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Hon Grace Grace

Electorate
McConnel - View Map (.pdf)

Party
Australian Labor Party (ALP)

Date of Election
25 November 2017

Previous Representation
Brisbane Central - ALP (31 Jan 2015 - 24 Nov 2017)
Brisbane Central - ALP (13 Oct 2007 - 23 Mar 2012)

Speeches
Inaugural | All Speeches

Contact details

Ministerial Office Postal Address

PO Box 15033
CITY EAST QLD 4002

Ministerial Office

1 William Street
BRISBANE QLD 4000

Phone: (07) 3719 7110
Fax: n/a
Email: education@ministerial.qld.gov.au, industrialrelations@ministerial.qld.gov.au

Electorate Office Address

Newstead Towers, 37 Longland Street
NEWSTEAD QLD 4006

Phone: (07) 3145 9100
Fax: (07) 3145 9109
Email: mcconnel@parliament.qld.gov.au

Parliamentary Service

Current:

Minister for Education and Minister for Industrial Relations: 12 Dec 2017

Past:

Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations Minister for Racing and Minister for Multicultural Affairs: 8 Dec 2015 - 11 Dec 2017
Deputy Speaker: 26 Mar 2015 - 16 Feb 2016
Member, Parliamentary Crime and Misconduct Committee: 16 Jun 2011 - 17 May 2012
Member, Ethics Committee: 16 Jun 2011 - 23 Mar 2012
Deputy Government Whip: 22 Jun 2011 - 19 Feb 2012
Member, Scrutiny of Legislation Committee: 23 Apr 2009 - 30 Jun 2011
Member, Public Accounts Committee: 30 Oct 2007 - 20 Mar 2009
Member, Estimates Committee D: 2008 - 2008
Member, Review of Organ and Tissue Donation Procedures Select Committee: 12 May 2008 - 28 Nov 2008

Career

General Secretary, Queensland Council of Unions, October 2000 - October 2007; Assistant General Secretary, Queensland Council of Unions, July 1995 - October 2000; Advisor, the Hon Gary Johns, Ass Minister for Industrial Relations, February 1994 - July 1995; Industrial Officer, ACTU Queensland Branch, October 1990 - February 1994; Industrial Officer, Finance Sector Union, February 1980 - October 1990

Party Positions:

(ALP) Former Branch President. -
(ALP) Former State and National ALP Conference Delegate. -
(ALP) Former Delegate to FEC and SEC. -
(ALP) Former Employment, Training and Industrial Relations Policy Committee member. -
(ALP) Former Electoral College member. -

Personal

Birth Date: 12 August 1958 (Brisbane, Queensland, Australia)

Family: 1 daughter

Education: Bachelor of Labour Studies; Associate Diploma in Industrial Relations; Masters/Graduate Diploma Level - Harvard Trade Union Program; Certificate of Superannuation Management (ASFA)

Additional Information

Notes: First woman elected as General Secretary, Queensland Council of Unions. Awarded Centenary Medal. Fellow Safety Institute of Australia FISA (Hon). Interests include reading non-fiction books; movies and the cinema; Italian cooking; labour and industrial history. Member of Opens Doors in the Fortitude Valley, the New Farm Neighbourhood Centre, the Sicilian Association of Queensland and other local community organisations. Patron of the Queensland Asbestos Related Disease Support Society. Former Board Member of the Jupiters Casino Community Benefit Fund and past Governor of the Queensland Community Foundation.

Publications: Queensland Parliament, Members List, Biography, http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/

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