Member for Calare Andrew Gee will be sworn into a federal front bench position for the first time later this month.
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Mr Gee will replace fallen Victorian MP Andrew Broad as the assistant minister to the Deputy Prime Minister.
Nationals’ leader and Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack said Mr Gee's years of representing the Central West will be an asset in the infrastructure portfolio.
“He was parliamentary secretary to the deputy premier and for regional roads in the NSW Liberal and Nationals’ Government before he came to represent Calare in Canberra, and that experience listening to country communities and sharing their ideas and aspirations will be central to Andrew's new role,” he said.
“Having worked with Andrew as we delivered the historic Murray-Darling Medical Schools network, I know when he is passionate about sticking up for country people and delivering local services and infrastructure, he is determined to deliver.
“That's what I want him to do as an assistant minister in our portfolio, as we roll out record funding for local roads, local infrastructure projects and keep regional Australia – with country voices in the ministry – at the centre of our agenda in government.”
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