Career
A former party staffer, the Coffs Harbour businesswoman became the party"s youngest New South Wales Member of Parliament at the age of 33. Pavey initially worked as a radio journalist with 2UW in Sydney, but soon became involved in the National Party, and in 1988 took up a position as a media officer for Matt Singleton, the then-Minister for Administrative Services. Over the next decade, she worked for a number of MPs, including Deputy Premier Wal Murray (1990–1993), Minister for Consumer Affairs Wendy Machin (1993–1994) and National Party leader Ian Armstrong (1994–1997).
Political career
In the subsequent weeks, Pavey announced her intention to nominate for the resulting casual vacancy.
She has dedicated much of her time to advocating for the people of the Queanbeyan region, in her role as The Nationals duty member for the Labor-held Legislative Assembly electorate of Monaro. She has also served on the Parliamentary Committee on Children and Young People since 2003.
On 3 April 2011, after the State election, it was announced by the new Premier Barry O"Farrell that Pavey would not enter his Coalition Cabinet in New South Wales. She had previously held the role of Shadow Emergency services Spokeswoman.
She was subsequently appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Health.
In December 2014, Pavey was preselected by the Nationals as the party"s candidate for the lower house seat of Oxley at the 2015 state election.
