Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Wentworth, New South Wales at by-election 2018, vice the Hon. M Turnbull (resigned). Defeated at general elections, 2019.

Personal

• Born 14.12.1957, Sydney, Australia
• Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• MBBS (University of Sydney).
• Fellow.
• Health commentator.
• Health writer.
• Author.
• Medical Practitioner from 1981 to 2019.

Local Government service

• City of Sydney Councillor from 2016 to 2019.
• City of Sydney Deputy Lord Mayor from 2016 to 2017.

Honours

• Awarded a Centenary Medal, 01.01.2001.
• Appointed a Member of the Order of Australia, 2011.

Publications

• General Practice: the Integrative Approach, Elsevier, 2010.
• Ultimate Wellness: the Three Step Plan, Pan Macmillan, 2013.
• The Cancer Recovery Guide, Pan Macmillan, 2015.
• The Mystery Gut, Pan Macmillan, 2017.