Personal Profile

Julie Bishop was elected to the House of Representatives as Member for Curtin in Western Australia in 1998 and re-elected in the 2001 and 2004 elections.

On 27 January 2006 Julie Bishop was appointed to the Cabinet, as Minister for Education, Science and Training and as the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women's Issues. Previously she was Minister for Ageing, first appointed 7 October 2003 and reappointed on 26 October 2004.

Her portfolio responsibilities include:

Portfolio agencies for which she has responsibility include:

Ms Bishop has served on a number of parliamentary and policy committees including as chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties and Chair of the Government Trade and Foreign Affairs Policy Committee.

Prior to entering Parliament, Ms Bishop practised as a commercial litigation lawyer for 20 years and was Managing Partner of national law firm Clayton Utz in Western Australia.

She held a number of positions including as Chair of the Western Australia Town Planning Appeals Tribunal; a member of Murdoch University Senate; the board of the Anglican Schools Commission and a director of SBS (TV and Radio) Corporation.

Ms Bishop remains a patron and active member of many business, cultural and sporting organisations in her electorate.

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