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Federal parliamentary service14 years 2 month(s) and 9 days.Duration reported by the Parliamentary Handbook · 28 Oct 2026
Current ministry / shadow entries0Includes office-holder entries such as Cabinet membership; not a count of distinct policy areas.
Parliamentary service
First entered federal Parliament: 1 July 2011.
Service periods below follow the Handbook’s election and service boundaries. The source-reported duration above is shown separately from our interval calculation.
1 July 2025 – CurrentSenate
Re-elected 2025
1 July 2019 – 30 June 2025Senate
Elected to the Senate for Queensland 2019.
6 Sept 2018 – 30 June 2019Senate
Chosen by the Parliament of Queensland on 6.9.2018 under section 15 of the Constitution to represent that State in the Senate, vice A Bartlett (resigned).
2 July 2016 – 18 July 2017Senate
Re-elected 2016. Resigned 18.7.2017. (election ruled void 27.10.2017 under section 44 (i) of the Constitution; ruled ineligible from 2.7.2016)
1 July 2011 – 1 July 2016Senate
Elected to the Senate for Queensland 2010.
Current responsibilities
Ministry and shadow ministry
No current ministry or shadow-ministry appointment is recorded in this Handbook snapshot.
Parliamentary and party offices
Australian Greens Spokesperson on Climate Change and Energy, Women and First Nations4 June 2025 – Current
These are the Handbook’s dated appointments. Party spokespeople and committee memberships outside these records need their own source checks.
Background before Parliament
Qualifications recorded by Parliament
Bachelor of Science, Griffith University
Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, College of Law, NSW
Bachelor of Laws Honours, Griffith University
Occupations recorded by Parliament
Community environmental lawyer at the Environmental Defender's Office (Qld) from 2002 to 2011.
Graduate lawyer at Freehills from 2001 to 2002.
Legal researcher at the Land and Resources Tribunal from 2000 to 2001.
Appointment history
View 14 dated office and portfolio entries
Australian Greens Spokesperson on Climate Change and Energy, Women and First Nations4 June 2025 – Current
Leader of the Australian Greens of the Federal Parliamentary Australian Greens15 May 2025 – 30 Sept 2026
Australian Greens Spokesperson on Women and Democracy17 June 2022 – 4 June 2025
Australian Greens Spokesperson on Women, Democracy (covers Local Government), Climate Emergency and Energy (Senate) and Public Sector15 Sept 2021 – 17 June 2022
Australian Greens Spokesperson on Women, Mining and Resources, Democracy (covers Local Government) and Lead on Climate Emergency and Energy (Senate)9 Sept 2020 – 15 Sept 2021
Australian Greens Spokesperson on Democracy, Mining and Resources, and Women4 Feb 2020 – 9 Sept 2020
Leader of the Australian Greens in the Senate4 Feb 2020 – 15 May 2025
Australian Greens Spokesperson on Democracy, Mining and Resources, Women, Tourism and Gambling5 July 2019 – 4 Feb 2020
Co-Deputy Leader of the Federal Parliamentary Australian Greens4 Dec 2018 – 10 June 2022
Australian Greens Spokesperson on Environment and Biodiversity; Mining and Resources; Women; Gambling; and Tourism25 Aug 2016 – 18 July 2017
Australian Greens Spokesperson on Climate Change and Resources; Environment and Biodiversity; Women15 Sept 2015 – 25 Aug 2016
Australian Greens Spokesperson on Climate Change, Resources, Mining and Coal Seam Gas; Environment and Biodiversity; Women25 May 2015 – 15 Sept 2015
Co-Deputy Leader of the Federal Parliamentary Australian Greens6 May 2015 – 18 July 2017
Australian Greens Spokesperson on Environment and Biodiversity; Women; Resources, Mining and Coal Seam Gas1 July 2014 – 25 May 2015
