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glasshouse 17 FEBRUARY 2001 - 21 March 2009

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Party

Australian Labor Party (ALP)

Date of Election : 17 February 2001

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Parliamentary Service

Parliamentary Secretary for Education from 9 April 2009. Member, Members’ Ethics and Parliamentary Privileges Committee from 23 April 2009.  Member, Speaker’s Advisory Committee 26 February 2008 – 20 March 2009. Government Whip 11 September 2006 – 8 April 2009. Member, Scrutiny of Legislation Committee 13 May 2008 - 26 August 2008. Member, Review of Organ and Tissue Donation Procedures Select Committee 12 May 2008 – 28 October 2008. Member, Public Accounts Committee 11 October 2006 - 30 October 2007. Member, Estimates Committee D, 2006. Chair of Caucus, 28 July 2005 - 11 September 2006. Member, Estimates Committee A, 2005. Acting Chairman of Committees (Deputy Speaker) 24 March 2005 - 7 July 2005 and 22 July 2005 - 9 August 2005. Temporary Speaker/Deputy Speaker 31 August 2004 - 15 August 2006. Member, Estimates Committee A, 2004. Panel of Deputy Speakers 51st Parliament 18 March 2004 - 15 August 2006. Member, Public Works Committee 18 March 2004 - 15 August 2006. Member, Estimates Committee F, 2002. Member, Panel of Temporary Chairmen for the 50th Parliament 22 March 2001 - 13 January 2004. Member, Select Committee on Travelsafe 2 May 2001 - 13 January 2004. Member, Estimates Committee G, 2001.

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Government Appointments

Minister's appointment to the Queensland University of Technology. Member, Safe Youth Parties Taskforce 24 May 2005 - 10 March 2006.

Current Ministerial Legislative Committee Membership

Premier; Primary Industries and Fisheries; Environment and Multiculturalism; Health; Police and Corrective Services; Education and Training and The Arts from 28 September 2006. Deputy Premier, Treasurer and Minister for Infrastructure; State Development, Employment and Industrial Relations; Natural Resources and Water and North Queensland; Mines and Energy from 17 April 2007.

Party Activity

Secretary, ALP Caboolture Branch. Secretary, EEC, ALP Caboolture Branch. Chair, Communications and Information Technology Policy Committee.

Personal

Born Nambour, 7 May 1966. Attended Beerburrum SS, Caboolture SHS, Kelvin Grove CAE.  Married Bill Ferguson; two daughters, Jordan and Jetta. Diploma of Secondary School Teaching. Worked as a Secondary School Teacher, Assistant Accountant and Ministerial Assistant/Advisor. Interests include reading, gym and bushwalking.

Community Activity

Charter President of Queensland Parliamentary Lions Club. Member of Queensland Parliamentary Diabetes Support Group.