Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the Senate for Western Australia 1993. Defeated at general elections 1998.

Committee service

• Joint Standing: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade served from 30.9.1993 to 31.8.1998
• Senate Select: Dangers of Radioactive Waste served from 23.3.1995 to 30.4.1996; Uranium Mining and Milling served from 8.5.1996 to 15.5.1997; Socio-Economic Consequences of the National Competition Policy served from 8.7.1998 to 30.6.1999
• Senate Standing: Selection of Bills served from 20.5.1996 to 30.6.1999

Conferences, delegations and visits

• Member, Official Delegation to South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Botswana, July 1994.

Parliamentary party positions

• Australian Greens. Served: 01.07.1993 to 30.06.1999
• Australian Greens Whip in the Senate from 20.5.1996 to 30.6.1999.

Party positions

• Economics Spokesperson for the Greens (WA) from 1990.
• Network Coordinator for the Greens (WA), 1993.

Personal

• Born: 5.3.1955, Fremantle, Australia
• Gender: Female
• Marital Status: Single

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• DipEd (University of Western Australia).
• BA(Hons) (University of East Anglia).
• Receptionist, sales clerk, cashier, bar attendant.
• Teacher and librarian from 1984 to 1988.
• Lobbyist and Coordinator for People for Nuclear Disarmament from 1988 to 1991.