Lynda has a long involvement in sport having played rugby both at the representative level and for Sydney University.  She is a former Chair of NSW Women’s Rugby Union.  She had a 37-year soccer career including the former State League for Liverpool FC and local teams Yagoona FC, Lidcombe Waratahs and Granville Kewpies. 
 
She holds a Bronze Medallion in Surf Lifesaving and is captain of the NSW Parliamentary netball team.  Lynda has represented the Australian Parliaments in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Cricket Cup in London and Parliamentary Rugby Cup. 

Lynda previously served twelve years in the NSW Legislative Council and has held the portfolios of Shadow Veterans Affairs, Shadow Police and Counter-Terrorism and Shadow Sport and Recreation.