Biography

Parliamentary service

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

Committee service

• Joint Select: Parliamentary Standards served from 1.8.2022 to 29.11.2022
• Joint Standing: Parliamentary Library served from 1.8.2022 to present
• Joint Statutory: Human Rights served from 1.8.2022 to present

Parliamentary party positions

• Independent. Served: 21.05.2022 to present

Personal

• Born: 5.9.1970, Coonabarabran, Australia
• Gender: Female

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• BCom (Australian National University).
• BComms (University of Canberra).
• Health Promotion Officer, Central Coast Area Health Service from 1993 to 1995.
• Communications Officer, South Eastern Sydney Area Health Service from 1995 to 1996.
• Account Director (Healthcare), Rowland Communications from 1996 to 2000.
• Director (Healthcare), Edelman Public Relations from 2000 to 2003.
• Managing Director, Edelman Public Relations from 2003 to 2008.
• CEO, McGrath Foundation from 2008 to 2014.
• Board Director, ECOnomics from 2010 to 2012.
• Campaign Manager, We're Better Than This Australia from 2014 to 2015.
• CEO, Kylea Tink and Associates from 2015 to 2016.
• CEO, Camp Quality from 2017 to 2020.
• Strategic Advisor, Harrison Riedel Foundation from 2020 to 2022.
• Head of Community Engagement, Youth Insearch, 2021.

Electorate

• Name: North Sydney
• Location: North Sydney covers an area from Sydney Harbour in the south to Fullers Road, Victoria Avenue, Warrane Road, Warrane Reserve, Eastern Valley Way and Scotts Creek in the north and from Middle Harbour, Wyong Road, Macpherson Street, Military Road, Falcon Street, Bent Street, Forsyth Park, Montpelier Street, Eaton Street, Rawson Street, Kurraba Road, Andersons Park and Neutral Bay in the east to Punt Road, Pittwater Road and Lane Cove River in the west. Suburbs include Artarmon, Castlecrag, Cremorne, Crows Nest, Greenwich, Henley, Hunters Hill, Kirribilli, Lane Cove, McMahons Point, Middle Cove, Naremburn, Northbridge, North Sydney, Riverview, Waverton, Willoughby and Woolwich.
• Area: 53 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 109,218 (at 11.6.2019)
• Industries: North Sydney is the third largest business centre in Australia. It contains communications, property and business services, and wholesale and retail industries.