Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Chisholm, Victoria, 1998. Re-elected 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010 and 2013. Retired prior to general elections 2016.

Parliamentary positions

• Deputy Speaker from 12.2.2008 to 19.7.2010.
• Member of the Speaker's Panel from 30.9.2010 to 24.11.2011.
• Deputy Speaker from 24.11.2011 to 9.10.2012.
• Speaker of the House of Representatives from 9.10.2012 to 5.8.2013.
• Member of the Speaker's Panel from 26.3.2015 to 9.5.2016.

Committee service

• House of Representatives Standing: Economics, Finance and Public Administration served from 8.12.1998 to 28.6.2000; Economics, Finance and Public Administration served as Deputy Chair from 29.6.2000 to 31.8.2004; Privileges served as Deputy Chair from 2.12.2004 to 27.3.2007; Privileges served from 29.3.2007 to 17.10.2007; Petitions served from 25.10.2010 to 5.8.2013; Privileges and Members' Interests served as Chair from 25.10.2010 to 8.2.2012; Climate Change, Environment and the Arts served from 25.10.2010 to 7.2.2012; Selection served from 24.11.2011 to 8.10.2012; Privileges and Members' Interests served from 9.2.2012 to 30.10.2012; House served as Chair from 9.10.2012 to 5.8.2013; Selection served as Chair from 9.10.2012 to 5.8.2013; Appropriations and Administration served as Chair from 9.10.2012 to 5.8.2013; Privileges and Members' Interests served as Deputy Chair from 4.12.2013 to 9.5.2016
• Joint Select: Parliamentary Budget Office served from 23.11.2010 to 23.3.2011; Australia's Clean Energy Future Legislation served as Chair from 13.9.2011 to 7.10.2011
• Joint Standing: National Capital and External Territories served from 12.2.2008 to 19.7.2010; National Capital and External Territories served from 24.11.2011 to 9.10.2012
• Joint Statutory: Public Accounts and Audit served from 2.12.2004 to 12.9.2005; Corporations and Financial Services served from 2.12.2004 to 17.10.2007; Broadcasting of Parliamentary Proceedings served as Chair from 9.10.2012 to 5.8.2013

Parliamentary party positions

• Australian Labor Party. Served: 03.10.1998 to 09.05.2016

Party positions

• Delegate to the Australian Labor Party State Conference (Vic.) from 1988 to 2011.
• Member of the Australian Labor Party Economics and Industry Committee (Vic.) from 1997 to 1998.
• Member of the Australian Labor Party Federal Electorate Assembly Executive from 1998 to 2006.

Personal

• Born: 1.1.1966, Melbourne, Australia
• Gender: Female
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• MCom(Hons) (University of Melbourne).
• BA(Hons) (Monash University).
• Industrial Officer at Victorian Roads from 1988 to 1993.
• Industrial Officer at the Victorian University of Technology from 1993 to 1994.
• National Industrial Officer for the Finance Sector Union from 1994 to 1998.

Electorate

• Name: Chisholm
• Location: eastern Melbourne; it includes the suburbs of Ashwood, Blackburn South, Box Hill, Box Hill North, Box Hill South, Burwood, Chadstone, Huntingdale, Mont Albert, Mount Waverley and Oakleigh East, and parts of Clayton, Forest Hill, Mont Albert North, Oakleigh and Surrey Hills.
• Area: 65 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 96,315 (at 7.9.2013)
• Industries: higher education, retail and service industries, metal, transport and electrical firms, warehouses.
• Includes: Chisholm includes parts of the Victorian Legislative Assembly electorates of Box Hill, Burwood, Clarinda, Forest Hill, Mt Waverley and Oakleigh.

Honours

• Appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia, 26.1.2019.