Biography

Parliamentary service

• Chosen by the Parliament of South Australia on 14.11.2017 under section 15 of the Constitution to represent that State in the Senate, vice N Xenophon (resigned).

Committee service

• Senate Select: Future of Work and Workers from 12.2.2018 to 19.9.2018 (Deputy Chair from 20.2.2018 to 19.9.2018); Multi-Jurisdictional Management and Execution of the Murray Darling Basin Plan from 23.7.2019 to 30.9.2021 (Deputy Chair from 1.8.2019 to 30.9.2021); Australia as a Technology and Financial Centre (formerly Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology) from 19.9.2019 to 20.10.2021.
• Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade: Legislation from 15.11.2017 to 1.7.2019; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade: References from 15.11.2017 to 1.7.2019; Economics: References from 7.12.2017 to 28.6.2018 (Substitute member from 7.12.2017 to 28.6.2018); Economics: Legislation from 2.7.2019; Economics: References from 2.7.2019.
• Joint Statutory: Public Accounts and Audit from 12.2.2018.

Personal

• Born 8.5.1967, Whakatane, New Zealand
• Divorced

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• Associate Diploma in Electronic Systems.
• Senior Adviser to Senator Nick Xenophon.
• Company Director of Acoustic Force Pty. Ltd.
• Business Development and Project Manager at Sonartech Atlas Pty. Ltd.
• Submariner in the Royal Australian Navy.

Military Service

• Royal Australian Navy.