Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Charlton, New South Wales, 1998. Re-elected 2001 and 2004. Retired prior to general elections 2007.

Committee service

• House of Representatives Standing: Parliamentary Library served from 8.12.1998 to 31.8.2004; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs served from 8.12.1998 to 19.3.2002; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs served as Deputy Chair from 20.3.2002 to 31.8.2004; Environment and Heritage served from 2.12.2004 to 17.10.2007; Procedure served from 2.12.2004 to 17.10.2007

Conferences, delegations and visits

• Official observer to the general elections, Indonesia, June 1999.
• Parliamentary delegation member to India and Bangladesh from November to December 2000.
• Parliamentary delegation member to Mozambique and Kenya, July 2004.

Parliamentary party positions

• Australian Labor Party. Served: 03.10.1998 to 17.10.2007

Party positions

• Assistant Secretary of the Australian Labor Party local branch.
• Delegate to the Australian Labor Party Federal Electorate Council.
• Delegate to the Australian Labor Party State Conference (NSW).
• Delegate to the Australian Labor Party National Conference.

Personal

• Born: 1.7.1963, Deniliquin, Australia
• Died: 21.3.2024
• Gender: Female
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• BA (University of Canberra).
• Public servant.
• Electorate officer to the Hon. R Brown, MP.

Electorate

• Name: Charlton
• Location: lower Hunter Valley; it includes the centres of Boolaroo, Cardiff, Edgeworth, Morisset, Speers Point, Toronto, Wallsend, Wangi Wangi, Warners Bay and Wyee.
• Area: 567 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 85,547 (at 9.10.2004)
• Industries: light and heavy engineering, timber, some dairy farms and poultry farming, tourism, coal-mining, electricity production and retailing.
• Includes: Charlton includes parts of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorates of Charlestown, Lake Macquarie, Wallsend and Wyong.