Personal
Birth Date
19 Jan 1968 (Taroom, QLD, Australia)
Marriage
Married - 2 children.
Occupation
CEO, RASQ
Career
1. Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Agricultural Society of Queensland
2. Formerly employed in the petroleum industry
Party and Political Activities
Independent (IND)
Party Positions
1. Secretary, Parliamentary National Party, from 2 March 2001
2. Member, Shadow Ministerial Legislative Committees: Multicultural Policy; State Development; Small Business; Transport and Main Roads; and Aboriginal and Islander Policy, from March 2001
3. Member, Shadow Ministerial Legislative Committees: Attorney-General; Justice; Innovation, Information Technology and Rural Technology; Education; and Employment and Training, from March 2001
4. Member, Shadow Ministerial Legislative Committees: Emergency Services; Public Works and Housing; Primary Industry and Forestry; Northern Development; and Natural Resources and Mines, from March 2001
5. Member, Shadow Ministerial Legislative Committees: Police and Corrective Services; Local Government and Planning; Regional and Rural Communities; Racing; and Environment and Heritage, from March 2001
6. Member, Shadow Ministerial Legislative Committees: Sport; Industrial Relations; Health; Tourism; Trade; Fair Trading; and Women's Policy, from March 2001
7. State President, Queensland Young Nationals, 1997 to 1998
8. Vice-President, Federal Young Nationals, 1997 to 1998
9. Member, State Management Committee, 1996 to 1998
10. Delegate, Central Council, since 1995
11. Delegate, State Conference, since 1995
12. Delegate, Federal Conference and Council; National Party Delegate, Australian Political Exchange Council study tour to USA, 1997
13. Various positions in Young National and National Party branches, electorate councils and divisional councils
14. Member, various committees
Parliamentary Representation
| Assembly | NP | CUNNINGHAM | 17 Feb 2001 | 09 Sep 2008 | |
| Assembly | LNP | CUNNINGHAM | 09 Sep 2008 | 24 Feb 2009 | |
| Assembly | IND | CUNNINGHAM | 24 Feb 2009 | 20 Mar 2009 | Defeated |
Appointments
| Shadow Attorney-General and Shadow Minister for Justice (including Youth Justice) | 12 Aug 2008 | 30 Sep 2008 |
| Shadow Minister for Open Government | 12 Aug 2008 | 30 Sep 2008 |
| Member, Standing Orders Committee | 13 May 2008 | 11 Nov 2008 |
| Member, Estimates Committee C | 01 May 2008 | 25 Aug 2008 |
| Member, Broadcast of Parliament Select Committee | 14 Feb 2008 | 30 May 2008 |
| Leader of Opposition Business | 29 Jan 2007 | 30 Sep 2008 |
| Member, Estimates Committee E | 23 May 2007 | 06 Aug 2007 |
| Member, Public Works Committee | 11 Oct 2006 | 23 Feb 2009 |
| Shadow Minister for Education and Training and Shadow Minister for the Arts | 21 Sep 2006 | 12 Aug 2008 |
| Member, Estimates Committee E | 21 Apr 2006 | 08 Aug 2006 |
| Shadow Minister for Education and Training and Shadow Minister for the Arts | 28 Sep 2005 | 21 Sep 2006 |
| Temporary Speaker/Deputy Speaker | 01 Aug 2005 | 15 Aug 2006 |
| Member, Estimates Committee D | 11 May 2005 | 09 Aug 2005 |
| Member, Estimates Committee E | 20 May 2004 | 17 Aug 2004 |
| Shadow Minister for Health | 08 Mar 2004 | 27 Sep 2005 |
| Member, Estimates Committee C | 30 Apr 2003 | 18 Aug 2003 |
| Shadow Minister for Education, Shadow Minister for Youth and Shadow Minister for Multicultural Policy | 09 Feb 2003 | 08 Mar 2004 |
| Shadow Cabinet Secretary | 09 Feb 2003 | |
| Member, Estimates Committee D | 18 Apr 2002 | 29 Jul 2002 |
| Shadow Minister for Families, Shadow Minister for Disability Services, Shadow Minister for Youth and Shadow Minister for the Arts | 12 Mar 2001 | 09 Feb 2003 |
| Member, Parliamentary Crime and Misconduct Committee | 01 Jan 2002 | 11 Oct 2006 |
| Member, Parliamentary Criminal Justice Committee | 03 May 2001 | 31 Dec 2001 |
| Member, Estimates Committee G | 30 May 2001 | 31 Jul 2001 |
Notes
1. Member, Toowoomba Golf Club; Rotary Club of Toowoomba; Toowoomba Surf Life Saving Club; and University of Southern Queensland Corporate Club.
2. Former member of the Queensland Festival of the Horse Executive Committee and Board; and Task Force 2000 (Olympic activity organising committee).
3. RASQ representative on the Toowoomba and Golden West Tourism Authority; Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce; Darling Downs Sub-Chamber of Show Societies; and Queensland Large Show Societies Group.
4. Interests include sports (particularly golf and swimming), travel, reading, historic cars and theatre.
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