Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Groom, Queensland at by-election 2020, vice the Hon. Dr J McVeigh (resigned). Re-elected 2022.

Committee service

• House of Representatives Standing: Employment, Education and Training served from 23.2.2021 to 11.4.2022; Economics served from 25.10.2021 to 11.4.2022; Economics served from 1.8.2022 to 9.8.2022; Petitions served from 1.8.2022 to present; Economics served as Deputy Chair from 9.8.2022 to present
• Joint Standing: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade served from 11.3.2022 to 11.4.2022
• Joint Statutory: Law Enforcement served from 23.2.2021 to 11.4.2022

Parliamentary party positions

• Liberal Party of Australia. Served: 28.11.2020 to present

Party positions

• South West Region Representative to the Liberal National Party Policy Standing Committee (Qld) from 2016 to 2019.
• Vice Chair of the Liberal National Party South West Region (Qld) from 2017 to 2019.
• Member of the Liberal National Party Policy Standing Committee from 2017 to 2020.
• Campaign Manager for the Liberal National Party Toowoomba North (Qld), 2017.
• Chair of the Liberal National Party Regional Queensland Development Policy Committee from 2019 to 2020.

Personal

• Born: 5.3.1979, Southport, Australia
• Gender: Male
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• BEng(Mining) (University of Queensland).
• Project Manager at Balfour Beatty from 2007 to 2010.
• Project Manager at Arcadis from 2010 to 2012.
• Project Manager at Macmahon from 2012 to 2015.
• Programme Director at Buro Happold from 2015 to 2016.
• Director of Define Construction from 2016 to 2018.
• Programme Director for Racing Queensland from 2018 to 2019.
• Research Coordinator for CRC ORE from 2019 to 2020.

Electorate

• Name: Groom
• Location: The Division of Groom consists of part of the Toowoomba Regional Council.
• Area: 5,586 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 105,978 (at 7.6.2019)
• Industries: This area is noted for its rich and diverse range of products and industries including agriculture, retailing and food processing as well as for the provision of educational and community services. Toowoomba is known as the Garden City. The University of Southern Queensland is located in Toowoomba while the Army Aviation Centre is based at Oakey.