• 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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Statements by Members: Bennell-Pegg, Ms Katherine (10 Feb 2026)

“Today I rise to acknowledge and to celebrate an extraordinary resident of Adelaide's western suburbs: Katherine Bennell-Pegg, whose achievements continue to inspire Australians right across the country. Katherine was born in Sydney in 1984 and, from a very young age, she had an ambitious dream: to become an astronaut. While many childhood dreams fade, Katherine's only grew stronger. With the...”

Questions without Notice: General Practitioners (10 Feb 2026)

“I thank the member for Macquarie for her question and also her relentless advocacy for an urgent care clinic in her community. I'm delighted, because she told me the Hawkesbury urgent care clinic opened last week—the 123rd clinic—and it is already operating very, very well.”

Questions without Notice: General Practitioners (10 Feb 2026)

“I'm not sure you really want it. You've got to want it harder than that. When we came to government we inherited a position where it had never been harder or more expensive to see a doctor than it was under those opposite, and we were utterly determined to turn that around. Our Strengthening Medicare agenda has four pillars—more bulk-billing, more urgent care clinics, cheaper medicines...”

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• Has spoken in 58 debates in the last year — well 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 18–19 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") 526 times in debates — well above average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)

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