• Liberal Party Representative for Bradfield
• Shadow Minister for Government Services and the Digital Economy (since 5 Jun 2022)
  Shadow Minister for Science and the Arts (since 5 Jun 2022)
  Manager of Opposition Business in the House (since 5 Jun 2022)
• Entered House of Representatives on 5 December 2009 — Byelection
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Bills: National Broadband Network Companies Amendment (Commitment to Public Ownership) Bill 2024; Second Reading (19 Nov 2024)

“I'm pleased to speak on the National Broadband Network Companies Amendment (Commitment to Public Ownership) Bill 2024. The National Broadband Network was first dreamt up as a policy by former Labor senator Stephen Conroy in the lead up to the 2007 election. It was an ill-thought-through, careless and lazy piece of policy. I was so frustrated by it that I wrote a book, Wired Brown Land?, about...”

Questions without Notice: Vocational Education and Training (19 Nov 2024)

“This has been a pattern from the government in questions which I'd suggest to you are not consistent with standing order 98(c). Ministers can be questioned on matters for which they're responsible or officially connected. By definition, the minister is not responsible for opposition.”

Questions without Notice: Vocational Education and Training (19 Nov 2024)

“Mr Speaker, the question was clearly structured to deal with, firstly, what the minister's responsible for, and then opposition. It could not be clearer, on the wording of the question, that what the minister is being asked about is not within his responsibilities.”

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• Has spoken in 121 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 19–20 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") 840 times in debates — well above average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)

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