Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Swan, Western Australia, 2022.

Committee service

• House of Representatives Select: Address in Reply served from 26.7.2022 to 26.7.2022
• House of Representatives Standing: Industry, Science and Resources served from 28.7.2022 to present; Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water served from 28.7.2022 to present
• Joint Statutory: Corporations and Financial Services served from 28.7.2022 to present

Parliamentary party positions

• Australian Labor Party. Served: 21.05.2022 to present

Other positions

• Member of the Victoria Park Transition Network Committee from 2015.
• Member of the Welfare Rights & Advocacy Service Board from 2016.

Personal

• Born: 26.7.1980, Kalgoorlie, Australia
• Gender: Female
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• (BE(Chem)(Hons)) (Curtin University).
• (BSc(AppChem)) (Curtin University).
• (GradDipCommDev) (Murdoch University).
• (GradCertCommDev) (Murdoch University).
• President of the Curtin University Student Guild, 2002.
• President of the National Union of Students (WA Branch) from 2003 to 2004.
• Process Engineer for Iluka Resources from 2005 to 2007.
• Communications Consultant for the Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) of the World Bank from 2007 to 2008.
• Process Engineer for GHD from 2008 to 2009.
• Senior Consultant for Energetics from 2009 to 2012.
• Member of the Professionals Australia Executive (WA Branch) from 2009 to 2010.
• Presenter for The Climate Reality Project from 2009 to 2022.
• President of Professionals Australia (WA Branch), 2011.
• National Vice-President of Professionals Australia from 2012 to 2013.
• Manager for Energetics from 2012 to 2013.
• WA Team Leader for Energetics from 2013 to 2019.
• WA Manager for Energetics from 2019 to 2022.

Electorate

• Name: Swan
• Location: Swan is bordered by the Swan River in the north and west, the Canning River and the City of Canning in the south, and the Roe Highway, Great Eastern Highway and Perth Airport in the east. Suburbs include Ascot, Belmont, Burswood, Bentley, Cannington, Carlisle, Cloverdale, Como, East Cannington, East Victoria Park, Forrestfield (part), High Wycombe, Karawara, Kensington, Kewdale, Lathlain, Manning, Redcliffe, Rivervale, Perth Airport, Queens Park, Salter Point, South Guildford (part), South Perth, St James, Victoria Park, Waterford, Welshpool and Wilson.
• Area: 134 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 100,857 (at 12.6.2019)
• Industries: Industries include education, tourism, recreation, light industry, commercial, retail and transport.