Biography

Parliamentary service

• Chosen by the Parliament of Queensland on 21.3.2018 under section 15 of the Constitution to represent that State in the Senate, vice the Hon. G Brandis (resigned).

Parliamentary positions

• Temporary Chair of Committees from 2.7.2019.

Ministerial appointments

• Assistant Minister to the Attorney-General from 22.12.2020.
• Assistant Minister for Women from 30.3.2021.
• Assistant Minister for Industrial Relations from 30.3.2021.

Committee service

• Senate Standing: Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation (formerly Regulations and Ordinances) from 22.3.2018 to 1.7.2019.
• Senate Select: Future of Work and Workers from 22.3.2018 to 19.9.2018; Charity Fundraising in the 21st Century from 27.6.2018 to 14.2.2019; Obesity Epidemic in Australia from 10.9.2018 to 5.12.2018; Aboriginal Flag from 3.9.2020 to 13.10.2020.
• Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing: Economics: Legislation from 22.3.2018 to 1.7.2019; Economics: References from 22.3.2018 to 1.7.2019; Finance and Public Administration: Legislation from 22.3.2018 to 1.7.2019; Finance and Public Administration: References from 22.3.2018 to 1.7.2019; Legal and Constitutional Affairs: Legislation from 2.7.2019 to 22.12.2020 (Chair from 4.7.2019 to 22.12.2020); Legal and Constitutional Affairs: References from 2.7.2019 to 22.12.2020 (Deputy Chair from 4.7.2019 to 22.12.2020).
• Joint Statutory: Public Accounts and Audit from 22.3.2018 to 27.6.2018; Public Works from 22.3.2018 to 1.7.2019; Intelligence and Security from 12.2.2019 to 22.12.2020; Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity from 13.2.2019 to 11.2.2020 (Chair from 14.2.2019 to 11.2.2020).
• Joint Select: Constitutional Recognition Relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (2018) from 22.3.2018 to 29.11.2018.

Party positions

• Member of the Liberal National Party Policy Standing Committee from 2009 to 2016.
• Chair of the Liberal National Party Media and Communications Policy Committee from 2009 to 2016.
• Treasurer of the Young Liberal National Party, 2010.
• Trustee of the Enid Dowling Foundation from 2012 to 2018.
• Member of the Liberal National Party Queensland State Executive from 2014 to 2017.
• Member of the Liberal National Party President's Committee, 2017.

Other positions

• Director of the Australian Institute for Progress from 2014 to 2018.
• Vice-President of the Women Lawyers Association of Queensland from 2016 to 2017.

Personal

• Born 30.10.1982, Liverpool, Australia
• Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• BA LLB(Hons) (University of Sydney).
• GradDipLegPrac (Griffith University).
• Solicitor and Clerk at Minter Ellison Lawyers from 2004 to 2006.
• Associate to I Callinan QC AC at the High Court of Australia, 2007.
• Associate to P McMurdo at the Supreme Court (Qld), 2008.
• Prosecutor at the Director of Public Prosecutions from 2009 to 2011.
• Barrister in private practice (Qld) from 2011 to 2018.
• Sessional Academic at Central Queensland University from 2014 to 2017.