Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the House of Representatives for Dunkley, Victoria, 2019. Re-elected 2022. Died in office 4.12.2023.

Committee service

• House of Representatives Standing: Selection served from 22.7.2019 to 11.4.2022; Social Policy and Legal Affairs served from 22.7.2019 to 11.4.2022; Economics served from 8.10.2020 to 11.4.2022; Health, Aged Care and Sport served from 28.7.2022 to 4.12.2023; Social Policy and Legal Affairs served from 28.7.2022 to 9.8.2022; Social Policy and Legal Affairs served as Chair from 10.8.2022 to 4.12.2023
• Joint Select: National Anti-Corruption Commission Legislation served from 28.9.2022 to 30.9.2022; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice Referendum served from 30.3.2023 to 12.5.2023
• Joint Statutory: Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity served from 28.7.2022 to 28.3.2023; Public Accounts and Audit served from 28.7.2022 to 1.8.2023; National Anti-Corruption Commission served from 9.2.2023 to 4.12.2023; Human Rights served from 22.3.2023 to 4.12.2023; Public Accounts and Audit served from 9.8.2023 to 28.11.2023

Parliamentary party positions

• Australian Labor Party. Served: 18.05.2019 to 04.12.2023

Personal

• Born: 1.11.1973, Goulburn, Australia
• Died: 4.12.2023
• Gender: Female
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• BSc(Psych) (Australian National University).
• MCrim (University of Melbourne).
• LLB (Australian National University).
• Educator at the National Electoral Education Centre from 1993 to 1995.
• Law Clerk at Chor Pee and Associates, 1998.
• Justice and Arts Policy Advisor to the Hon. D Kerr MP from 1999 to 2001.
• Graduate Employee in the ACT Public Service, 1999.
• Solicitor Advocate at Robert Stary Lawyers from 2002 to 2007.
• Barrister at the Victorian Bar from 2008 to 2016.
• Senior Public Defender at Victorian Legal Aid from 2012 to 2014.
• Team Leader at the Victorian Law Reform Commission, 2015.
• Chief of Staff to the Hon. B O'Connor MP from 2017 to 2019.

Electorate

• Name: Dunkley
• Location: The Division of Dunkley consists of: Frankston City Council, and part of the Mornington Peninsula Shire Council.
• Area: 152 Sq km
• Electors enrolled: 110,636 (at 6.6.2019)
• Industries: Light industry, commercial and retail.