Career
She was a Caboolture Shire Councillor from 1991 until she retired in 1994, and was secretary of the Bribie Island branch of the Australian Labor Party. She held the seat of Pumicestone for Labor in Legislative Assembly of Queensland from its creation at the 2001 election until her defeat at the 2012 election. Her husband, Jon Sullivan, is a former Modern Language Association for Caboolture and former Member of Parliament for the federal division of Longman.