Pharmacy Career
Carnell received a BPharm from the University of Queensland in 1976. The same year she moved to Canberra from Brisbane, and she bought her own pharmacy business in 1981. She owned and managed the Red Hill Pharmacy in Canberra through to 2002. She served as the head of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Branch of the Australian Pharmacy Guild as well as National Vice-President of the guild. She also served on the ACT Chamber of Commerce and on the boards of charities and community organisations. Carnell continued her work as a pharmacist while she joined the Liberal Party in 1991. Among other positions she was: Chairman of the Canberra and Southern District Pharmacists Company Ltd (1982–1992), Vice-President of the Retail Industry and Training Council, ACT (1987–1991), Councillor at the Australian Institute of Pharmacy Management (1990–1991), Member of the ACT Board of Health (1990–1991), and a Member of the Pharmacy Restructuring Authority (1990–1991).
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