Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Flynn, Queensland, 2010. Re-elected 2013 and 2016.

Committee service

• Joint Standing: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade from 25.10.2010 to 5.8.2013; Treaties from 11.12.2013 to 9.5.2016; Treaties from 1.9.2016 to 7.11.2016; Trade and Investment Growth from 14.9.2016 (Chair from 14.9.2016).
• Joint Select: Trade and Investment Growth from 25.9.2014 to 9.5.2016 (Chair from 27.11.2014 to 9.5.2016).
• House of Representatives Standing: Publications from 25.10.2010 to 5.8.2013; Appropriations and Administration from 4.12.2013 to 9.5.2016; House from 4.12.2013 to 9.5.2016 (Chair from 25.6.2014 to 9.5.2016); Petitions from 14.9.2016; Employment, Education and Training from 7.11.2016.

Personal

• Born 30.6.1950, Gladstone, Australia
• Single

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• Self-employed business owner from 1978
• Fuel distributorship 1978-98
• Publican 1998-2004
• Timber and hardware merchant from 1998
• Company director from 2006

Electorate

• Description: Rural
• Location: central western and eastern Queensland; it includes the towns of Agnes Water, Banana, Biloela, Biggenden, Blackwater, Boyne Island, Calliope, Duaringa, Eidsvold, Emerald, Gayndah, Gladstone, Gracemere, Miriam Vale, Monto, Mount Morgan, Moura, Mundubbera, Perry, Sapphire, Tannum Sands, Taroom, Theodore, Wondai and Woorabinda.
• Area: 133063 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 100677 (at 2.7.2016)
• Industries: coal, oil, gas, orchards, cotton, grain, cattle and sheep and the port of Gladstone.