Elizabeth LEE
Canberra Liberals
Member for Kurrajong
Contact
Ph: (02) 6205 1919
lee@parliament.act.gov.au
GPO Box 1020
Canberra ACT 2601
Assembly service
- Elected 26 October 2016
- Re-elected 28 October 2020
Parliamentary positions
Current
- Leader of the Opposition (since November 2020)
- Shadow Treasurer (since November 2020)
- Shadow Minister for Education (since December 2023)
- Shadow Minister for Climate Action, Energy and Emissions Reduction (since February 2022)
- Shadow Minister for the Economic Development, Tourism and Major Projects (since November 2020)
Previous Assembly
- Assistant Speaker (December 2016 – October 2020)
- Shadow Minister for Education (February 2018 – October 2020)
- Shadow Minister for Disability (November 2016 – October 2020)
- Shadow Minister for the Environment (November 2016 – October 2020)
- Shadow Attorney-General (November 2020 – January 2022)
- Shadow Minister for Climate Action (November 2020 – January 2022)
Committee service
Standing Committees
- The Integrity Commission (November 2018 – June 2019, Chair; and September 2019 – October 2020, Chair)
- Education, Employment and Youth Affairs (November 2018 – April 2019; and December 2019 – October 2020)
- Justice and Community Safety (December 2016 – November 2018, in the position of Chair from March 2018)
- Justice and Community Safety (Scrutiny of Bills) (December 2016 – November 2018, in the position of Chair from March 2018)
Select Committees
- Independent Integrity Commission 2018 (June – October 2018, Deputy Chair)
- Estimates 2018-2019 (March 2018 – July 2018)
- Independent Integrity Commission (December 2016 – October 2017)
About Elizabeth Lee
Inaugural speech
Elizabeth Lee gave her inaugural speech to the Assembly on 13 December 2016.
Video
Previous occupations, qualifications
Occupations
- Law lecturer, Australian National University and University of Canberra
- Associate, Meyer Vandenberg Lawyers
- Lawyer, Australian Government Solicitor
- Legal officer, Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department
- Group fitness instructor
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Asian Studies, Australian National University
- Masters of Laws, Australian National University
- Cert III in Fitness, Australian Fitness Network
Community activities
- Vice President, ACT Law Society
- Councillor, ACT Law Society
- Chair, Australian Young Lawyers Committee, Law Council of Australia
- ACT representative, Recruitment and Retention of Lawyers Working Group, Law Council of Australia
- Chair, ACT Young Lawyers Committee, ACT Law Society
- Volunteer lawyer, Legal Advice Bureau, ACT Law Society
- Supporter – Cerebral Palsy Alliance ACT; UN Women; Lifeline Canberra and Dainere’s Rainbow Brain Tumour Research Fund
Personal
Elizabeth migrated to Australia from South Korea in 1986 when she was 7 years old and grew up in Western Sydney. She moved to Canberra at 18 to study law at the Australian National University and has lived and worked in Kurrajong ever since.
Interests
Group fitness (sh’bam and body balance), dancing, karaoke, yoga and watching live sport especially football (all codes)