Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Page, New South Wales, 2013. Re-elected 2016, 2019 and 2022.

Parliamentary positions

• Member of the Speaker's Panel from 1.9.2016 to 5.2.2018.
• Deputy Speaker from 26.3.2018 to 10.2.2020.

Ministerial appointments

• Assistant Minister to the Deputy Prime Minister from 6.2.2020 to 23.5.2022.
• Assistant Minister for Local Government from 2.7.2021 to 23.5.2022.

Committee service

• House of Representatives Standing: Economics served from 4.12.2013 to 9.5.2016; Petitions served from 4.12.2013 to 9.5.2016; Tax and Revenue served from 27.3.2016 to 9.5.2016; Economics served from 14.9.2016 to 27.3.2018; Tax and Revenue served as Chair from 14.9.2016 to 27.3.2018; Selection served from 6.2.2018 to 27.3.2018
• Joint Standing: National Capital and External Territories served from 23.7.2019 to 6.2.2020
• Joint Statutory: Public Accounts and Audit served from 14.9.2016 to 27.3.2018

Parliamentary party positions

• The Nationals. Served: 07.09.2013 to present
• Shadow Minister for Trade and Tourism from 5.6.2022.
• Deputy Manager of Opposition Business in the House from 5.6.2022.
• Shadow Cabinet Minister from 5.6.2022.
• Nationals Whip in the House of Representatives from 8.2.2018 to 26.3.2018.

Personal

• Born: 11.8.1963, Port Augusta, Australia
• Gender: Male
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• BEc (Flinders University).
• GradDipEd (Southern Cross University).
• Money market and bond trader at the State Bank of NSW and Colonial State Bank from 1989 to 1998.
• St Mary's High School, Casino (NSW) from 1999 to 2006.
• Investment officer at CSRF Industry Superannuation Fund from 2006 to 2008.

Electorate

• Name: Page
• Location: Page covers an area from Sapphire Beach in the south to the Queensland border on the inland side. The main towns include Casino, Evans Head, Grafton, Iluka, Kyogle, Lismore, Woolgoolga and Yamba.
• Area: 19,342 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 122,709 (at 11.6.2019)
• Industries: Dairy and beef cattle, pigs, maize, tropical fruit, sugar cane, fishing, prawning, oysters, ice cream factories, timber mills, several meatworks, tourism and higher education.