Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Longman, Queensland, 2019. Re-elected 2022 and 2025.

Parliamentary positions

• Member of the Speaker's Panel from 2.8.2022.

Committee service

• House of Representatives Standing: Employment, Education and Training served from 4.7.2019 to 11.4.2022; Indigenous Affairs served from 4.7.2019 to 11.4.2022; Tax and Revenue served from 4.7.2019 to 11.4.2022; Procedure served from 1.8.2022 to present; Employment, Education and Training served as Deputy Chair from 11.8.2022 to present
• Joint Select: Australia's Family Law System served from 6.10.2020 to 22.11.2021
• Joint Standing: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade served from 1.8.2022 to present

Parliamentary party positions

• Liberal Party of Australia. Served: 18.05.2019 to present

Personal

• Born: 20.2.1968, Brisbane, Australia
• Gender: Male
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• Garage Attendant, Ampol Redcliffe, 1984.
• Factory hand, James Saddlery, Brendale, 1984. .
• Storeperson/Sales Assistant, Glenfords Power Tools from 1984 to 1986.
• Sales Assistant, Errol Stewarts, Strathpine from 1986 to 1988.
• Sales Assistant, Chandlers, Kawana Waters from 1988 to 1989.
• Assistant Manager, Chandlers, Kawana Waters from 1989 to 1991.
• Store Manager, Chandlers, Caboolture from 1991 to 1995.
• Account Manager, Philips Electronics from 1996 to 1997.
• State Manager, Philips Car Audio from 1997 to 1998.
• Account Manager, Philips DAP from 1998 to 2000.
• Joint Venture Partner, The Good Guys, Morayfield from 2001 to 2006.
• Franchisee, Drummond Golf, Lawnton from 2007 to 2012.
• Franchisee, Drummond Golf, Gosford from 2016 to 2019.
• Franchisee, Drummond Golf, Maroochydore from 2018 to 2019.

Electorate

• Name: Longman
• Location: The Division of Longman consists of: part of the Moreton Bay Regional Council, part of the Somerset Regional Council, and part of the Sunshine Coast Regional Council.
• Area: 1,237 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 114,718 (at 10.6.2019)
• Industries: Tourism, light industry, beef cattle, horse studs, prawn farming, poultry farms, pig farming, and various crops including grains, pineapples, fruit and flower farms.