1994, elected Member for Warringah; re-elected 7 times; former Parliamentary Secretary, Minister, Cabinet Minister and Leader, House of Representatives. 1998-2001, Minister for Employment Services. 2001-03, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations. 2003-07, Minister for Health and Ageing. 2009-11, Leader of the Opposition. Since September 2013, Prime Minister of Australia; has promised to spend a week each year living and working in an indigenous community. Has spent time working as a teacher's aide in Coen and as a truancy officer in Aurukun, as well as participating in the Bush Owner Builder indigenous housing project near Hope Vale on Cape York. 2012, came together with a team of business leaders and spent four days helping to refurbish the library of the local school at Aurukun.