He was appointed an assistant minister in the Albanese government following the party's victory at the 2022 federal election.

[2] He grew up in the city's northern suburbs and attended Wavell State High School.

[3] He later graduated from Griffith University with a Bachelor of Arts majoring in politics and international relations.

[3] Immediately prior to his election to parliament he work for Santos Limited, "providing advice on maintaining mainstream political support amid an ongoing campaign against the coal seam gas (CSG) industry by environmental and landholder groups".

[1] He was deputy chair on the "Inquiry into the destruction of 46,000 year old caves at the Juukan Gorge in the Pilbara region of Western Australia", which delivered its interim report in December 2020.