Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Goldstein, Victoria, 2022.

Committee service

• House of Representatives Standing: Employment, Education and Training served from 1.8.2022 to present; Communications and the Arts served from 1.8.2022 to present
• Joint Select: Social Media and Australian Society served from 16.5.2024 to present
• Joint Standing: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade served from 1.8.2022 to present

Parliamentary party positions

• Independent. Served: 21.05.2022 to present

Personal

• Born: 28.11.1972, Moonee Ponds, Australia
• Gender: Female
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• (BJourn) (University of South Australia).
• Author.
• Journalist from 1993 to 2020.
• Consultant from 2020 to 2021.

Electorate

• Name: Goldstein
• Location: The Division of Goldstein consists of: Bayside City Council, and part of Glen Eira City Council.
• Area: 50 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 108,514 (at 7.6.2019)
• Industries: Light industrial and commercial activities and retail trade.

Publications

• Storyteller, HarperCollins, Sydney, 2014.
• Angel, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2018.
• Greetings from Trumpland (co-written with Roscoe Whalan), HarperCollins, Sydney, 2021.