• 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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Documents: Presentation (8 Oct 2025)

“Documents are tabled in accordance with the list circulated to honourable members earlier today. Full details of the documents will be recorded in the Votes and Proceedings.”

Questions without Notice: Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme (8 Oct 2025)

“Thank you to the member for Bullwinkel—following the member for Cooper and the member for Indi, she is the 10th nurse elected to this parliament and very appropriately represents an electorate named after the most famous nurse we have in Australia, Vivian Bullwinkel. I first met the member for Bullwinkel when she was preparing a paper at a global cancer conference about the benefits of...”

Questions without Notice: Centre for Disease Control (8 Oct 2025)

“Thank you to the member for her question and for her engagement about this really important reform. As the member knows and as many in this House know, the lack of a single trusted source of advice and data was one of the very significant restrictions we had in our pandemic preparedness and our pandemic response. That was the view of many public health organisations. It was the first...”

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• Has spoken in 48 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") 499 times in debates — above average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)

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