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She graduated from Queensland University with a BA in English and drama, before going to Sydney to study acting at the Q Theatre from 1980 to 1983.
She studied journalism and psychology at Queensland University and first "learned the ropes" about journalism at the Nundah Express, then became Associate Editor of Australian Cosmo.