Julie Bishop is the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs.
She served as a cabinet minister in the Coalition Government as Minister for Education, Science and Training and as the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women's Issues. Prior to this, Julie was Minister for Ageing.
Julie was elected to the House of Representatives as the member for Curtin in 1998 and again in 2001, 2004 and 2007.
She has served on a number of parliamentary and policy committees including chairing the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties and the Government Policy Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Before entering Parliament Julie was a commercial litigation lawyer at Clayton Utz. She became a partner of Clayton Utz in 1985, and was the managing partner of the Perth firm from 1994 to 1998.
In 1996 Julie attended Harvard Business School in Boston and completed the Advanced Management Program for Senior Managers.
She is also a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management.
Julie has held a number of positions including chair of the Western Australia Town Planning Appeals Tribunal; a member of Murdoch University Senate; the board of the Anglican Schools Commission, a director of SBS (TV and Radio) and a board member of the Committee for Economic Development Australia (CEDA WA).
She has been Ambassador of the Muscular Dystrophy Association in WA, on the Council of Governors of the Lions Ear and Hearing Institute, a patron of CanTeen and vice patron of Westcare Incorporated.
Julie was also on the Board of the Cancer Foundation WA and she remains a patron and active member of many business, cultural and sporting organisations in her electorate. She is currently on the board of the West Coast Eagles AFL team.
Ms Bishop's paper: Foreign investment and soverignty - a domestic perspective.