Sue Boyce
Liberal Senator for Queensland
I was elected by the Queensland Parliament on April 19, 2007, to fill a casual Senate vacancy, and then elected in my own right at the Federal election on November 24, 2007. To find out more about my current committees, please follow this link.
I am a Company director and former journalist and public relations practitioner with experience in Queensland, Victoria, PNG and the UK. I was based in Melbourne for more than 20 years before returning to Queensland, in 1994, to work with my family's manufacturing company.
I stood down as executive chair at my election and I'm now a non-executive director of the company - a manufacturer, importer and exporter of products used primarily in the water and wastewater industries. The company, established in 1926, employs a number of people in Australia and South Africa and has branches in Cairns and Brisbane as well as interstate. I believe this gives me a good handle on the issues faced by Australian manufacturers and by business, especially family companies. I also appreciate the depth of co-operation needed from government and private sectors at all levels to solve Queensland's water problems.
I remain very committed to improving the political participation rates of women.
I am a disability advocate and a past president of the Down Syndrome Association of Queensland (DSAQ), and of Lifeways Inc., a Queensland organisation designed to assist ageing parents to plan for the long-term future of their adult child with a disability. I remain on the management committee of Lifeways.
I am a Company director and former journalist and public relations practitioner with experience in Queensland, Victoria, PNG and the UK. I was based in Melbourne for more than 20 years before returning to Queensland, in 1994, to work with my family's manufacturing company.
I stood down as executive chair at my election and I'm now a non-executive director of the company - a manufacturer, importer and exporter of products used primarily in the water and wastewater industries. The company, established in 1926, employs a number of people in Australia and South Africa and has branches in Cairns and Brisbane as well as interstate. I believe this gives me a good handle on the issues faced by Australian manufacturers and by business, especially family companies. I also appreciate the depth of co-operation needed from government and private sectors at all levels to solve Queensland's water problems.
I remain very committed to improving the political participation rates of women.
I am a disability advocate and a past president of the Down Syndrome Association of Queensland (DSAQ), and of Lifeways Inc., a Queensland organisation designed to assist ageing parents to plan for the long-term future of their adult child with a disability. I remain on the management committee of Lifeways.
I am a Past President of the Liberal Women's Council (Qld). Most importantly, I'm the mother of three adult children.
I hold a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from Monash University, a Masters of Business from QUT and I'm a Fellow and Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
I hold a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from Monash University, a Masters of Business from QUT and I'm a Fellow and Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
About Sue Boyce