Contact details

Phone: (07) 4994 2100
Fax: (07) 4994 2109
Email: Rockhampton@parliament.qld.gov.au

Parliamentary Service

Current:

• Member, Health, Communities, Disability Services and Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Committee: 15 Feb 2018

I commenced work as a filing clerk in Queensland Health at 16 years of age in 1980. Over the ensuing 37 years, I spent the bulk of my career in the Department of Housing and I was promoted through numerous jobs across Queensland to the position of Regional Director, Central Queensland and North Coast Region for the Department of Housing and Public Works. Responsibilities included aboriginal housing, urban public housing planning, construction, maintenance and tenancy management. Job locations included Brisbane, Gold Coast, Mount Isa and Rockhampton. Over many years the roles carried significant budgetary and staffing responsibilities, requiring skills in strategic planning, effective leadership of people, and operational management.

Official Awards: 2016 Department of Housing and Public Works Australia Day Medallion for coordination and front line management of Housing response to Cyclone Marcia.

Community Activity: Involved in various sporting clubs with our children, soccer, swimming, football, Apex, Rotary.

Personal

Birth Date: 17 November 1963 (Ayr, Queensland, Australia)

Family: Married (2 children)

Education: Senior Certificate

Religion: Roman Catholic