular individual sexually abused a young girl, consensually and nonconsensually. He is being held in immigration detention by our government, and that is where we intend to keep him. Now, I wish I could say the same of those opposite. I would like to report that that's the end of where the differences on community safety lie between the two parties, but that's...”

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• Has spoken in 46 debates in the last year — well below average amongst Representatives.
• People have made 1 comment on this Representative's speeches — average amongst Representatives.
• 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") 289 times in debates — average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)

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