Hon Cameron Dick

Profile

Hon Cameron Dick
Electorate: Woodridge - View Map(.pdf)
Party: ALP
Election date: 31 January 2015
Previous representation: Greenslopes - ALP (21 Mar 2009 - 23 Mar 2012)
Speeches: Inaugural (.pdf) | All Speeches

Contact details

Opposition Office

Level 9, 63 George Street
BRISBANE QLD 4000

Opposition Office Postal Address

PO Box 15057
CITY EAST QLD 4002

Phone: (07) 3004 2300
Fax: n/a
Email:  DeputyLeader@opposition.qld.gov.au

Electorate Office Address

Unit 2B
Logan Central Plaza Shopping Centre
38-74 Wembley Road
LOGAN CENTRAL QLD 4114

Electorate Office Postal Address

PO Box 2486
LOGAN CITY DC QLD 4114

Phone: (07) 3445 4100
Fax: n/a
Email:  Woodridge@parliament.qld.gov.au

Parliamentary Service

Current:
  • Member, Committee of the Legislative Assembly: 28 Nov 2024
  • Shadow Minister for State Development, Infrastructure, Planning and Regional Development: 8 Nov 2024
  • Deputy Leader of the Opposition: 5 Nov 2024
Past:
  • Minister for Tourism and Sport: 18 Dec 2023 - 21 Dec 2023
  • Deputy Premier, Treasurer and Minister for Trade and Investment: 15 Dec 2023 - 27 Oct 2024
  • Minister for State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning: 15 Dec 2023 - 17 Dec 2023
  • Treasurer and Minister for Trade and Investment: 7 Oct 2021 - 14 Dec 2023
  • Treasurer and Minister for Investment: 12 Nov 2020 - 6 Oct 2021
  • Treasurer, Minister for Infrastructure and Planning: 11 May 2020 - 11 Nov 2020
  • Minister for State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning: 12 Dec 2017 - 10 May 2020
  • Minister for Health and Minister for Ambulance Services: 16 Feb 2015 - 11 Dec 2017
  • Minister for Education: 21 Feb 2011 - 26 Mar 2012
  • Minister for Industrial Relations: 26 Mar 2009 - 26 Mar 2012
  • Attorney-General: 26 Mar 2009 - 21 Feb 2011

Career

Prior to election Barrister-at-Law in private practice at the Queensland Bar. Chair, Commonwealth Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission, 2012 – 2014. Attorney-General of Tuvalu 1995-1996; Crown Counsel, Government of Tuvalu, 1993-1995. Admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland and all Federal Courts including the High Court of Australia, 1992. Previously employed as a solicitor in private practice and in the public sector. Member of the Australian Labor Party since 1989. Former delegate to State and National Conferences. Former member of State Party committees including State Administrative Committee and State Campaign Committee.
Party Positions:
  1. (ALP) Member of the Australian Labor Party since 1989.
  2. (ALP) Delegate, State Conference; Member, Queensland Administrative Committee; Member, Rules Committee; Former member, State Campaign Committee; Former delegate, National Conference.
  3. (ALP) Former Branch President, Former Branch Vice-president, Branch Secretary and holder of other branch executive positions.
  4. (ALP) Former Branch Delegate and Executive Member of Municipal, State and Federal Electoral Councils.
Community Activity: Member, Logan and Districts Services Club; Member, The Rec Club, Logan. Former volunteer lawyer at YFS Ltd Logan Legal Advice Centre. Active supporter of multicultural, community and volunteer service organisations over many years including junior sporting clubs, Rotary International, Local Ambulance Committees, historical societies, Heart Support Australia and RSL sub-branches.

Personal

Birth Date: (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)
Family: Married (2 children)
Education: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws (University of Queensland); Master of Law (Trinity Hall, Cambridge, United Kingdom)

Additional Information

Notes: International development volunteer in the South-West Pacific island nation of Tuvlau through the Australian Volunteers Abroad program, now Australian Volunteers International (1993-1996). Member Australian Workers’ Union (Queensland Branch); Association of Labor Lawyers Qld (Inc); Queensland Parliamentary Friends of Rugby League Interests include rugby league and cricket.
Publications: Dick, C., 'Winds of change: the Queensland justice system: Attorney-General explains civil and criminal reforms', Proctor, V.30 No.5, Jun 2010, 20-21.
Sources: Queensland Parliament, Members List, Biography, http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/