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 G Brandis (resigned).

Committee service

• Senate Standing: 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.
• 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 (Chair from 4.7.2019); Legal and Constitutional Affairs: References from 2.7.2019 (Deputy Chair from 4.7.2019).
• 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; 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.

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, Minter Ellison Lawyers from 2004 to 2006.
• Judge's Associate to IDF Callinan QC AC, High Court of Australia, 2007.
• Judge's Associate to PD McMurdo J, Supreme Court of Queensland, 2008.
• Prosecutor at the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions from 2009 to 2011.
• Barrister in private practice at the Queensland Bar from 2011 to 2018.
• Sessional academic at Central Queensland University from 2014 to 2017.