| 1963 |
Completed
high school and commenced secretarial work in the Committee
Section of Central Administration. |
| 1968-72 |
Travelled
overseas to work in financial institutions in London and New York |
| 1974 |
Commenced
employment for the then Minister for Social Security, Bill Hayden,
who encouraged her to pursue her study of the law. |
| 1980 |
Completed a
Bachelor of Arts at the University of Queensland |
| 1981 |
Commenced
her Articles of Clerkship with Roberts and Kane Solicitors |
| 1983 |
Graduated
from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Laws |
| 1984 |
Admitted as
a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland |
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Served as a
founding member of the Management Committee of the Women's Legal
Service |
| 1985 |
Appointed
Legal Coordinator of the Caxton Legal Service |
| 1990 |
Appointed
as the Principal Private Secretary to the then Queensland Attorney
General, Dean Wells |
| 1991-92 |
Appointed
Executive Officer at the Women's Consultative Council |
| 1991 |
Appointed
Senior Policy Officer in the Office of Consumer Affairs |
| May-Nov
1995 |
Appointed
Solicitor-in-Charge, Legal Aid Office, Queensland |
| Nov
1995 |
Appointed
Stipendiary Magistrate |
| July 1999 |
Appointed
Chief Stipendiary Magistrate |
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