Ms Jonty Bush

Profile

Ms Jonty Bush
Electorate: Cooper - View Map(.pdf)
Party: ALP
Election date: 31 October 2020
Speeches: Inaugural (.pdf) | All Speeches

Contact details

Electorate Office Address

Shop 2
230 Waterworks Road
ASHGROVE QLD 4060

Phone: (07) 3554 9100
Fax: n/a
Email:  cooper@parliament.qld.gov.au

Parliamentary Service

Current:
  • Member, State Development, Infrastructure and Works Committee: 28 Nov 2024
Past:
  • Member, Community Safety and Legal Affairs Committee: 13 Feb 2024 - 1 Oct 2024
  • Member, Youth Justice Reform Select Committee: 12 Oct 2023 - 18 Apr 2024
  • Member, Parliamentary Crime and Corruption Committee: 31 Aug 2021 - 12 Feb 2024
  • Member, Legal Affairs and Safety Committee: 26 Nov 2020 - 12 Feb 2024
  • Temporary Speaker: 26 Nov 2020 - 1 Oct 2024

Career

Jonty began her career in human resources on the Sunshine Coast, working with a number of small - medium businesses over a seven year period in areas of recruitment, training, workplace health and safety and volunteer management. Following the homicides of her sister and father, Jonty changed careers and joined the Queensland Homicide Victim Support Group (QHVSG), initially as a family support coordinator in 2004. She was appointed as Chief Executive Officer to the QHVSG in 2007, and awarded the Young Australian of the Year in 2009 recognising her work in advocacy for victims of crime in Queensland. In 2010 Jonty accepted a role in the public service with the Department of Justice and Attorney General, and additionally was selected as a Council Member in Queensland's inaugural Sentencing Advisory Council. Until elected to the seat of Cooper in 2020 Jonty remained with the department enjoying a variety of roles including the Director of the Office of the Public Guardian and Director of the Strategic Support Office.
Party Positions:
  1. (ALP) Vice President. 2020
Official Awards: Young Australian of the Year (2009)

Personal

Birth Date: 25 June 1979
Family: De facto (4 children)
Education: Bachelor of Business, University of the Sunshine Coast; Masters of Criminology, Griffith University

Additional Information

Jonty has devoted much of her life to community work, volunteering for associations including Meals on Wheels and with Clean Up Australia from a young age.