Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Goldstein, Victoria, 2016.

Committee service

• Joint Standing: Trade and Investment Growth from 20.6.2018.
• House of Representatives Standing: Health, Aged Care and Sport from 14.9.2016; Industry, Innovation, Science and Resources from 14.9.2016; Social Policy and Legal Affairs from 14.9.2016; Economics from 10.9.2018 (Chair from 10.9.2018).

Party positions

• Member, Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division), 1998-2013
• Chair, Burwood Electorate Conference (LIB), 2002-05
• Chair, Burwood Electorate Conference (LIB), 2008-10
• Inaugural Convenor, Liberal Book Club, 2009-13
• Chair, Southern Metropolitan Region (LIB), 2010-13
• Member, Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division), 2016-present

Personal

• Born 12.3.1980, Prahan, Australia
• Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• GradCert Energy & Carbon Management (Murdoch)
• B.A (Policy Studies) (Monash)
• M. Diplomacy and Trade (International Trade) (Monash)
• Dip. Bus (Vic. Qualifications Authority)
• Electorate Officer, Parliament of Victoria, 1999-2001
• Vice President, Monash University Student Union Caulfield, 2001
• President, Monash University Student Union Caulfield, 2002
• President, Monash University Student Union Caulfield, 2003
• Project Manager, Australian APEC Study Centre (Development), 2004-06
• Trade Consultant, ITS Global, 2006
• Senior Associate, SDA Strategic communication consulting, 2007-10
• Policy director, Institute of Public Affairs, 2007-13
• Principal consultant, Dynamic Sunrise Consulting, 2007-14
• Contributor, Melbourne Talk Radio, 2011-12
• Contributor and occasional host, 3AW 693 Talk Radio, 2012-13
• Australia's Human Rights Commissioner, 2014-16
• Principal consultant, Dynamic Sunrise Consulting, 2016

Electorate

• Description: Inner Metropolitan
• Location: south-eastern Melbourne; it includes the suburbs of Beaumaris, Bentleigh (part), Black Rock, Brighton East, Caulfield South, Cheltenham (part), Elsternwick (part), Glen Huntly (part), Hampton, Hampton East, Highett (part), Ormond (part) and Sandringham.
• Area: 50 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 104931 (at 2.7.2016)
• Industries: mainly residential; light industrial and commercial activities.

Publications

• Turning Left or Right: Values in Modern Politics (joint ed. with C Carli and P Collits), Australia, Connor Court Publishing: 2013