Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the Senate for Tasmania 2019.

Parliamentary positions

• Temporary Chair of Committees from 4.2.2020.

Committee service

• Joint Select: Australia's Family Law System served from 19.9.2019 to 22.11.2021; Parliamentary Standards served from 29.3.2022 to 31.3.2022; Parliamentary Standards served as Chair from 1.4.2022 to 29.11.2022; National Anti-Corruption Commission Legislation served from 29.9.2022 to 10.11.2022
• Joint Standing: Treaties served from 1.8.2022 to present; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade served from 13.6.2023 to present
• Joint Statutory: Public Accounts and Audit served from 2.7.2019 to 13.5.2021; Human Rights served from 2.7.2019 to 11.2.2020; Parliamentary Standards served from 10.10.2024 to present
• Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing: Legal and Constitutional Affairs: References served from 2.7.2019 to 3.2.2021; Legal and Constitutional Affairs: Legislation served from 2.7.2019 to 3.2.2021; Finance and Public Administration: Legislation served from 3.2.2021 to 3.2.2021; Finance and Public Administration: References served from 3.2.2021 to 3.2.2021; Finance and Public Administration: References served as Deputy Chair from 4.2.2021 to 25.7.2022; Finance and Public Administration: Legislation served as Chair from 4.2.2021 to 25.7.2022; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade: Legislation served from 1.8.2022 to 2.8.2022; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade: References served from 1.8.2022 to 2.8.2022; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade: References served as Chair from 3.8.2022 to present; Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade: Legislation served as Deputy Chair from 3.8.2022 to present
• Senate Select: Temporary Migration served from 5.12.2019 to 15.12.2019; Temporary Migration served as Deputy Chair from 16.12.2019 to 1.9.2021; Foreign Interference through Social Media served from 28.11.2022 to 1.8.2023; Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme served from 21.8.2024 to present
• Senate Standing: Privileges served from 10.10.2024 to present

Parliamentary party positions

• Liberal Party of Australia. Served: 01.07.2019 to present
• Shadow Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs from 5.6.2022.
• Government Deputy Whip in the Senate from 23.11.2021 to 11.4.2022.

Party positions

• Member of the Liberal Party from 2010.
• Secretary of the Young Liberals (Tas.) from 2011 to 2012.
• Branch President of the Young Liberals (Sthn Tas.) from 2011 to 2013.
• Representative for Tasmania to the Australian Liberal Students Federation from 2011 to 2014.
• Vice-President of the Liberal Club (University of Tasmania) from 2011 to 2014.
• Delegate to the Liberal Party State Council (Tas.) from 2011 to 2019.
• Delegate to the Liberal Party Women's Council (Tas.) from 2011 to 2019.
• Senior Vice-President of the Young Liberals (Tas.) from 2012 to 2014.
• Delegate to the Liberal Party Federal Council from 2014 to 2019.
• Member of the Liberal Party State Executive (Tas.) from 2014 to 2018.
• Communications Director of the Federal Young Liberal Movement of Australia, 2014.
• President of the Young Liberals (Tas.) from 2014 to 2016.
• Secretary of the Federal Young Liberal Movement of Australia, 2015.
• President of the Federal Young Liberal Movement of Australia, 2016.
• Vice-President and Electorate Chair of the Liberal Party (Tas.) from 2016 to 2017.
• Member of the Federal Executive of the Liberal Party, 2016.
• Chair of the Liberal Party Roundtable into Female Engagement (Tas.), 2017.

Personal

• Born: 1.6.1990, Hobart, Australia
• Gender: Female
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• BA (University of Tasmania).
• LLB (University of Tasmania).
• Analyst at Deloitte Risk Advisory from 2014 to 2016.
• Senior Analyst at Deloitte Risk Advisory from 2016 to 2018.
• Client Manager at Deloitte Risk Advisory from 2018 to 2019.