I am very honoured to have been appointed Labor’s Shadow Minister Assisting for Government Accountability by Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese.
Along with Kristina Keneally, Labor’s new Shadow Minister for Government Accountability, I’ll be holding the Morrison Government to account for their use of taxpayers’ money.
This builds on my experience as Labor’s Waste Watch spokesperson from 2014-2016.
There are real issues with how Scott Morrison is spending taxpayers’ money, from the $1 billion the Liberals have spent on Government advertising since 2013, to the sports rorts scandal, and the $30 million purchase of land near the Western Sydney Airport which was later valued at $3 million.
Given the economic crisis our nation is currently dealing with, it’s never been more important to hold the Government to account on their spending and their overpromising and underdelivering, and I look forward to taking on this responsibility.
This new role will be in addition to my portfolio responsibilities in International Development and the Pacific, Climate Change, and Defence.
I’d like to acknowledge and thank Mark Butler and Richard Marles for their work and advice in the Climate Change and Energy and Defence portfolios.
I look forward to working with the new Shadow Minister for Climate and Energy Chris Bowen, new Shadow Minister for Defence Brendan O’Connor and the rest of my colleagues in continuing to demonstrate how a Labor Government will improve people’s lives.