[3] Prior to May 2023, Scanlon was the Environment and the Great Barrier Reef and Minister for Science and Youth Affairs.

[7] At the age of 13, her father died of melanoma and she began helping her mother care for her brother, who has Down syndrome.

At the age of 23, Scanlon ran as the Labor candidate for the seat of Fadden in the northern Gold Coast during the 2016 Australian federal election but was defeated by Stuart Robert.

[11] Following the Queensland Labor Government's win at the 2020 Queensland state election, with Scanlon again winning the seat of Gaven, she was appointed to the Labor government's third-term cabinet as Minister for the Environment, the Great Barrier Reef, Science and Youth Affairs.

[13] In 2023, Scanlon mentioned of their meeting in an interview with Brisbane's The Courier-Mail: “It's not a particularly exciting story.” Adding: “Neither of us wants to talk about the intricacies of our portfolios...