Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Stirling, Western Australia, 1998. Re-elected 2001. Defeated at general elections 2004.

Committee service

• House of Representatives Standing: Publications served from 8.12.1998 to 31.8.2004
• Joint Statutory: Broadcasting of Parliamentary Proceedings served from 20.3.2002 to 31.8.2004

Conferences, delegations and visits

• Parliamentary delegation member to Malaysia, January 2003.
• Parliamentary delegation member to China, January 2004.

Parliamentary party positions

• Australian Labor Party. Served: 03.10.1998 to 09.10.2004

Party positions

• Member of the Australian Labor Party from 1978.

Personal

• Born: 22.5.1944, Sydney, Australia
• Gender: Female
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• BA (Macquarie University).
• Clerk, secretary and barmaid from 1960 to 1972.
• Community worker from 1972 to 1998.

Electorate

• Name: Stirling
• Location: northern Perth; it includes the suburbs of Balcatta, Balga, Carine, Gwelup, Hamersley, Innaloo, Karrinyup, Mirrabooka, Nollamara, Stirling and Westminster, and parts of Doubleview, Dianella, North Beach, Scarborough, Woodlands and Yokine.
• Area: 76 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 85,975 (at 10.11.2001)
• Industries: light industries, market gardens, boat building, shoe factories, food processing, clothing and chemical production.
• Includes: Stirling includes the Western Australian Legislative Assembly electorate of Nollamara, and parts of Carine, Churchlands, Girrawheen, Innaloo and Yokine.

Honours

• Awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia, 9.6.2025.