She completed a diploma in real estate management at Perth Technical College.
[2] Following the Coalition's victory at the 1996 federal election, Moylan was appointed Minister for Family Services in the Howard government.
She was moved to the status of women portfolio in October 1997 and dropped from the ministry after the 1998 election.
[1] In November 1997 she appeared in a television advertising supporting a "Yes" vote in the republic referendum, alongside other Liberal ministers Amanda Vanstone and John Fahey.
[citation needed] In June 2005 she joined a backbench revolt led by Liberal colleague Petro Georgiou in an attempt to end the system of mandatory detention in Australia of asylum seekers.