• National Party Representative for Mallee
• Entered House of Representatives on 13 March 1993 — General election
• Email me whenever John Forrest speaks (no more than once per day)

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Committees: Public Works Committee; Report (15 May 2013)

“by leave—The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works has to be one of the busiest committees that I have served on in my 20 years in the parliament, and the chair of the committee, the member for Capricornia, has given credit to the secretariat, given there are projects all over Australia. In this report that we have tabled there are nine projects with an interesting variety,...”

Questions without Notice: National Asbestos Awareness Week (28 Nov 2012)

“Madam Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I have raised this point of order consistently before: standing order 65. It would help the process of the House immensely if you could enforce that standing order, that members should address their remarks through the chair. That 'you' across the chamber, especially with a pointed finger, does nothing to improve the behaviour of the House.”

Constituency Statements: Mallee Electorate: Wine Industry (9 Oct 2012)

“I rise to draw the public's attention to a very sad state of affairs occurring in my electorate. The liquidators of a failed wine business, which collapsed three years ago in June 2009, are pursuing 20 of my wine grape growers for door payments which were paid well prior to the collapse of nectar. I think this is an undesirable thing for the liquidator to be trying to do to my wine grape...”

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• Has spoken in 9 debates in the last year — well below average amongst Representatives.
• People have made 1 comment on this Representative's speeches — average amongst Representatives.
• This Representative's speeches are understandable to an average 17–18 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") 110 times in debates — well below average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)