Parliamentary service
Elected to the House of Representatives for Tangney, Western Australia, 2004.
Committee Service
House of Representatives Standing:
Science and Innovation from 1.12.04;
Transport and Regional Services from 1.12.04.
Party positions
Member, Liberal Party Geelong Branch 1997-2000.
Vice-President, Liberal Party Brand Division 2003-04.
Member, Liberal Party Willetton Branch from 2004.
Personal
Born 28.2.1962, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Married.
Qualifications and occupation before entering federal Parliament
BAppSc (RMIT), MSc (Melb), PhD (Monash).
Air traffic controller 1983-86.
Research scientist, CSIRO 1995-99.
Research scientist and defence analyst 1999-2004.
Electorate
Description: inner metropolitan.
Location: southern Perth; it includes the suburbs of Applecross, Alfred Cove, Ardross, Attadale, Bateman, Booragoon, Brentwood, Bull Creek, Ferndale, Langford, Leeming, Lynwood, Melville, Mount Pleasant, Murdoch, Myaree, Parkwood, Riverton, Rossmoyne, Shelley, Willetton and Winthrop, and parts of Kardinya.
Area: 70 sq km (approx.).
Electors enrolled: 82 571 (at 9.10.04).
Industries: light industry, retail and service industries.
State electorates: Tangney includes the Western Australian Legislative Assembly electorate of Murdoch, and parts of Alfred Cove, Riverton, Thornlie and Willagee.