Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Boothby, South Australia, 2016.

Committee service

• Joint Standing: Public Accounts and Audit from 14.9.2016.
• House of Representatives Standing: Tax and Revenue from 14.9.2016; Communications and the Arts from 10.5.2018.

Party positions

• Member, Young Liberal Movement of Australia (SA Division) from 2000 to 2002.
• Branch Member, Liberal Party of Australia (SA Division) from 2007.
• Member, Rural and Regional Council, Liberal Party of Australia (SA Division) from 2011.
• Executive Member, Flinders University Liberal Club from 2012 to 2015.
• Secretary and Treasurer, Flinders University Liberal Club from 2012 to 2015.
• Member, Liberal Women's Council, Liberal Party of Australia (SA Division) from 2014.
• Member, Liberal Women's Council, 70th Anniversary Committee from 2014 to 2015.
• Delegate, State Council, Liberal Party of Australia (SA Division) from 2014.
• Chairman, Rural and Regional Council, Liberal Party of Australia (SA Division) from 2014 to 2016.
• SA Delegate, Federal Rural and Regional Council from 2014 to 2016.
• Member, State Executive, Liberal Party of Australia (SA Division) from 2014 to 2016.
• Delegate, Federal Council, Liberal Party of Australia from 2014 to 2016.

Personal

• Born 15.7.1978, Kingston South East, Australia.

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• LL.B & LL.P (Flinders)
• B.A (Public Policy)(Hons I)(Flinders)
• Admitted to the High Court of Australia
• Admitted to the Supreme Court of New South Wales
• Admitted to the Supreme Court of South Australia
• Solicitor, Baldock, Stacey & Niven, 2002
• Policy Advisor, Director of Corporate Relations of Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 2004-07
• Policy Advisor, Federal and State Liberal Party leaders and Shadow Ministers, 2008-12
• Columnist, Fairfax Media Limited and News Limited, 2013-15
• Research Fellow, Menzies Research Centre, 2015.

Electorate

• Description: Outer Metropolitan
• Location: southern Adelaide; it includes the suburbs of Aberfoyle Park, Belair, Blackwood, Brighton, Daw Park, Eden Hills, Flagstaff Hill, Marion, Mitcham, Panorama, St Marys and Seacliff.
• Area: 130 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 107325 (at 2.7.2016)
• Industries: major retailing, army camp and military barracks, tertiary education, several hospitals and various small industries.
• Electorate: Boothby includes the South Australian House of Assembly electorate of Waite, and parts of Ashford, Bright, Davenport, Elder, Fisher, Heysen, Mitchell and Morphett.

Publications

• Gender and Politics (co-author with N Cater), Menzies Research Centre, 1.1.2015