She was a Labor and independent member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2001 to 2006, representing the district of Noosa.
[3] In 2006, Molloy publicly opposed her party's policy to build a dam on the Mary River.
[6] Thereafter, Molloy sat out the remainder of her term as an independent before being defeated at the 2006 state election.
[7] The following year, Molloy unsuccessfully contested the federal seat of Wide Bay, also in an independent capacity.
She was married to Ivan Molloy,[9] who was the endorsed Labor candidate for Fairfax at the 2004 federal election.