Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Hawker, South Australia, 1990. Elected to the House of Representatives for Hindmarsh, South Australia, 1993, following electoral redistribution. Re-elected 1996 and 1998 and 2001. Retired prior to general elections 2004.

Ministerial appointments

• Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Reconciliation and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs from 30.1.2001 to 26.11.2001.
• Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 26.11.2001 to 18.7.2004.

Committee service

• House of Representatives Standing: Community Affairs served as Deputy Chair from 16.5.1990 to 8.2.1993; Environment, Recreation and the Arts served from 16.5.1990 to 8.2.1993; Financial Institutions and Public Administration served from 29.5.1996 to 31.8.1998; Environment and Heritage served from 8.12.1998 to 8.3.2001
• Joint Standing: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade served from 18.6.1996 to 31.8.1998; Migration served as Chair from 18.6.1996 to 30.1.2001; Migration served from 31.1.2001 to 8.3.2001
• Joint Statutory: Native Title and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land Fund served from 29.6.1994 to 29.1.1996

Conferences, delegations and visits

• Parliamentary delegation member to Iran, Jordan, Egypt and Israel from October to November 1992.
• Parliamentary delegation member to France, Kenya, Ethiopia and Eritrea, June 1996.
• Delegate to the Australian Constitutional Convention, Canberra, February 1998.
• Delegate to the 101st Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference, Belgium, April 1999.
• Attended official meetings in Norway, April 1999.
• Attended official meetings in Italy, October 1999.
• Delegate to the 102nd Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference, Germany, October 1999.
• Attended study tour in Austria and Switzerland, June 2000.
• Delegate to the 104th Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference, Indonesia, October 2000.
• Attended official meetings in Vietnam, October 2000.
• Attended official meetings in Japan, January 2002.
• Attended official meetings in Mexico and the USA, March 2002.
• Attended official meetings in Singapore and the Philippines, April 2002.
• Attended official meetings in Botswana and South Africa, May 2002.
• Attended official meetings in South Korea, November 2002.
• Parliamentary delegation member to Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Samoa, December 2002.
• Attended official meetings in Timor-Leste from February to March 2003.
• Attended official meetings in Mongolia, September 2003.
• Attended official meetings in Tuvalu and Fiji from September to October 2003.
• Attended official meetings in Spain, October 2003.
• Attended official meetings in the Philippines from January to February 2004.
• Attended official meetings in Switzerland, March 2004.
• Attended official meetings in Indonesia from June to July 2004.
• Attended official meetings in Kiribati, July 2004.

Parliamentary party positions

• Liberal Party of Australia. Served: 24.03.1990 to 31.08.2004
• Shadow Minister for the Environment from 7.4.1993 to 26.5.1994.
• Shadow Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs from 26.5.1994 to 11.3.1996.

Personal

• Born: 6.4.1943, Adelaide, Australia
• Gender: Female
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• GradDipHealthEd (Sturt College of Advanced Education).
• BA (Australian National University).
• GradDipAppPsych (Flinders University).
• Researcher for the Health Commission (SA).
• Advertising executive.
• Journalist.
• Company Director.

Electorate

• Name: Hindmarsh
• Location: inner western Adelaide; it includes the suburbs of Edwardstown, Fulham, Glenelg, Henley Beach, Kidman Park, Kurralta Park, Morphettville, Plympton, Richmond, Torrensville and West Beach.
• Area: 62 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 84,806 (at 10.11.2001)
• Industries: aviation, tourism, small industries and numerous sporting venues.
• Includes: Hindmarsh includes parts of the South Australian House of Assembly electorates of Colton, Elder, Hanson, Morphett and Peake.

Publications

• Youth Report - Marion, Brighton and Glenelg Needs Assessment, Southern Community Health Services, Adelaide: 1989.
• Parents and Children (co-author), Southern Community Health Services, Adelaide: 1989.