• National Party Representative for Gippsland
• Shadow Minister for Veterans’ Affairs (since 28 May 2025)
• Entered House of Representatives on 28 June 2008 — Byelection
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Questions to the Speaker: Parliamentary Standards (4 Mar 2026)

“My question goes to the conduct of the House. I've noticed this week it has become the habit of the Prime Minister, the Treasurer and occasionally the Leader of the House to stand at the dispatch box and stare at members on this side if they seek to make a point of order. Just before the end of—”

Questions to the Speaker: Parliamentary Standards (4 Mar 2026)

“The Leader of the House wants to make a joke of it now, but my concern is that this is an attempt to intimidate those opposite as they make a point of order. Just before the end of question time, the Prime Minister made a snide remark to the Leader of Opposition Business as he sought to make a point of order. Under the standing order 86(b) a member interrupted by a point of order must resume...”

Adjournment: Roads (2 Mar 2026)

“'Just fix the bloody roads!'—that is a message that I get every day in my electorate as I travel around from Morwell all the way through to Mallacoota and the New South Wales border. There's one road in particular which is the spine that runs through the electorate of Gippsland—the Princes Highway. The Princes Highway is the critical arterial road that carries the wealth of our...”

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• Has spoken in 49 debates in the last year — above average amongst Representatives.
• People have made 15 comments on this Representative's speeches — well above average amongst Representatives.
• This Representative's speeches are understandable to an average 18–19 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") 687 times in debates — well above average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)

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