Carina Tan Van Baren

Carina has a diverse background of nearly 30 years' experience across media, communications and commercial law.

She held a number of senior roles at The West Australian, Perth's daily metropolitan newspaper, including as a specialist reporter covering health, education and environmental issues and as a political reporter and chief of staff in The West's Federal Parliament bureau in Canberra.

Carina has also worked at federal government level as a public affairs officer in the Department of Health and Ageing and as media adviser to the Attorney-General and Minister for Communications and the Arts.
More recently, Carina has practised as a commercial solicitor specialising in property law, in particular large-scale land acquisitions, property development, joint ventures and foreign investment.