Contact details
Ministerial Office Postal Address
GPO Box 149BRISBANE QLD 4001Ministerial Office
1 William StreetBRISBANE QLD 4000Phone: (07) 3719 7400Fax: n/aEmail: [email protected]
Electorate Office Postal Address
PO Box 936
REDCLIFFE QLD 4020Electorate Office Address
Suite 35 Level 1, Bluewater Square Shopping Cent
Cnr Anzac Ave & Sutton Street
REDCLIFFE QLD 4020Phone: (07) 3448 7100Fax: n/aEmail: [email protected]
Parliamentary Service
Current:
- Chair, Business Committee: 3 Sep 2018
- Attorney-General and Minister for Justice: 12 Dec 2017
- Leader of the House: 11 Dec 2017
- Member, Committee of the Legislative Assembly: 11 Dec 2017
Past:
- Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister for Training and Skills: 16 Feb 2015 - 11 Dec 2017
- Shadow Minister for Justice and Attorney-General; Training; Disability Services; Housing: 5 Aug 2014 - 2015
- Member, Legal Affairs and Community Safety Committee: 27 Aug 2014 - 6 Jan 2015
- Member, Education and Innovation Committee: 4 Mar 2014 - 27 Aug 2014
- Shadow Minister for Education and Training; Disability Services; Science, IT and Innovation: 4 Mar 2014 - 4 Aug 2014
- Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change, Innovation and Industry: 1 Jul 2013 - 18 Sep 2013
- Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change, Industry and Innovation: 25 Mar 2013 - 1 Jul 2013
- Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency: 4 Feb 2013 - 25 Mar 2013
- Member, House of Representatives Standing Committee on Education and Employment: 25 Oct 2010 - 13 Feb 2013
- Member, Speaker’s Panel: 20 Oct 2010 - 13 Feb 2013
- Deputy Chair of Joint Committee on Public Accounts and Audit: 25 Oct 2010 - 6 Feb 2013
- Chair of Privileges and Members' Interests: 14 Mar 2012 - 5 Feb 2013
- Deputy Chair of Joint Committee on National Broadband Network: 22 Mar 2011 - 14 Mar 2012
- Member, Joint Select Committee on Parliamentary Budget: 23 Nov 2010 - 23 Mar 2011
- Member of Joint Standing Committee on Migration: 18 Feb 2008 - 21 Mar 2011
- Member, House of Representatives Standing Committee on Education and Training: 19 Feb 2008 - 19 Jul 2010
- Member, House of Representatives Standing Committee on Climate Change, Water, Environment and the Arts: 19 Feb 2008 - 16 Mar 2009
Career
Prior to be elected to federal parliament – Senior Industrial Advocate, AWUEQ; Exchange program Canada and USA 0ctober-December 2005; Member of the Training and Employment Recognition Council 2000 to 2007; Member for the Queensland Workplace Bullying Taskforce, 2001-2002; Associate, Queensland Industrial Relations Commission 1992-1994; various clerical and hospitality positions from 1985-1992.
Personal
Birth Date:
26 July 1970 (Penrith, NSW)
Family:
Married (2 children)
Education:
Bachelor of Laws (QUT); Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice (ANU).