Hon Amanda Stoker

Profile

Hon Amanda Stoker
Electorate: Oodgeroo - View Map(.pdf)
Party: LNP
Election date: 26 October 2024
Speeches: Inaugural (.pdf) | All Speeches

Contact details

Electorate Office Address

'Kramer Place'
19 Waterloo Street
CLEVELAND QLD 4163

Phone: (07) 3446 9100
Fax: n/a
Email:  oodgeroo@parliament.qld.gov.au

Parliamentary Service

Current:
  • Member, Parliamentary Crime and Corruption Committee: 28 Nov 2024
  • Assistant Minister for Finance, Trade, Employment and Training: 14 Nov 2024
Past:

Career

BA LLB (Hons 1) (University of Sydney); GradDipLegPrac (Griffith University); Solicitor and Clerk at Minter Ellison Lawyers from 2004 to 2006; Associate to IDF Callinan QC AC at the High Court of Australia, 2007; Associate to PD McMurdo at the Supreme Court (Qld), 2008; Prosecutor at the Director of Public Prosecutions from 2009 to 2011; Barrister in private practice (Qld) from 2011 to 2018; Sessional Academic at Central Queensland University from 2014 to 2017; Senator for Queensland from 2018 to 2022; Television host at Sky News Australia, 2023; Company director, 2022 to 2023.
Party Positions:
  1. (LNP) Member of the Liberal National Party President's Committee. 2017
  2. (LNP) Member of the Liberal National Party State Executive (Qld). 2014 - 2017
  3. (LNP) Trustee of the Enid Dowling Foundation. 2012 - 2018
  4. (LNP) Treasurer of the Young Liberal National Party. 2010
  5. (LNP) Member of the Liberal National Party Policy Standing Committee. 2009 - 2016
  6. (LNP) Chair of the Liberal National Party Media and Communications Policy Committee. 2009 - 2016
Official Awards: Academic scholarship to Sydney University
Community Activity: Director of the Australian Institute for Progress from 2014 to 2018; Vice-President of the Women Lawyers Association of Queensland from 2016 to 2017; Director of the Samuel Griffith Society from 2022; Committee member of the Australian National Flag Association from 2012 to 2018; Committee member of the Zonta Club of Brisbane 2015 to 2016; Member of the Australian organising committee of the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship from 2022.

Personal

Birth Date: 30 October 1982
Family: Married (3 children)
Education: BA / LLB (Hons 1) (Sydney University, 2005), Grad Dip Legal Practice (Griffith, 2006).

Additional Information

Federal Parliament Service: Senator for Queensland in the Federal Parliament 2018 to 2022.

Federal Parliament Ministry Roles: Assistant Minister to the Attorney-General from 22.12.2020 to 23.5.2022; Assistant Minister for Women from 30.3.2021 to 23.5.2022; Assistant Minister for Industrial Relations from 30.3.2021 to 23.5.2022.

Federal Parliament Committee Roles: Joint Select: Constitutional Recognition Relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (2018) served from 22.3.2018 to 29.11.2018. Joint Statutory: Public Accounts and Audit served from 22.3.2018 to 27.6.2018; Public Works served from 22.3.2018 to 1.7.2019; Intelligence and Security served from 12.2.2019 to 11.4.2019; Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity served from 13.2.2019 to 14.2.2019; Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity served as Chair from 14.2.2019 to 11.4.2019; Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity served from 2.7.2019 to 23.7.2019; Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity served as Chair from 23.7.2019 to 11.2.2020. Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing: Economics: Legislation served from 22.3.2018 to 1.7.2019; Economics: References served from 22.3.2018 to 1.7.2019; Finance and Public Administration: Legislation served from 22.3.2018 to 1.7.2019; Finance and Public Administration: References served from 22.3.2018 to 1.7.2019; Legal and Constitutional Affairs: References served from 2.7.2019 to 3.7.2019; Legal and Constitutional Affairs: Legislation served from 2.7.2019 to 3.7.2019; Legal and Constitutional Affairs: Legislation served as Chair from 4.7.2019 to 22.12.2020; Legal and Constitutional Affairs: References served as Deputy Chair from 4.7.2019 to 22.12.2020. Senate Select: Future of Work and Workers served from 22.3.2018 to 19.9.2018; Charity Fundraising in the 21st Century served from 27.6.2018 to 14.2.2019; Obesity Epidemic in Australia served from 10.9.2018 to 5.12.2018; Aboriginal Flag served from 3.9.2020 to 13.10.2020; COVID-19 served as Substitute member from 15.9.2020 to 15.9.2020; COVID-19 served as Substitute member from 17.9.2020 to 17.9.2020. Senate Standing: Regulations and Ordinances served from 22.3.2018 to 1.7.2019.