Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Durack, Western Australia, 2013. Re-elected 2016.

Parliamentary positions

• Member, Speaker's Panel from 12.10.15 to 9.5.16

Ministerial appointments

• Assistant Minister for the Environment from 20.12.2017 to 28.8.2018.
• Minister for the Environment from 28.8.2018.
• Cabinet Minister from 28.8.2018.

Committee service

• Joint Standing: Treaties from 22.2.2016 to 9.5.2016; Public Works from 14.9.2016 to 15.9.2016; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade from 14.9.2016; Northern Australia from 14.9.2016.
• Joint Select: Northern Australia from 9.12.2013 to 9.5.2016.
• House of Representatives Standing: Agriculture and Industry from 4.12.2013 to 9.5.2016; Indigenous Affairs from 4.12.2013 to 11.11.2015; Infrastructure and Communications from 4.12.2013 to 9.9.2015; Social Policy and Legal Affairs from 25.9.2014 to 22.2.2016; Communications and the Arts from 11.11.2015 to 9.5.2016; Indigenous Affairs from 14.9.2016 to 19.12.2017 (Chair from 14.9.2016 to 19.12.2017).
• House of Representatives Select: Regional Development and Decentralisation from 13.6.2017.

Personal

• Born 12.12.1963, Kalgoorlie, Australia.
• Partner

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• LL.B(Hons)(South Bank University, London)
• Grad.Dip.Law (UWA)
• Non-Executive Director, Cancer Council (WA), until 2016
• Non-Executive Director, BrightSpark Foundation, until 2016
• Solicitor in private practice 1997-2002
• General Counsel and Business Development Manager, CBH Group 2002-08
• Vice-President, Legal and Business Development, Crosslands Resources Ltd 2008-12

Electorate

• Description: Rural
• Location: northern Western Australia; it includes the Cities of Greater Geraldton and Karratha and the Shires of Broome, Carnarvon, Cunderdin, Dandaragan, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Goomalling, Narembeen, Quairading, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Victoria Plains, Wiluna and Yilgarn.
• Area: 1.62986e+006 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 97294 (at 2.7.2016)
• Industries: fishing, agriculture, mining and tourism.