Electorate

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Party

AustraLian Labor Party (ALP)

Date of Election : 9 September 2006

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Parliamentary Service

Minister for Disability Services and Multicultural Affairs from 26 March 2009. Member, Members’ Ethics and Parliamentary Privileges Committee 11 November 2008 - 20 March 2009. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Main Roads and Local Government 9 October 2008 - 20 March 2009. Chair, Estimates Committee C, 2008. Chair, Estimates Committee E, 2007. Chair, Members' Ethics and Parliamentary Privileges Committee 1 November 2006 - 12 November 2008. Chair, Members’ Ethics and Parliamentary Privileges Committee 1 November 2006 – 12 November 2008. Temporary Speaker/Deputy Speaker from 1 November 2006 - 12 November 2008. Member, Public Works Committee 11 October 2006 - 1 November 2006.

Current Parliamentary service is highlighted in green.

Current Ministerial Legislative Committee Membership

Transport and Main Roads; State Development, Employment and Industrial Relations; Communities, Disability Services, Seniors and Youth; Attorney-General and Justice from 28 September 2006. Public Works and Housing from 17 April 2007.

PARTY ACTIVITY

Former President, ALP Inala Branch; Delegate, Queensland ALP State Conference; Delegate, ALP National Conference; Former State President, Queensland Young Labor.

PERSONAL

Born Brisbane, 25 July 1969. Married. Education - St Mary’s Catholic College, Ipswich; Bachelor of Arts (UQ); Master of Arts (Hons) (University of London); Bachelor of Laws (UQ); Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice (ANU); British Council Chevening Scholar. Prior to election – Senior Ministerial Advisor to Beattie Labor Government (1998 – 2006) – (Including Minister for Communities, Disabilities and Seniors, Minister for the Environment and Minister for Mines and Energy); Former Adviser to Hon David Beddall (Commonwealth Minister); Tutor, Aboriginal and Island Students Service (UQ); Retail Part-time Sales Assistant. Senator, (UQ); Arts Representative (UQ); Member, Academic Board (UQ); Former President, Queensland Labor Lawyers; Former National President, Labor Lawyers; Former Secretary, London House Goodenough Club. Interests – reading, cricket, rugby league, theatre and sailing.

COMMUNITY ACTIVITY

Patron, Inala Community House; Secretary, Durack Ambulance Committee; Secretary, South West Progress Association; Member, Inala Red Cross; Member, Inala Day Respite Centre; Member, Queensland Labor Lawyers.