• Australian Labor Party Representative for Hindmarsh
• Minister for Health and Ageing (since 13 May 2025)
  Minister for Disability and the National Disability Insurance Scheme (since 13 May 2025)
  Deputy Leader of the House (since 1 Jun 2022)
• Entered House of Representatives on 24 November 2007 — Federal election
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Questions without Notice: Medicare (4 Sep 2025)

“She wondered what, would Peter say? What would Peter do? What examples can I draw from his time as the health minister? Well, it turns out that's exactly what she did, because, far from correcting course from that disastrous horror budget, the Leader of the Opposition as health minister instead doubled down on the Dutton agenda. She doubled down on the hospital cuts to our hardworking public...”

Questions without Notice: Medicare (4 Sep 2025)

“Thanks to the member for Menzies, who is already such a strong advocate of our push to increase rates of bulk-billing not just in his part of Melbourne but right across Australia. Our first investments are already turning around bulk-billing for concession card holders and kids. That rate now sits above 92 per cent, with almost seven million additional free visits to the GP every year as a...”

Questions without Notice: Aged Care (3 Sep 2025)

“and provided more home-care packages. In the 2023 budget we did it. In the 2024 budget we did it. In 2024 MYEFO we did it, with thousands more home-care packages as well as the 83,000 new Support at Home care packages, which I think I said yesterday were in the 2025 budget. Actually, they were even earlier, in the 2024 MYEFO, to be rolled out over the course of 2025-26. The pace of reform has...”

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• Has spoken in 40 debates in the last year — above average amongst Representatives.
• People have made 3 comments on this Representative's speeches — well above average amongst Representatives.
• This Representative's speeches are understandable to an average 19–20 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") 491 times in debates — above average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)

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