Biography

In brief

Name: Fiona Joy Nash
Party: The Nationals
Position: Senator for NSW. Elected to the Senate 2004 (term began 1.7.2005)
Date of birth: May 6, 1965
Marital status: Married to David, with two children, Will and Henry
Lives: Crowther, north of Young, NSW
Education: Bachelor of Arts, Liberal Studies (Mitchell College, Bathurst)

Work history:
Farming partner from 1991
Ministerial staffer 1999 - 2004
National Party positions:
Member, The Nationals Central Council (NSW) from 1997
Chair, The Nationals Lachlan Electorate Council 1997 - 2002
Member, The Nationals Central Executive (NSW) 1999 - 2005
Delegate, The Nationals Federal Council from 2002
Delegate, The Nationals Women’s Federal Council 2002-05; Treasurer 2003
Member, The Nationals Central Council Campaign Committee (NSW) from 2003
Deputy Leader of the Nationals in the Senate from 2008

Committee membership:

• Government Backbench Policy Committees (Voting and non-voting)
• Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Conservation (Voting)
• Employment, Workplace Relations and Workforce Participation (Voting)
• Communications and Information Technology (Voting)
• Education, Science and Training Committee (Non-voting)
• Health and Ageing (Non-voting)
• Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (Non-voting)
• Industry and Resources (Non-voting)
  Senate Committees /Joint Standing Committees/ Joint Statutory Committees (Full member or participating member)

Senate Committees

• Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References (Chair)
• Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation (Full member)
• Senators’ Interests (Full member)
• Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Legislation (Participating member)
• Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade Legislation Committee (Participating member)
• Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee (Participating member)
• Community Affairs Legislation (Participating member)
• Environment, Communications, Information Technology and the Arts References (Participating member)
• Senate Select Committee on the National Broadband Network (Full member)

Joint Standing Committees

• Publications (Full member)
• Parliamentary Library (Full member)

Joint Statutory Committees

• Public Accounts and Audit (Full member)