The Hon. Nicola Roxon MP has been reappointed as the Minister for Health and Ageing in the Gillard Labor Government.

She has been a member of Federal Parliament since 1998, representing the Melbourne western suburbs seat of Gellibrand.

In an earlier life she was an associate to the nation’s first female High Court Justice, Mary Gaudron, and an industrial lawyer who acted in the high profile waterfront dispute.

Nicola has a First Class Honours Law degree and Arts degree from Melbourne University, and graduated top of her law class in 1990.

Since becoming Health Minister, Nicola has been busy working on major health reform.