• Australian Labor Party Representative for Batman
• Minister for Tourism (since 3 Dec 2007)
  Minister for Resources and Energy (since 3 Dec 2007)
• Entered House of Representatives on 2 March 1996 — General election
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Questions without Notice: Climate Change (25 Jun 2009)

“Yes, the truth does hurt. This side of the House will continue to solve the problems the Australian community expects us to solve to invest in our future, while the opposition continues to wallow in the gutter.”

Questions without Notice: Climate Change (25 Jun 2009)

“Mr Speaker, I was going to the issue of climate change and the importance of the economy. Our investment in climate change actually goes to the issue of the future of the Australian economy, because unless we invest in clean energy we do not have energy security in Australia. And energy security goes to the heart of the debate in the House this afternoon in question time: the strength of the...”

Questions without Notice: Climate Change (25 Jun 2009)

“It has been a year of hard work. The member for Flinders needs to be reminded of a comparison with the work we put in place over the last four months. We put in place the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme and we also put in place the renewable energy target that will facilitate investment in Australia, but he was part of a government that had 12 years to do something and actually did nothing...”

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• Has spoken in 44 debates in the last year — below average amongst Representatives.
• People have made 0 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") 190 times in debates — well above average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)