• National Party Representative for Wide Bay
• Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Transport (since 3 Mar 2011)
  Leader of The Nationals (since 3 Mar 2011)
  Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Transport (since 14 Sep 2010)
  Leader of the Nationals (since 22 Sep 2008)
• Entered House of Representatives on 24 March 1990 — General election
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Bills: Aviation Transport Security Amendment (Inbound Cargo Security Enhancement) Bill 2013; Second Reading (15 May 2013)

“The bill before the House makes two unrelated amendments to the Aviation Transport Security Act 2004, the bill which governs our aviation security arrangements in Australia. Following the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 the former coalition government took action to improve aviation security regulations in Australia. The coalition announced a complete restructure of the aviation...”

Questions without Notice: Economy (14 May 2013)

“My question is to the Prime Minister. I remind the Prime Minister of her promise, 'I am a Prime Minister that has tried to provide a little bit of help with the cost-of-living pressures'. Since that promise, Labor has cut the private health insurance rebate, cut the baby bonus, introduced a carbon tax, cut family payments and dumped the tax cuts. Why should Australians believe anything...”

Business: Leave of Absence (21 Mar 2013)

“Clearly the government need a leave of absence. They need more than the leave of absence as proposed in this motion. They need, as the shadow Treasurer just said, a permanent leave of absence. Indeed, it ought not to be leave. It ought to be imposed upon them by the Australian people for having failed in government, for having failed to deliver on the commitments to the Australian people and...”

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• Has spoken in 57 debates in the last year — above average amongst Representatives.
• People have made 5 comments on this Representative's speeches — well above 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") 390 times in debates — well above average amongst Representatives. (Why is this here?)