Judi Moylan's Biography

Parliament:

Elected to the House of Representatives as the Member for Pearce, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004 and 2007

• Deputy Chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Family, Community, Housing and Youth 2008 -
• Chair of the Government Public Works Joint Standing Committee, December 1998 -  2007
• Member of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade,   December 1998 – 2007
• Member - (Trade Sub-Committee, December 1998 – 2001, 2002 – 2007)
• Member - (Human Rights Sub-Committee, 1999-2001, 2002)
• Chair of Australia/China Parliamentary Friendship Group, August 2001- 2008
• Leader of the Australian Delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union, February 2005 - 2008
• Chair of Parliamentary Diabetes Support Group, 2002-
• Minister for the Status of Women, October 1997 – October 1998
• Minister for Family Services, March 1996 – October 1997
• Shadow Minister for Small Business and Shadow Minister Assisting the Leader on Women’s Affairs, May 1994 – March 1996
• Member of the Coalition Industry, Science and Technology and Small Business Committee, June 1994 – March 1996
• Member of the Coalition Health, Social Security and Senior Citizens Committee, June 1994 – March 1996
• Member of the Coalition Treasury, Finance and Public Administration Committee, March 1994 – March 1996
• Member of Australian delegation to the United Nations Women’s Conference, Beijing, 1995
• Member of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on the Environment, Recreation and the Arts, May 1993 – June 1994
• Member of the Joint Statutory Committee on Public Accounts, November 1993 – June 1994
• Member of the Coalition Policy Review Committee, April 1993 – July 1994

Prior to Entering Parliament:

• Established Judi Moylan Real Estate, Commercial
• Sales representative/Branch Manager, F P Woodmore Real Estate
• Established Judi Moylan Real Estate Midland
• 1984-87 Coordinator/Senior Lecturer, Real Estate and Sales Training, TAFE
• Licensed Real Estate Agent

Community Service:

• Public Affairs Committee of the Real Estate Institute of WA
• Whiteman Park Board of Management
• Eastern Region Enterprise and Arts Centre Board of Management
• Midland and Districts Chamber of Commerce (1990-1991 President)
• Eastern Region Economic Development Committee
• Real Estate education, including curriculum and lecturing

Awards:

• Real Estate Institute of WA Kevin Sullivan Memorial Award for individual excellence and achievement
• Business Person of the Year Midland and Districts Chamber of Commerce
• Valuation Student of the Year Prize

Conferences, Delegations and Visits:

International Conference of Conservative Women Parliamentarians, Washington DC, USA, February-March 1999

Member, Official Australian Observer Mission to the Indonesian Elections, (Leader of East Kalimantan Observer Group) June 1999

Leader Australian Political Exchange Council Delegation, China, July 1999
Australia/China Friendship Delegation China April 1999

Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Ireland and China, July 2000

Member, Parliamentary Delegation to the 105th IPU Conference, Havana, Cuba, and
bilateral visit to Mexico, March-April 2001

Member, Parliamentary Delegation to UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq and Kuwait, May 2003

Leader Australia/China Friendship Delegation, China, May 2003

Leader Australia/China Friendship Delegation, China, November 2003

Leader Australia/China Friendship Delegation, China, April 2005
Delegate Bo'ao Asia Forum China, April 2005

Leader of the Australia Inter-Parliamentary Union delegation to Geneva and Singapore 2005

Leader of the Australia Inter-Parliamentary Union delegation to South Africa and Kenya 2006

Leader of the Australia Inter-Parliamentary Union delegation to Geneva and Switzerland and bilateral visit to Portugal Oct 2006

Leader of the Australia Inter-Parliamentary Union delegation to Nusa Dua and Indonesia and bilateral visit to Cambodia April 2007

Qualifications:

Diploma in Real Estate Management, 1984
Bachelor of Education (partly completed)
Licensed Real Estate Agent

Personal:

Born in Guildford, WA in 1944 (4th generation Western Australian)
Three children
Enjoys publishing, writing, language studies, tennis, reading and public speaking