Born: 5 May 1948
Garbutt completed her BA and DipEd at the University of Melbourne and her BEd at La Trobe University. Between 1970 and 1976 she was a Secondary School Teacher and in 1982 began work as an Electorate Officer to the Hon. Pauline Toner Member for Greenborough.
After winning the Greenborough by-election, Garbutt became a member of the Education Caucus Committee and the Conservation and Environment Caucus Committee from 1989-92. Also she was a member of the Natural Resources & Environment Parliamentary Committee (1991-1992) and the Community Development Committee (1992-1996).
In 1992 Garbutt became the Shadow Minister for Community Services and a year later the Shadow Minister for Women's Affairs. She held both these positions until 1996 when she was made Shadow Minister for Environment, Conservation & Land Management and Shadow Minister for Water Resources from 1996-1999.
The mother of two adult children, her interests include bushwalking, camping and travel.

Sources: http://home.vicnet.au/~garbutt/profile.html accessed 3/10/01; http://www.women.vic.gov.au accessed 3/10/01;
http://www.vic.alp.org.au/people/bundoora.html accessed 3/10/01

Sources used to compile this entry: http://home.vicnet.au/~garbutt/profile.html accessed 2001-10-03, http://www.women.vic.gov.au accessed 2001-10-03 and http://www.vic.alp.org.au/people/bundoora.html accessed 2001-10-03.