• Former 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)
• Left House of Representatives on n/a — Still in office
• Entered House of Representatives on — Federal election

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Questions without Notice: Motor Neurone Disease (15 Sep 2026)

“Thank you to the member for Tangney. I know right now he's thinking a lot about his friend Lindsay, who is in a real struggle, a terrible struggle, with MND right now. Our thoughts to Lindsay and his family. Member for Tangney, please convey them and our best wishes. Lindsay is one of 2,800 Australians, we think, who are battling MND right now. It's the fastest acting of all of the...”

Questions without Notice: Motor Neurone Disease (15 Sep 2026)

“Just 31. Of course, every individual diagnosis, every family's struggle and every family's loss is equal. But I think we owe a particular debt of gratitude to people like Neale and Jai and their families who turn a private struggle and a private story into a public story, one that lifts awareness of a condition like this and builds support for research, as both of them have been doing. There...”

Questions without Notice: Private Health Insurance (15 Sep 2026)

“That's going to go into aged care? You're making this up as you go along. I can go to the question.”

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• Has spoken in 91 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 18–19 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 77 people are tracking whenever this Representative speaks .
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 592 times in debates — well above average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)