• Australian Labor Party Representative for Gellibrand
• Entered House of Representatives on 7 September 2013 — Federal election
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Documents: Housing Australia Investment Mandate Amendment (Delivering on Our 2025 Election Commitment) Direction 2025; Consideration (1 Sep 2025)

“My community in Melbourne's west are hard-working, aspirational Australians who want a good life for themselves, their children and their grandchildren. They're tradies, small business owners, shift workers. They're young people who dream of security and independence. They're parents who want their children to grow with stability and opportunity and for their children to be afforded the same...”

Constituency Statements: Racism (1 Sep 2025)

“Indigenous leader Noel Pearson has said that you can't tell the full story of Australia without telling three stories: the story of our oldest continuous culture on earth, the story of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders; the story of the Westminster institutions that followed, our rule of law and our democratic institutions; and the story of our multicultural migration, a migration...”

Governor-General's Speech: Address-in-Reply (26 Aug 2025)

“In this traditional first debate of the parliament after a federal election, it's always been my practice to begin by saying thank you. Thank you to the voters in my electorate in Gellibrand in Melbourne's west for their trust and confidence. Thank you to them for choosing the things that unite us and seeing that the things that we have in common are bigger and more important than the things...”

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• Has spoken in 12 debates in the last year — well below average amongst Representatives.
• People have made 2 comments on this Representative's speeches — 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.
• 16 people are tracking whenever this Representative speaks — email me whenever Tim Watts speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 425 times in debates — above average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)

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