Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Mackellar, New South Wales, 2022.

Parliamentary party positions

• Independent. Served: 21.05.2022 to present

Personal

• Born: 15.3.1971, Wahroonga, Australia
• Gender: Female
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• (MBBS) (University of Sydney).
• (MPH) (University of New South Wales).
• (MHScT(Hons)) (University of Oxford).
• (DipTropMed(Hons)) (College of Surgeons, Dublin).
• Professional Athlete (Middle Distance Runner).
• Hospital and Emergency Medicine Doctor from 1995 to 2000.
• General Practitioner from 2010 to 2021.
• Health Promotion in the Southwest Sydney Local Health District from 2011.

Electorate

• Name: Mackellar
• Location: Mackellar covers an area from the northern part of Palm Beach, south to Dee Why and west to Duffys Forest. The main suburbs include Avalon, Bayview, Beacon Hill, Belrose, Bilgola Plateau, Church Point, Clareville, Collaroy, Cottage Point, Cromer, Davidson, Dee Why, Duffys Forest, Frenchs Forest (part), Forestville (part), Ingleside, Ku-Ring-Gai Chase, Mona Vale, Morning Bay, Narrabeen, Narraweena, Newport, Palm Beach, Scotland Island, Terrey Hills and Warriewood.
• Area: 233 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 110,817 (at 12.6.2019)
• Industries: Light manufacturing, service industries, commercial wholesale and retail trades and tourism.