Background
Lauga grew up in Central Queensland, Australia, where her current residence is at the suburb of Rockyview, in the Electoral District of Keppel.
Lauga grew up in Central Queensland, Australia, where her current residence is at the suburb of Rockyview, in the Electoral District of Keppel.
Foreign high school Lauga went to Rockhampton Grammar School where she graduated in 2003. She went on to study a dual Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Justice at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane partially for two years, then moving onto a Bachelor of Urban Development and graduating with honours.
She has been the Labor member for Keppel in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015. While Lauga was studying her Bachelor of Urban Development she partook in the QUT Planning Students Association and the QUT Student Guild. Later studying a Master of Business Administration (Master of Business Administration) at CQUniversity, which is a regional Queensland university with its central hub being that of her home town of Rockhampton.
After graduating as a town planner, Lauga went to work for Craven Ovenden Town Planning between November 2007 and June 2009 where her role was that of student town planner.
After leaving Craven Ovenden Town Planning she went and working for the Department of Public Works within Project Services between June 2009 and August 2010. This new role of Lauga"s involved the planning and project management of social housing.
Lauga then went on to work for Central Queensland consulting firm, CQG Consulting.