Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Boothby, South Australia, 2022.

Committee service

• House of Representatives Select: Workforce Australia Employment Services served from 3.8.2022 to present
• House of Representatives Standing: Social Policy and Legal Affairs served from 28.7.2022 to present
• Joint Statutory: Law Enforcement served from 28.7.2022 to present

Parliamentary party positions

• Australian Labor Party. Served: 21.05.2022 to present

Other positions

• Board Member of UnitingCare Wesley (Bowden) from February 2010 to April 2017.
• Board Member of the Eastern Business Enterprise Centre from 2014 to 2017.
• Chair of the UnitingCare Wesley (Bowden) Board from 2015 to 2017.
• Board Member (Deputy) of the SA Public Health Council from 2015 to 2017.
• Board Member of the Economic Development Australia SA Management Committee from 2015 to 2016.
• Member of the SA Medical Board of Australia from 2016 to 2022.
• Board Member of the Therapeutic Goods Administration (Vaccines Advisory Committee) from 2017 to 2018.
• Board Member for the Australian Medical Council from 2019 to 2022.
• Member of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust SA Selection Panel from 2019 to 2022.
• Board Member of SA Medical Education and Training from 2020 to 2022.
• Member of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust National Board from 2021 to 2022.

Personal

• Born: 13.3.1967, Hollywood, United Kingdom
• Gender: Female
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• (FAICD) (Australian Institute of Company Directors).
• (BAppSc) (University of South Australia).
• MA(Comm Mgmt) (University of South Australia).
• (MPH) (University of Adelaide).
• (MBA) (University of South Australia).
• Statewide Mental Health Development and Liaison Officer for SA Divisions of General Practice.
• Senior Project Officer for Primary Mental Health and the Central Northern Adelaide Health Service of SA Health from December 2005 to December 2006.
• General Manager of the Central Northern Adelaide Health Service at SA Health from December 2006 to January 2010.
• Director at the City of Port Adelaide Enfield Council from January 2010 to February 2012.
• General Manager at the City of Burnside from February 2012 to March 2017.
• Chief Executive Officer of Catherine House Inc. from April 2017 to March 2020.
• Chief Executive Officer of the St Vincent de Paul Society (SA) Inc. from March 2020 to September 2021.

Electorate

• Name: Boothby
• Location: The Division of Boothby consists of: City of Holdfast Bay, part of the City of Marion, part of the City of Mitcham, and part of the City of Unley.
• Area: 115 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 123,949 (at 18.6.2019)
• Industries: Major retailing, army camp and military barracks, tertiary education, tourism, several hospitals and various small industries.