• Australian Labor Party Representative for Wakefield
• Entered House of Representatives on 24 November 2007 — General election
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Matters of Public Importance: Asylum Seekers (14 May 2013)

“This is a long debate, isn't it? We have had debates before on boat arrivals and we will probably have them again before this parliament rises and the election happens. It is a long debate for a reason. There are 46 million displaced people around the world. Periodically it has been a national debate since about the middle of the 1970s. It is very interesting to look at the different national...”

Questions without Notice: Defence (14 May 2013)

“My question is for the Minister for Defence. How does the government's Defence white paper outline a plan to provide for Australia's future security?”

Matters of Public Importance: Carbon Pricing (19 Mar 2013)

“The other day I was looking at Twitter. There was a very interesting tweet from an individual quoting the Economist from 1848. What the Economist said in 1848 was 'Suffering and evil are nature’s admonitions; they cannot be got rid of'. That is what the Economist magazine said about the introduction of the sewer. You can be sure that whenever there is some form of progress in human...”

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• Has spoken in 44 debates in the last year — average amongst Representatives.
• People have made 0 comments on this Representative's speeches — below 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") 185 times in debates — below average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)