Senator for New South Wales 1988-90
Nuclear Disarmament Party to 22.8.88. Independent Senator for Nuclear Disarmament from 22.8.88.
Parliamentary Service
Declared elected on 21.7.88 by the High Court of Australia sitting as the Court of Disputed Returns.
Defeated 1990. Term expired 30.6.90.
Committee Service
Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade from 24.8.88 to 30.6.90.
Joint Select: Tenure of Appointees to Commonwealth Tribunals from 9.3.89 to 30.11.89.
Personal
Born at Shanghai, China.
Qualifications and Occupation before entering Federal Parliament
BA(Hons) (Syd) Tutor in English Literature, University of Sydney 1971-73.
Senior Editor, Pergamon Scientific Publisher 1976-77.
Projects Officer, NSW Department of Corrective Services 1978-81.
Consultant editor from 1979.
Documentary film-maker 1982-85.
Editor, Encore: Australian trade journal for film industry 1986-88.
Other Positions
Secretary, Australian/USSR Parliamentary Group from 1989.
Publications
A Natural Legacy: Ecology in Australia, Sydney: Pergamon Press, 1979, 1986.
Frame-Up: Who Bombed the Hilton, Who Didn't? Sydney: Irina Dunn, Nick Power, Graeme Double, 1983.
Aspirations and Obstacles: Papers from the second Women Into Politics Workshop (editor), Sydney: Women Into Politics Inc, 1994.
Films Fighting For Peace: A History of the Australian Women's Peace Movement, Sydney: Film Australia, 1984.