• Liberal Party Representative for Lindsay
• Shadow Minister for the NDIS (since 17 Feb 2026)
  Shadow Minister for Families and Social Services (since 17 Feb 2026)
  Shadow Minister for Women (since 28 May 2025)
• Entered House of Representatives on 18 May 2019 — Federal election
• Email me whenever Melissa McIntosh speaks (no more than once per day)

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Matters of Public Importance: Budget (28 May 2026)

“Toto, I've got a feeling we aren't in Australia anymore! Just like Dorothy standing in a strange land, Australians are looking around and asking, 'How did we get here?' because this does not feel like the Australia we were promised. Somewhere along the yellow brick road, the Wizard of Oz has lost his plot. For generations, Australia was a place where aspiration was not something to apologise...”

Questions without Notice: National Security (27 May 2026)

“My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday, the Prime Minister said ISIS sympathisers who returned to Australia would 'face the full force of the law'. How many ISIS sympathisers who arrived in Australia last night have been arrested or charged for entering a declared terrorist zone?”

Bills: National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026; Second Reading (26 May 2026)

“I rise to speak on the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026 and I move: That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words: "whilst not declining to give the bill a second reading, the House notes that: To the 761,426 participants and your families: I have heard you. That is why I fought so hard...”

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• Has spoken in 64 debates in the last year — average amongst Representatives.
• People have made 0 comments 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") 249 times in debates — average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)

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