Brittany Louise Lauga (née McKee; born 19 June 1986) is an Australian politician and

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. She has been the

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member for Keppel in the

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since 2015.

Early life, education and non-political career

Lauga grew up in

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, where her current residence is at the suburb of Parkhurst, in the

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. For high school Lauga went to

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where she graduated in 2003. She went on to study a dual

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/ Bachelor of Justice at

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(QUT) in

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partially for two years, then moving onto a Bachelor of Urban Development and graduating with honours. While Lauga was studying her Bachelor of Urban Development she was a founding member of the QUT Planning Students Association and a General Secretary of the QUT Student Guild. Lauga later commenced a

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(MBA) at

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. After graduating as a town planner, Lauga went to work for Craven Ovenden Town Planning as a student town planner. After leaving Craven Ovenden Town Planning, Lauga went on and worked for the Department of Housing and Public Works within Project Services involving the planning and project management of

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. Lauga then went on to work for Central Queensland consulting firm, CQG Consulting.

Personal life

In April 2017, Lauga announced that she was expecting her first child. She gave birth to a daughter in October.

References

1986 births Living people Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Queensland University of Technology alumni People from Rockhampton Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland 21st-century Australian politicians Women members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 21st-century Australian women politicians People from Yeppoon {{Australia-Labor-Queensland-MP-stub