• National Party Representative for Nicholls
• Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Health (since 28 May 2025)
  Shadow Assistant Minister for Regional Education (since 28 May 2025)
• Entered House of Representatives on 21 May 2022 — Federal election
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Matters of Public Importance: Cost of Living (4 Feb 2026)

“Let's have a think about what has happened this week as a result of inflationary pressure—the uptick in the inflation numbers. Interest rates have risen. What does that mean for people? It means their mortgage repayments have risen, and it means the cost-of-living crisis just got a lot worse. That's a serious problem for people out there who live in the real world—not in the...”

Matters of Public Importance: Cost of Living (4 Feb 2026)

“It's $7 in the Hunter.”

Bills: Copyright Amendment Bill 2025; Second Reading (3 Feb 2026)

“I, too, rise to speak on the Copyright Amendment Bill 2025. By its nature, it's a rather uncontroversial bill. As the member for Deakin said, it's supported across the chamber. It makes a lot of technical changes. These reforms are the result of several years of consultation, roundtables and review work commissioned by the government in 2023. I just want to say that I and a lot of us are...”

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• Has spoken in 49 debates in the last year — above average amongst Representatives.
• People have made 0 comments on this Representative's speeches — average amongst Representatives.
• This Representative's speeches are understandable to an average 16–17 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") 144 times in debates — below average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)

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