Parliamentary Service
First woman to be elected to the House of Representatives for Franklin, Tasmania in 2007 and re-elected in 2010
Ministerial Appointments
Parliamentary Secretary for Community Services from 14.09.10
Parliamentary Secretary for Tasmania from 14.09.10
Committee Service
House of Representative Standing Committees
- Communications from 19.02.08 to 19.07.10
- Cyber Crime Inquiry Report.
- Education and Training from 19.02.08 to 19.07.10
- Adolescent Overload? Report into combining school and work: Supporting successful youth transitions.
- Family, Community, Housing and Youth from 19.02.08 to 19.07.10
- Who Cares …? Report into better support for carers.
Parliamentary Advisory Group
Member of the Presiding Officers’ Information Technology Advisory Group from 24.06.08 to 19.07.10
Chairperson role
Chair of the Tasmanian Consultative Panel for the Nation Building Black Spot Program from 2007
Chair of the Australian/Denmark Parliamentary Group for the 42nd Parliament
Qualifications and Occupation before entering Federal Parliament
Business Administration Cert IV (TAFE Tasmania)
State Secretary, ALP (Tasmania) 2006-07
Adviser to Senator CL Brown 2005-06
Manager, Ministerial Unit, Department of Tourism, Parks, Heritage and the Arts (Tasmania) 2003-05.
Personal Assistant and Adviser to the Premier of Tasmania, the Hon. JA Bacon, MHA 1998-2003.
Business Support Officer, Hydro Tasmania 1998
Adviser to Senator SM Mackay 1996-98
Electorate Officer to Senator J Coates 1995-96