Biography

Parliamentary service

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

Committee service

• House of Representatives Standing: Employment, Education and Training served from 4.7.2019 to 11.4.2022; Communications and the Arts served from 4.7.2019 to 11.4.2022; Health, Aged Care and Sport served from 4.7.2019 to 11.4.2022; Social Policy and Legal Affairs served from 17.12.2021 to 6.3.2022; Social Policy and Legal Affairs served as Chair from 7.3.2022 to 11.4.2022
• Joint Statutory: Public Accounts and Audit served from 4.7.2019 to 11.4.2022; Corporations and Financial Services served from 11.5.2021 to 11.4.2022

Parliamentary party positions

• Liberal Party of Australia. Served: 18.05.2019 to present
• Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Education from 5.6.2022.
• Shadow Minister for Youth from 5.6.2022.

Party positions

• Vice-President of LNP Women Queensland from July 2016 to July 2017.
• President of LNP Women Queensland from July 2017 to February 2019.

Other positions

• Rotary International Exchange Student, 1986.

Personal

• Born: 11.7.1968, Adelaide, Australia
• Gender: Female
• Marital Status: De facto

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• GradCertMktg (Griffith University).
• Professional Musician from 1985 to 2018.
• Sales Representative (NSW/Vic./Tas.) from 1998 to 2002.
• Sales Agent (Qld) from 2002 to 2013.
• Retail Consultant and Workplace Trainer at the National Retail Association from January 2004 to 2015.
• Visual Merchandising Project Manager from January 2010 to 2015.
• Author, 2014.
• National Business Development Manager from January 2015 to October 2018.
• Electorate Officer for the Member for Currumbin (Qld) from February 2019 to April 2019.

Electorate

• Name: Moncrieff
• Location: The Division of Moncrieff consists of part of the Gold Coast City Council.
• Area: 100 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 111,386 (at 11.7.2019)
• Industries: Tourism and associated industries and a variety of small industries.

Honours

• Received an Academic Achievement Award from Griffith University Business School.
• Awarded the Life Saving Bronze Medallion, 2014.
• Appointed a Member of the Golden Key International Honour Society, 2018.

Publications

• Retail Rebranded: 27 Secrets of Market Leaders, Balboa Press, USA, .