• National Party Representative for Cowper
• Shadow Assistant Treasurer (since 28 May 2025)
  Shadow Minister for Financial Services (since 28 May 2025)
• Entered House of Representatives on 18 May 2019 — Federal election
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Bills: Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2025-2026, Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2025-2026, Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 2) 2025-2026; Second Reading (11 Mar 2026)

“Or through the assistant minister as well. Thank you. That's where the thanks ends!”

Bills: Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2025-2026, Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2025-2026, Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 2) 2025-2026; Second Reading (11 Mar 2026)

“The public know—the Australian people know—that this government is about to rack up $1.2 trillion in debt, and that amounts to $67 million a day in interest. That's $160 billion higher than when this government first came into power. Now, I've been listening to a number of these speeches—I was here for an hour on table duty earlier—and I heard countless stories from...”

Bills: Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2025-2026, Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2025-2026, Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 2) 2025-2026; Second Reading (11 Mar 2026)

“I'm very pleased to rise to speak on the appropriation bill. For those who are listening or watching, this is an opportunity for us to talk about how the government is spending your money—not its money, your money—where it's spending it and whether it's being spent properly. It's also about where it's not being spent, which most of my speech will be about. But I'm going to do...”

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