Personal Profile

Parliamentary Service

Elected to the House of Representatives for Moreton, Queensland, 1996, 1998, 2001 and 2004.

Ministerial Appointments

Minister for Vocational and Technical Education from 26.10.04

Minister Assisting the Prime Minister from 07.10.03

Minister for Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs from 26.11.01 to 26.10.04

Committee Service

House of Representatives Standing: Communications, Transport and Microeconomic Reform from 29.5.96 to 31.8.98; Communications, Transport and the Arts from 8.12.98 to 8.10.01; Industry, Science and Technology from 4.6.98 to 31.8.98; Publications from 8.12.98 to 8.10.01.

Joint Statutory: National Crime Authority from 8.12.98 to 11.2.02.

Joint Standing: Treaties from 17.6.96 to 11.2.02.

Conferences, Delegations and Visits

Delegate, Liberal Party Australian Political Exchange Program Visit, USA 1994.

Member, Parliamentary Delegation to the 45th CPA Conference, Trinidad and Tobago, September 1999.

Member, Joint Standing Committee on Treaties visit to New Zealand, March 2000.

Attended CPA Executive Committee meetings, Gibraltar, April 2000; Barbados, April-May 2001.

Party Positions

Member, Liberal Party (Qld) from 1986.

Campaign Director for various State and Federal elections from 1987.

Delegate, Liberal Party Conference (Qld) from 1987.

Delegate, Liberal-National Coalition Central Policy Committee 1994-96.

Member, Liberal Central Policy Committee 1994-96.

Member, Liberal Party (Qld) Central Campaign Committee 1994-95.

Personal

Born 5.1.1960, Caringbah, NSW.

Qualifications and Occupation before entering Federal Parliament

BComm (Griffith), DipMR.

Radio broadcaster 1977-82.

Television presenter and journalist 1980-89.

Radio news director 1989.

Media adviser to A Innes, MLA (Qld) 1989.

Media adviser to Senator DJ MacGibbon 1989-96.

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