Struthers, Karen Lee
Personal
Birth Date:
19 February 1963 (Adelaide, South Australia)
Family:
1 son
Education:
Bachelor of Social Work (Hons), University of Queensland 1984; Graduate Management Qualification, Graduate School of Management, Griffith University 1996; Masters of Public Sector Management, Griffith University completed with Honours 2003
Career
Assistant Director, Queensland Council of Social Service
Party Positions:
- Member, Algester Branch.
- Member, Algester EEC.
- Former Member, Law and Law Enforcement Policy Committee.
- Former Campaign Director, Moorooka Ward.
- Brisbane City Council Election Campaign 1997.
- Former Campaign Director, Federal seat of Moreton for the 2001 and 2004 Federal elections.
- Member, Labor for Refugees.
Parliamentary Representation
House | Party | Electorate | From | To | Elected/Departure Reason |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assembly | ALP | Archerfield | 13 Jun 1998 | 17 Feb 2001 | |
Assembly | ALP | Algester | 17 Feb 2001 | 23 Mar 2012 |
Speeches:
Inaugural Speech
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All Speeches
Parliamentary Service
Description | From | To |
---|---|---|
Minister for Community Services and Housing and Minister for Women | 26 Mar 2009 | 26 Mar 2012 |
Chair, Review of Organ and Tissue Donation Procedures Select Committee | 12 May 2008 | 28 Oct 2008 |
Member, Members’ Ethics and Parliamentary Privileges Committee | 16 Apr 2008 | 20 Mar 2009 |
Member, Estimates Committee A | 2007 | 2007 |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health | 13 Sep 2006 | 20 Mar 2009 |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Employment, Training and Industrial Relations and Minister for Sport | 2 Feb 2006 | 13 Sep 2006 |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Employment, Training and Industrial Relations | 28 Jul 2005 | 2 Feb 2006 |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier (Multicultural Affairs) and Minister for Trade | 12 Feb 2004 | 28 Jul 2005 |
Chair, Estimates Committee F | 2001 | 2001 |
Chair, Legal, Constitutional and Administrative Review Committee | 3 May 2001 | 13 Jan 2004 |
Chair, Estimates Committee D | 2000 | 2000 |
Member, Estimates Committee F | 1998 | 1999 |
Member, Parliamentary Criminal Justice Committee | 30 Jul 1998 | 23 Jan 2001 |
Additional Information
Notes:
Current member, Griffith University Council. Founding member and former chair of the Coalition for Crime Prevention (1996). Member of the following organisations: Australian Violence Prevention Awards Committee (1995-1998); Queensland Community Transport Network (1996); Emily's List (promoting women in politics); Deputy Convenor, Queensland Womens' Consultative Council (1994-1995)
Sources:
Image sourced from the collection of the Queensland Parliamentary Library and Research Service; Queensland Parliament, Members List, Biography, http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/
[Last Modified: Tuesday, 22 August 2017]