Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Aston, Victoria at by-election 2023, vice the Hon A Tudge (resigned).

Committee service

• House of Representatives Standing: Social Policy and Legal Affairs served from 10.5.2023 to present

Parliamentary party positions

• Australian Labor Party. Served: 01.04.2023 to present

Personal

• Born: 26.6.1970, Echuca, Australia
• Gender: Female

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• CertIPerfArts (Box Hill TAFE).
• CertIIPerfArts (Swinburne University of Technology).
• DipCS (Victoria University).
• Call Centre Operator at TAB Telephone Betting from April 1990 to April 1996.
• Administration Officer for NEC Sales and Service from April 1996 to November 1996.
• Call Centre Administration Officer for HBA Health Insurance from 4.8.1997 to 25.2.2000.
• Organiser for the Finance Sector Union from 6.3.2000 to 19.7.2007.
• Area Organiser for the Health and Community Services Union from 23.7.2007 to 28.11.2008.
• Partnerships Manager/Marketing Officer for the Australian Council of Trade Unions from 11.5.2009 to 1.2.2021.
• Organiser for the National Tertiary Education Union from 15.4.2021 to 15.8.2022.
• Key Stakeholder Relations Specialist at HESTA from 29.8.2022 to 5.4.2023.

Electorate

• Name: Aston
• Location: The Division of Aston consists of Knox City Council.
• Area: 113 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 110,342 (at 5.6.2019)
• Industries: Light industry, including electronics, chemical production, food manufacturing, retail and healthcare services.