Tania Lawrence
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Tania Lawrence | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Australian House of Representatives for Hasluck | |
| Assumed office 21 May 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Ken Wyatt |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 September 1973[1] |
| Citizenship | Australian |
| Party | Labor |
| Alma mater | Murdoch University University of Western Australia |
| Occupation | Public servant Corporate manager |
| Website | www |
Tania Natalie Lawrence (born 13 September 1973)[2] is an Australian politician. She is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and was elected to the House of Representatives at the 2022 federal election, representing the Western Australian seat of Hasluck. She was a ministerial adviser and corporate manager before her election to parliament.
Lawrence was raised in York, Western Australia.[3] She holds the degrees of Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Arts from Murdoch University and a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in Asian studies from the University of Western Australia.[4]
Career
Lawrence served as a policy advisor to WA state governments led by Richard Court, Geoff Gallop, Alan Carpenter and Colin Barnett.[5][6] Between 2005 and 2010, she worked in the state government's Office of State Security and Emergency Coordination. She subsequently joined Woodside Petroleum as senior manager of global business integration.[1][7]
Lawrence left a government position in 2021 to work full-time as managing director of the Beelu Forest Distilling Company, a boutique distillery which she established on her property in Mundaring.[8] In 2021, her distillery received a $20,000 "innovation voucher" from the WA Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation under a program for start-ups. Her distillery was the only business in the hospitality industry to receive innovation funding, with the other 20 recipients focusing on medical technology, biotechnology and robotics. The voucher was awarded to undertake laboratory research to develop a premium Australian organic spirits distilled with novel proprietary koji strain.[9]
