Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Cunningham, New South Wales, 2022.

Committee service

• House of Representatives Standing: Industry, Science and Resources served from 28.7.2022 to present; Petitions served from 28.7.2022 to present; Selection served from 28.7.2022 to present; Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water served from 28.7.2022 to present

Parliamentary party positions

• Australian Labor Party. Served: 21.05.2022 to present

Party positions

• Secretary of the Australian Labor Party Cunningham Federal Electorate Council (NSW) from 1995 to 2022.
• Secretary of the Australian Labor Party Bulli Woonona Helensburgh Branch (NSW) from 1995 to 2023.
• Member of the Australian Labor Party Wollongong Branch (NSW) from 2023.

Personal

• Born: 5.2.1974, Wollongong, Australia
• Gender: Female

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• MMgmt (University of Wollongong).
• Senior Policy and Media Adviser from 2005 to 2022.

Electorate

• Name: Cunningham
• Location: Cunningham covers an area from Warrawong, Unanderra (part) and Farborough Heights in the south to Helensburgh in the north. The main towns include Balgownie, Bellambi, Bulli, Corrimal, Darkes Forest, Fairy Meadow, Farmborough Heights, Helensburgh, Maddens Plains, Mount Keira, Mount Kembla, Otford, Port Kembla, Scarborough, Stanwell Park, Unanderra (part), Warrawong and Wollongong.
• Area: 519 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 115,231 (at 7.6.2019)
• Industries: Wollongong is the commercial centre of the Illawarra, servicing tourism, tertiary education, steel production, coal mining, brick manufacturing and textiles.