Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Solomon, Northern Territory, 2007. Defeated at general elections 2010.

Committee service

• House of Representatives Select: Address in Reply served from 12.2.2008 to 13.2.2008
• Joint Standing: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade served from 18.2.2008 to 19.7.2010
• Joint Statutory: Public Works served from 18.2.2008 to 28.8.2008; Broadcasting of Parliamentary Proceedings served from 18.2.2008 to 19.7.2010

Parliamentary party positions

• Australian Labor Party. Served: 24.11.2007 to 21.08.2010

Personal

• Born: 28.12.1969, Ipswich, Australia
• Gender: Male
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• Trade Certificate.
• Golf course superintendent.
• Australian Football League coach at the Institute of Sport (NT) from 2005 to 2007.

Electorate

• Name: Solomon
• Location: Darwin and urban fringes; it includes the cities of Darwin and Palmerston.
• Area: 326 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 57,641 (at 24.11.2007)
• Industries: tourism, horticulture, fishing and light industry.
• Includes:

Honours

• Awarded Apprentice of the Year (NT), 1991.
• Awarded Australian Apprentice of the Year, 1991.