• Australian Labor Party Representative for Watson
• Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (since 13 May 2025)
  Minister for Cyber Security (since 29 Jul 2024)
  Minister for Home Affairs (since 29 Jul 2024)
  Minister for the Arts (since 1 Jun 2022)
  Leader of the House (since 1 Jun 2022)
• Entered House of Representatives on 9 October 2004 — Federal election
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Documents: Presentation (5 Feb 2026)

“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 to the Speaker: Economy (5 Feb 2026)

“ I want to raise a point of order. Questions to the Speaker are for administration purposes, and we should not get to the point where we're using questions to the Speaker to second guess rulings and to relitigate issues that could have been raised at the time, which is how points of order about order of debate and issues like that are meant to happen.”

Questions without Notice: Perth: Attack (5 Feb 2026)

“I thank the member for her question and acknowledge, as a proud Western Australian, her very personal interest in this. The terrorist attack that was described by the Prime Minister at the start of question time in Perth was horrific. A 31-year-old man allegedly threw a homemade improvised explosive device—this is a bomb fitted with screws and ball bearings—into a crowd of people...”

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• Has spoken in 167 debates in the last year — well above 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 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") 1476 times in debates — well above average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)

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