Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Ryan, Queensland, 2022.

Parliamentary party positions

• Australian Greens. Served: 21.05.2022 to present
• Australian Greens Spokesperson on Infrastructure, Transport and Sustainable Cities from 17.6.2022.

Other positions

• Life Fellow of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects, 2011.

Personal

• Born: 12.10.1956, Brisbane, Australia
• Gender: Female
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• BArch (Hons) (University of Queensland).
• Architect from 1980 to 2021.
• Adjunct Professor at the University of Queensland from 2009 to 2021.

Electorate

• Name: Ryan
• Location: The Division of Ryan consists of: part of the Brisbane City Council, and part of the Moreton Bay Regional Council.
• Area: 370 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 106,249 (at 7.6.2019)
• Industries: The area is mainly residential and acreage suburbs with some commercial and retail activities. The University of Queensland is located on the Brisbane River at St Lucia, while all of Brisbane's television transmitters are on Mount Coot-tha. By way of contrast, some farming still occurs in the outlying suburbs and the division also includes a large portion of Brisbane Forest Park.

Honours

• Received the Royal Australian Institute of Architects National Architecture Award, 2012.