• Personal
• DOB: 1963
• Marital status: Married with 2 school age children
• Residence: Hyde Park (last 17 years)
• Interests: Family, furniture / design, food, wine, travel

Education

• Furnishing trades apprenticeship (Marleston TAFE)
• Salisbury High School
• St Augustine s Primary School, Salisbury

Employment

• State Member of Parliament (2006-)
• Managing Director, own manufacturing / retail company (1984 - 2006)
• Apprenticeship with Norman Turner & Nottage (1980 - 1984)

Community

• Delivery duties Meals on Wheels Unley (2006-current)
• Member friends of Unley library (2005- current)
• Member Broughton Art Society (2005- current)
• Member Unley High School Council (2006- current)
• Member Unley Primary School council (2000- current)
• Chairman of the Unley Primary School Council (2000-2003)
• Board of the Womens and Children s Hospital (1998-2003)
• National Director Furniture Association (1998-2000)
• Unley Mainstreet Association (1995-2000)
• President, Unley Chamber of Commerce (1995)
• Councillor, Local Government (1991-1993)
• Adelaide Parklands Preservation Association (1989-current)

Parliament

• Shadow Minister for Education
• Shadow Minister for Employment, Training and Further Education
• Shadow Minister for Early Childhood Development
• Parliamentary Committee on Social Development. The Social Development Committee investigates matters relating to the social well being of the community.
• Parliamentary Committee on Occupational Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (PCOSRC) - The PCOSRC is required to keep the Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare Act 1986 and the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1986 under review.
• Parliamentary Select Committee on Balancing Work and Life Responsibilities. The Balancing Work and Life Committee is inquiring into how South Australian's can balance work and life responsibilities.
• Parliamentary Public Works Committee (2007-2010)