But Maitland MP Jenny Aitchison should be careful that her combative approach doesn’t get in the way of her job representing this region.

She has been kicked out of Parliament twice in her first two weeks at Macquarie Street for interrupting government ministers to raise important Maitland issues such as the Lower Hunter hospital.

Two of her Labor companions from the Hunter – Clayton Barr (Cessnock) and Kate Washington (Port Stephens) – have been shown the door once each since the new term of Parliament began earlier this month.

The March election result was always going to create an interesting dynamic for this region in state politics. 

Labor won all but one Hunter seat in a landslide result, but the Coalition was returned to government after an emphatic win across the state.

Parliamentary Secretary for the Hunter and Central Coast Scot MacDonald compared the opposition representatives of this region to naughty school children after they had been booted from the chamber.

While there is an element of political opportunism in his comments, he makes a reasonable point.

It could be seen as a positive that Maitland has a loud voice in the lower house, but if Ms Aitchison is continually removed from Parliament it is only a matter of time before she could miss an important vote or debate.

These incidents have not cost her a vote, but that could change at the whim of  Speaker Shelley Hancock.

It’s admirable that Ms Aitchison has so passionately launched into the role of representing Maitland.

But, as Mr MacDonald said, MPs can only be so effective from outside the chamber.