• Liberal Party Representative for Forde
• Entered House of Representatives on 21 August 2010 — Federal election
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Constituency Statements: Budget (27 Mar 2025)

“This week we have seen a budget which really encapsulates what we already know about this government: it is a government that is bereft of ideas, it is a government that has given up and it is a government that has lost the plot. Every Australian—and particularly every resident of Forde—is poorer now than there were three years ago when this government came to power. This was the...”

Statements by Members: Forde Electorate: Tropical Cyclone Alfred (26 Mar 2025)

“When the worst hits a community, we see the best in that community rise to the surface. I never need a reminder of how incredible our Forde region and its people are, but Tropical Cyclone Alfred probably reaffirmed this for many others. Seeing people band together at sandbag stations and dig deep to help their fellow community members—likely strangers in many cases—was so...”

Matters of Public Importance: Economy (26 Nov 2024)

“I admire the member for Parramatta's attempt to defend the indefensible. Maybe, for the benefit of this discussion, it's worth the member for Parramatta looking at some other indices. If we look at the Selected Living Cost Indexes for the last quarter—this is an ABS figure—we see that there was an annual rise in the employee living cost index of 4.7 per cent. Yet at the same time...”

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• Has spoken in 43 debates in the last year — 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.
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• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 689 times in debates — well above average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)

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