After Salter took up an overseas coaching role Edington moved to Queensland to train under the QAS program from the end of 2008.

She won three gold medals at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne: 50-metre and 100-metre backstroke, and the 4×100-metre medley relay in world record time of 3:56.30 seconds with teammates Leisel Jones, Libby Lenton and Jessicah Schipper.

After narrowly missing the 2012 Olympic team, Edington competed in the European summer circuit prior to working with Channel 7 News during the London Games.

Continuing in the sports world, Edington moved to Switzerland and worked at the International Olympic Committee until the end of 2014.

Edington is pursuing a Doctorate of Business Administration at the International School of Management in Paris.