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Opposition (Queensland)
The Opposition in the Australian state of Queensland comprises the largest party or coalition of parties not in Government. The Opposition's purpose is to hold the Government to account and constitute a "Government-in-waiting" should the existing Government fall. To that end, a Leader of the Opposition and Shadow Ministers for the various government departments question the Premier and Ministers on Government policy and administration, and formulate the policy the Opposition would pursue in Government. It is sometimes styled " His Majesty's Loyal Opposition" to demonstrate that although it opposes the Government, it remains loyal to the King. At times, the Opposition consisted of more than one party, notably when the Coalition parties (the state Nationals and Liberals) were in Opposition. Those state parties entered Opposition in 1996 and merged to form the Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) in 2008, National Leader Lawrence Springborg becoming Leader of the LNP and rema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
States And Territories Of Australia
The states and territories are federated state, federated administrative divisions in Australia, ruled by regional governments that constitute the second level of governance between the Australian Government, federal government and local government in Australia, local governments. States are self-governance, self-governing polity, polities with incomplete sovereignty (having ceded some sovereign rights to federation) and have their own state constitution (Australia), constitutions, legislatures, ministry (government department), departments, and certain civil authority, civil authorities (e.g. Judiciary of Australia#State and territory courts and tribunals, judiciary and state police#Australia, law enforcement) that administer and deliver most public policy, public policies and programs. Territories can be autonomous administrative division, autonomous and administer local policies and programs much like the states in practice, but are still constitutionally and financially su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dale Last
Dale Raymond Last (born 25 February 1964) is an Australian politician. He has been the Liberal National member for Burdekin in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015. Before his election to state parliament, he was a councillor (even serving as Deputy Mayor) for the City of Townsville, and prior to that a police officer. Dale has a Bachelor of Arts from Central Queensland University Central Queensland University (alternatively known as CQUniversity) is an Australian public university based in central Queensland. CQUniversity is the only Australian university with a campus presence in every mainland state. Its main campus ..., and was the recipient of the National Police Medal in 1998. References 1964 births Living people Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Liberal National Party of Queensland politicians Australian police officers Queensland local councillors Central Queensland University alumni 21st-century Australian politicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lachlan Millar
Lachlan Lucas Millar (born 17 December 1970) is an Australian politician. He has been the Liberal National Party member for Gregory in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015. Millar grew up on a family property in the Central Highlands region, attending school in Capella and Emerald. After spending a decade working in the Emerald area, Millar was employed a rural reporter for ABC Local Radio for nine years. He then operated a small business on the Sunshine Coast where he worked as a public relations manager for Maroochy Shire Council for six years and unsuccessfully stood as a Division 7 councillor in the Sunshine Coast Regional Council local government elections in 2008. Prior to being elected, he worked as a media advisor to Mike Horan, Lawrence Springborg and John McVeigh. From 2017 until 2020, Millar was the Shadow Minister for Fire, Emergency Services and Volunteers. In November 2020, Millar was named as Assistant Shadow Minister to the Leader of the Opp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amanda Camm
Amanda Jane Camm (born 18 April 1979) is a member of the Parliament of Queensland representing the Liberal Nationals. She first stood for the seat of Whitsunday as a member of Katter's Australian Party in the 2012 Queensland State election. Camm was elected deputy mayor of the Mackay Regional Council in April 2016. She was a candidate for the Australian Senate in May 2019 but, being placed fifth on the LNP ticket, was not elected. At the 2020 Queensland state election Camm defeated Jason Costigan Jason Noel Costigan (born 13 June 1971) is a Radio Commentator and former Australian politician who was a Member of Parliament in the Queensland Legislative Assembly and leader of the North Queensland First party. Costigan was previously an ind ... in the seat of Whitsunday. Her great-uncle was Ron Camm, a grazier who held the seat of Whitsunday for the National Country Party from 1961 to 1980. References Living people 1979 births Members of the Queensl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brent Mickelberg
Brent Andrew Mickelberg (born 3 October 1981) is an Australian politician. He has been the Liberal National Party member for Buderim in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2017. Mickelberg served in the Australian Army as an infantry officer. During that time, he deployed to East Timor, Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bord ... and worked on border protection operations. References 1981 births Living people Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Liberal National Party of Queensland politicians Politicians from Brisbane 21st-century Australian politicians {{Australia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam O'Connor
Samuel Thomas O'Connor (born 5 August 1991) is an Australian politician. He has been the Liberal National Party member for Bonney in the Queensland Legislative Assembly The Legislative Assembly of Queensland is the sole chamber of the unicameral Parliament of Queensland established under the Constitution of Queensland. Elections are held every four years and are done by full preferential voting. The Assembly ... since 2017. References 1991 births Living people Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Liberal National Party of Queensland politicians 21st-century Australian politicians {{Australia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John-Paul Langbroek
John-Paul Honoré Langbroek (born 31 January 1961) is an Australian politician who has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland representing the centre-right Liberal Party and its successor, the centre-right Liberal National Party, in the seat of Surfers Paradise since 2004. He was Leader of the Opposition and parliamentary leader of the LNP from 2009 to 2011—the first person from the Liberal side of the merger to hold the post. He was a minister in the Newman government before its defeat at the 2015 state election. Early life Langbroek was born in Assen in the Netherlands. He and his sister, Melbourne-based media personality Kate Langbroek, grew up as the only two children of Jehovah's Witnesses. His family emigrated to Australia in mid-1961, just months after his birth. The family travelled around rural Queensland where Langbroek Sr worked at various schools. Early career A graduate of Sunnybank State High School, he went on to study at the University of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Leahy
Ann Leahy (born 8 August 1971) is an Australian politician. She has been the Liberal National Party member for Warrego in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015. Prior to her pre-selection for Warrego by the Liberal National Party, Leahy had been the electorate office for her predecessor, Howard Hobbs Howard William Thomas Hobbs (born 22 January 1950) is an Australian politician who represented the seat of Warrego in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1 November 1986 until his retirement at the 31 January 2015 state election. He .... In 1998, Hobbs had resigned from the Borbidge government after his wife alleged that he was having an affair with a staffer, who was later revealed to have been Leahy. References 1971 births Living people Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Liberal National Party of Queensland politicians University of Southern Queensland alumni 21st-century Australian politicians Women members of the Queen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Perrett
Anthony John Perrett is an Australian politician. He has been the Liberal National Party member for Gympie in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015. Biography Tony Perrett is the son of former Borbidge Ministry Primary Industries Minister Trevor Perrett. He has previously served as the Deputy Mayor of the Gympie Region The Gympie Region is a local government area in the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, the state capital. It is between the Sunshine Coast and Hervey Bay and centred on the town of Gympie. It was creat ... Council and as a Councillor on the Kilkivan Shire Council, and as former state president, federal secretary and vice-president of the Young Nationals. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Liberal National Party of Queensland politicians 21st-century Australian politicians {{Australia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Mander
Timothy Leonard Mander (born 9 August 1961) is an Australian politician and a former leading Australian rugby league referee. He is a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Mander was the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Deputy Leader of the Liberal National Party of Queensland. Before politics A Christian and bible college graduate, Mander was the CEO of Scripture Union Queensland. Mander controlled the National Rugby League (NRL) grand final in 2004 and 2005. He refereed a total of 291 first grade games between 1992 and 2005. He was also an NRL video referee. Honours awarded to Mander include 2005 International Referee of the Year and 2005 Queensland Father of the Year. Politics Mander is the member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Everton, having been elected at the 2012 Queensland state election by defeating Labor's Murray Watt (the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer). Mander was appointed Assistant Minister for Sport and Raci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Weir
Patrick Thomas Weir (born 25 February 1960) is an Australian politician. He has been the Liberal National Party member for Condamine in the Queensland Legislative Assembly The Legislative Assembly of Queensland is the sole chamber of the unicameral Parliament of Queensland established under the Constitution of Queensland. Elections are held every four years and are done by full preferential voting. The Assembly ... since 2015. References 1960 births Living people Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Liberal National Party of Queensland politicians 21st-century Australian politicians {{Australia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deb Frecklington
Deborah Kay Frecklington (born 3 September 1971) is an Australian politician who is the member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Nanango, having won the seat at the 2012 state election. She was the Leader of the Queensland Opposition and leader of the Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) before resigning as party leader following the LNP’s loss at the 2020 Queensland state election. Early life Frecklington was born in Miles in south-west Queensland. She grew up on a cattle property at Guluguba and attended Guluguba State School. For her secondary schooling, she was a boarder at Ipswich Girls' Grammar School. Frecklington has a Bachelor of Business (University of Southern Queensland) and a Bachelor of Law (Queensland University of Technology). She has worked in the clothing, motor vehicle and newspaper industries. Her career takes in the co-management of broad-acre cropping properties with her husband. During her time as a lawyer, she worked for Kelly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
