- PO Box 6022
House of Representatives
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600 - Tel:
- (02) 6277 4501
- Fax:
- (02) 6277 8442
- Email:
- Email Yvette
- Shop 8, Aspley Planet Centre,
46 Gayford Street
Aspley QLD 4034 - Tel:
- (07) 3863 6888
- Fax:
- (07) 3863 2889
- PO Box 667
Aspley QLD 4034
Parliament House Office
Petrie Electorate Office
Postal Address:
Biography
Yvette and her husband George, a Queensland Police Officer, have lived on the Northside for over 15 years. They have two young children, Emma and Cameron, and, like many families in Petrie, are constantly trying to balance work and family life.
Educated at Redcliffe State High School, Yvette has worked in administration, hospitality and clerical roles in both the private and public sectors and she later balanced full time work with studying law. As a qualified lawyer, Yvette is proud to work for a union, advocating for working men and women in the challenges they face in their day to day lives. Yvette knows that working Queenslanders and their families should expect a basic fair go in the workplace.
Yvette has worked hard to develop training and employment opportunities for Queenslanders, and sits on the state’s Training and Employment Recognition Council. Yvette was also a member of the Workplace Bullying Taskforce and the Work and Family Taskforce.
As a mother of two, Yvette understands the many pressures placed on family time and budgets and she knows how important it is to have a Federal Member who will stand up for our community – now and into the future.
Yvette is well placed to represent the people of Petrie in promoting education, training, the environment and a fair go for working families.
Electorate Profile
State: Queensland
Name Derivation: Named after Andrew Petrie 1798-1872, a noted civil engineer, pioneer, explorer and the first free settler in Brisbane 1837.
Area and Location Description: Petrie covers an area of approximately 127 sq km from the northern Brisbane suburbs to the City of Redcliffe on Moreton Bay. It takes in parts of the local government areas of Brisbane City, all of the Redcliffe City area and part of Pine Rivers Shire. The main suburbs of the City of Brisbane include: Bald Hills, Bracken Ridge, Bridgeman Downs, Carseldine, Chermside West, Fitzgibbon, McDowall and parts of Aspley, Everton Park and Stafford Heights. The suburbs of the City of Redcliffe include Clontarf, Kippa-Ring, Margate, Redcliffe, Rothwell, Scarborough and Woody Point. Other areas include part of Mango Hill and Griffin in Pine Rivers Shire.
Products/Industries of the Area: The area is mainly residential with some light industrial and commercial activities.
First Proclaimed/Election: 1949
Demographic Rating: Outer Metropolitan
Members:
- Yvette D'Ath (ALP) 2007-
- GAMBARO, T (LP) 1996-2007
- JOHNS, G T (ALP) 1987-1996
- HODGES, J C (LP) 1984-1987
- WELLS, D M (ALP) 1983-1984
- HODGES, J C (LP) 1974-1983
- COOKE, N M (LP) 1972-1974
- HULME, A S (LP) 1963-1972
- O'BRIEN, R C (ALP) 1961-1963
- HULME, A S (LP) 1949-1961