Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Hasluck, Western Australia, 2022.

Committee service

• House of Representatives Standing: Economics served from 28.7.2022 to present; Publications served from 28.7.2022 to present; Agriculture served from 3.6.2024 to 24.6.2024
• Joint Select: National Anti-Corruption Commission Legislation served from 30.9.2022 to 10.11.2022
• Joint Standing: Trade and Investment Growth served from 28.7.2022 to present; Electoral Matters served from 6.2.2023 to present

Parliamentary party positions

• Australian Labor Party. Served: 21.05.2022 to present

Party positions

• Vice-President of the Australian Labor Party Kalamunda ZigZag Branch (WA) from 8.10.2018 to 16.10.2019.
• Vice-President of the Labor Women's Organisation from 3.11.2018 to 5.11.2020.
• President of the Western Australian Federal Parliamentary Labor Party Branch from 2022.
• Delegate to the Australian Labor Party National Policy Forum from 2022.

Personal

• Born: 13.9.1973, Perth, Australia
• Gender: Female
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• (AsDipSocSci(Japanese)) (TAFE).
• (BEc) (Murdoch University).
• (BA(AsianSt)(Hons)) (University of Western Australia).
• (GAICD) (Australian Institute of Company Directors).
• Principal Policy Manager at the Department of Premier and Cabinet (WA) from 2001 to 2010.
• Senior Manager at Woodside Energy Pty Ltd from 2010 to 2019.
• Senior Policy Adviser to the Minister for Regional Development, Agriculture and Food (WA) from 2020 to 2021.
• Managing Director of Beelu Forest Distilling Company Pty Ltd from 2021.

Military Service

• Unit 109 Signals Army Reserve.

Electorate

• Name: Hasluck
• Area: 1,323 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 117,530 (at 30.6.2022)
• Includes: The Division of Hasluck consists of: Mundaring Shire Council and parts of the Belmont City Council, Kalamunda, and Swan City Councils.

Honours

• Shortlisted for the Telstra Business Woman of the Year.

Publications

• Performance excellence: the path to becoming a global leader, CSIRO Publishing, Clayton, Victoria, 2016.