Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the Senate for Queensland 2019.

Committee service

• Joint Select: Northern Australia served from 6.9.2022 to present; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice Referendum served as Chair from 30.3.2023 to 12.5.2023
• Joint Standing: Northern Australia served from 22.7.2019 to 18.9.2019; Treaties served from 28.7.2022 to present; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade served from 28.7.2022 to present
• Joint Statutory: Human Rights served from 4.7.2019 to 1.12.2021
• Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing: Legal and Constitutional Affairs: References served from 4.7.2019 to 21.10.2021; Environment and Communications: References served from 4.7.2019 to 25.7.2022; Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport: References served as Substitute member from 28.11.2019 to 8.10.2020; Environment and Communications: Legislation served from 5.12.2019 to 25.7.2022; Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport: Legislation served from 13.5.2020 to 17.6.2020; Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport: References served from 12.6.2020 to 16.3.2021; Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport: Legislation served from 18.6.2020 to 16.3.2021; Community Affairs: Legislation served from 16.3.2021 to 25.7.2022; Community Affairs: References served from 16.3.2021 to 25.7.2022; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade: Legislation served from 28.7.2022 to present; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade: References served from 28.7.2022 to 19.9.2024; Legal and Constitutional Affairs: References served from 28.7.2022 to 2.8.2022; Legal and Constitutional Affairs: Legislation served from 28.7.2022 to 2.8.2022; Legal and Constitutional Affairs: Legislation served as Chair from 3.8.2022 to present; Legal and Constitutional Affairs: References served as Deputy Chair from 3.8.2022 to present
• Senate Select: Administration of Sports Grants served from 5.2.2020 to 18.3.2021; Impact of Climate Risk on Insurance Premiums and Availability served from 16.5.2024 to present
• Senate Standing: Regulations and Ordinances served from 2.7.2019 to 3.12.2019; Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation served from 4.12.2019 to 21.10.2021

Parliamentary party positions

• Australian Labor Party. Served: 01.07.2019 to present
• Secretary of the Australian Labor Party Indo-Pacific Trade Taskforce from August 2019.

Party positions

• Secretary of Labor for Choice (Qld).
• Executive Member of Rainbow Labor.

Other positions

• Special Envoy for the Great Barrier Reef from 1.6.2022.

Personal

• Born: 23.6.1983, Camperdown, Australia
• Gender: Female
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• BCrArts (University of Wollongong).
• JLLD (University of Canberra).
• Adviser to Senator M Watt.
• Lawyer at Maurice Blackburn Lawyers.
• Industrial Officer for the Australian Manufacturing Workers' Union.