On 29 January 2025, under Standing Order 25(2)(a)(v), the Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee agreed to inquire into the quality of governance at Australian higher education ...

4.134The Committee recommends that a new Commonwealth Employment Services System be developed and implemented in line with the recommendations of this report and informed by close and ongoing ...

Biography Parliamentary service Elected to the House of Representatives for Batman, Victoria at by-election 2018, vice the Hon. D Feeney (resigned). Elected to the House of Representatives for Cooper, ...

5.39The committee recommends that the Australian Government commission an expert panel to investigate the feasibility of establishing a publicly owned bank. In investigating this, the panel should ...

Biography Parliamentary service Elected to the Senate for Tasmania 2013. Re-elected 2016. Resigned 14.11.2017. Elected to the Senate for Tasmania 2019. Committee service Senate Legislative and General ...

Biography Parliamentary service Elected to the Senate for Western Australia, 2022. Committee service Joint Standing: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade served from 28.7.2022 to 24.6.2024; Migration ...

4.113The Committee recommends the Australian Government define the following terms in the Insurance Contracts Act 1984: All major forms of water damage, including “rainfall runoff”, “storm surge”, ...

Biography Parliamentary service Elected to the House of Representatives for Sydney, New South Wales, 1998. Re-elected 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, 2022 and 2025. Ministerial appointments ...

2.128The committee recommends that the Australian Government further develop clinical guidelines and local pathways for rare and less common cancers and ensure that they are accessible and available ...

2.125The Committee recommends that the Australian Government undertakes a comprehensive economic analysis of the direct and indirect cost of all forms of diabetes mellitus in Australia.

2.97The Committee recommends that the Australian Government work with State and Territory Governments to ensure that all Australian schools are funded to100 per cent of the Schooling Resourcing ...

Biography Parliamentary service Elected to the Senate for New South Wales, 2019. Ministerial appointments Assistant Minister for Trade from 1.6.2022 to 13.5.2025. Assistant Minister for Manufacturing ...