Electorate

EVERTON (STAFFORD 1989-1992)

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Party

AustraLian Labor Party (ALP)

Date of Election to present seat : 19 September 1992 (First elected 2 December 1989)

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Parliamentary Service

Minister for Education and Training and Minister for the Arts from 13 September 2006. Minister for Education and Minister for the Arts 28 July 2005 - 13 September 2006. Attorney-General and Minister for Justice 22 February 2001 - 28 July 2005. Minister for Environment and Heritage and Minister for Natural Resources 29 June 1998 - 22 February 2001. Shadow Minister for Environment and Heritage 27 February 1996 - 26 June 1998. Deputy Chairman, Estimates Committee D, 1996 and 1997. Parliamentary Representative, University of Queensland Senate 1 January 1996 - 24 March 1996. Chairperson, Legal, Constitutional and Administrative Review Committee 15 September 1995 - 2 April 1996. Chairperson, Estimates Committee D, 1994 and 1995; Chairperson, Privileges Committee 12 November 1992 - 20 June 1995; Member, Select Committee on Procedural Review 19 October 1995 - 2 April 1996; Member, Electoral and Administrative Review Committee 21 March 1990 - 20 June 1995. Chairperson, Ministerial Inquiry into Sports Funding 1990; Chairperson, Ministerial Inquiry into Residential Tenancy Law Reform (1991-1992); Chairperson, State and Local Government Inquiry into Community Use of School Swimming Facilities 1993; Chairperson, Ministerial Alternative Energy Advisory Group (1993-1994).

Current Parliamentary service is highlighted in green.

Party Activity

President, Aspley West Chermside Branch 1982-1983; Secretary, Petrie F.D.E. 1987-1988; Aspley-Zillmere Branch 1987; President, Aspley-Zillmere Branch 1988-1989; Delegate, State Conference 1988-1991; State Council 1988-1991; Member, State Rules Committee 1989-1992; Member, State Laws and Law Enforcement Committee 1989-1992.

Personal

Born Brisbane, 30 September 1958. One daughter. Bachelor of Arts (First Class Honours); Bachelor of Laws; Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice; Graduate Diploma in Industrial Relations; and Master of Science in Environmental Management in 2001. Prior to election, Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland and Barrister of the High Court of Australia. Patron-in-Chief, Queensland Badminton Association 1991-1994. Member of the following organisations: Burleigh Heads Surf Life Saving Club since 1972; Reference Committee for the Role of Parliament for the Constitutional Centenary Foundation; Australian Conservation Foundation; Australian and New Zealand Solar Energy Society. Chairperson, The Whitlam Institute for Social and Economic Research. Interests include swimming and lifesaving, environment and energy policy, philosophy, law reform, industrial relations, constitutional issues.