Annette has worked for 18 years in public health and sports physiotherapy, specialising as a physiotherapy practitioner working in the Emergency Department at Wollongong Hospital. She works as an independent practitioner managing musculoskeletal and orthopedic presentations to the emergency department. She has consulted with Physiotherapy Advisors and Executive Officers at the Ministry of Health on advanced and extended scope physiotherapy practice. She currently serves as the physiotherapy representative on the Emergency Care Institute Clinical Governance Committee and has previously been a leader in the NSW Health Emergency Physiotherapy Network. She lives in Wollongong with her husband and 3 children and loves to surf the local breaks.