• Australian Labor Party Representative for Perth
• Assistant Minister for the Public Service (since 29 Jul 2024)
  Assistant Minister to the Attorney General (since 29 Jul 2024)
  Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister (since 1 Jun 2022)
• Entered House of Representatives on 28 July 2018 — Byelection
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Bills: National Broadband Network Companies Amendment (Commitment to Public Ownership) Bill 2024; Second Reading (19 Nov 2024)

“Indeed, what I'm hearing from some of those opposite is that people in their electorates want ultrafast broadband too, and I would hope that those members opposite go back to their electorates and say: 'Did you know that the reason it's taken so long is because the Liberal and the National Party made a mistake. We made a mistake by backing the wrong technology.'”

Bills: National Broadband Network Companies Amendment (Commitment to Public Ownership) Bill 2024; Second Reading (19 Nov 2024)

“They made a mistake by backing the wrong technology, by choosing the technology of copper rather than the technology that was always going to be right, which was fibre. They make this mistake a lot of times; they look to the technologies of the past rather than the technologies of the future. They looked to copper rather than fibre. They look to nuclear rather than renewables. They are always...”

Bills: National Broadband Network Companies Amendment (Commitment to Public Ownership) Bill 2024; Second Reading (19 Nov 2024)

“I don't know why some of those opposite are so exercised about trying to keep an essential public service in public hands. I don't know what is that they dislike about public services.”

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• Has spoken in 34 debates in the last year — well below average amongst Representatives.
• People have made 0 comments on this Representative's speeches — average amongst Representatives.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 193 times in debates — below average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)

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