Struthers, Karen Lee

Personal

Struthers, Karen Lee
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:
  1. Member, Algester Branch.
  2. Member, Algester EEC.
  3. Former Member, Law and Law Enforcement Policy Committee.
  4. Former Campaign Director, Moorooka Ward.
  5. Brisbane City Council Election Campaign 1997.
  6. Former Campaign Director, Federal seat of Moreton for the 2001 and 2004 Federal elections.
  7. 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  |  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]