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Shadow Ministry Of Tim Nicholls
The Shadow ministry of Tim Nicholls is the Liberal National Party opposition between May 2016 and December 2017, opposing the Palaszczuk government in the Parliament of Queensland. It was led by Tim Nicholls following his election as leader of the party and Opposition Leader on 6 May 2016. Deb Frecklington was the deputy party leader and Deputy Leader of the Opposition. The current Shadow Ministry was announced on 8 May 2016. It succeeded the Springborg shadow ministry and was replaced by the Frecklington shadow ministry on 15 December 2017. See also *2017 Queensland state election *First Palaszczuk Ministry The First Palaszczuk Ministry was a ministry of the Government of Queensland led by Annastacia Palaszczuk. Palaszczuk led the Labor Party to victory in the 2015 state election, forming a minority government with the support of independent MP Pe ... References {{reflist Nicholls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal National Party Of Queensland
The Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) is a major political party in Queensland, Australia. It was formed in 2008 by a merger of the Queensland divisions of the Liberal Party and the National Party. At a federal level and in most other states, the two parties remain distinct and operate as a Coalition. The LNP is a division of the Liberal Party of Australia, and an affiliate of the National Party of Australia. After suffering defeat at its first election in 2009 the LNP won government for the first time at the 2012 election, winning 78 out of 89 seats, a record majority in the unicameral Parliament of Queensland. Campbell Newman became the first LNP Premier of Queensland. The Newman Government was subsequently defeated by the Labor Party at the 2015 election. History Background Since the 1970s, the Queensland branches/divisions of the National Party and Liberal Party had found themselves in frequent competition with one another for seats in Queensland. The Liberal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Rowan
Christian Andrew Carr Rowan (born 5 October 1972) is an Australian politician and specialist physician. He has been the Liberal National Party State Member for Moggill in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015. Professional career Rowan is a specialist physician in addiction medicine and medical administration. Rowan served as President of the Rural Doctors Association of Queensland (RDAQ) from 2006 to 2007, and served as President of the Australian Medical Association of Queensland (AMAQ) from 2013 to 2014. Rowan was awarded an Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine Distinguished Service Award in 2010. Rowan was previously the Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Uniting Care Health and Director of Medical Services at St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital. He has also worked as a Director of Medical Services and Medical Superintendent in rural and regional Queensland, predominantly in South-West Queensland but also on the Darling Downs. Rowan has also advocated a ... [...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. In 1998, Hobbs had resigned from the Borbidge government The Borbidge Ministry was a The Ministry, Ministry of the Government of Queensland, led by National Party of Australia – Queensland, National Party Premier Rob Borbidge and his deputy, Liberal Party of Australia (Queensland Division), Liberal l ... 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 Queensl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Minnikin
Steven James Minnikin (born 9 July 1965) is an Australian Liberal National Party of Queensland, Liberal National politician who is currently serving as the member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Electoral district of Chatsworth, Chatsworth, having defeated Steve Kilburn at the 2012 Queensland state election, 2012 state election. Early life and education Minnikin was born in Brisbane on the 9th of July 1965 and has lived the majority of his life in the Chatsworth electorate. Growing up in Carina, he attended Carina State School before completing his secondary education at Coorparoo Secondary College. Upon graduating school, he completed his tertiary education at both the University of Queensland and the Queensland University of Technology, where he attained a Bachelor of Business and a Master of Property Economics respectively. Career Before his election to Parliament, Minnikin initially worked in local government as an Executive Officer and Customer Service Man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trevor Watts
Trevor Charles Watts (born 26 February 1939) is an English jazz and free-improvising alto and soprano saxophonist. Biography Watts was born in York, England. He is largely self-taught, having taken up the cornet at age 12 then switched to saxophone at 18. While stationed in Germany with the RAF (1958–63), he encountered the drummer John Stevens and trombonist Paul Rutherford. After being demobbed he returned to London. In 1965, he and Stevens formed the Spontaneous Music Ensemble, which became one of the crucibles of British free improvisation. Watts left the band to form his own group Amalgam in 1967, then returned to SME for another stretch that lasted until the mid-1970s. Another key association was with the bassist Barry Guy and his London Jazz Composers' Orchestra, an association that lasted from the band's inception in the 1970s up to its disbandment in the mid-1990s. Though he was initially strongly identified with the avant-garde, Watts is a versatile musician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Seeney
Jeffrey William Seeney (born 2 February 1957) is a former Australian politician and the former Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development and Minister for Infrastructure and Planning of Queensland. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1998 to 2017, representing Callide for the Nationals (1998–2008) and merged Liberal National Party (2008–2017). Seeney was Leader of the Opposition from September 2006 until January 2008 when he was ousted in favour of his predecessor, Lawrence Springborg. In March 2011, successive leader John-Paul Langbroek stood down in favour of Brisbane Lord Mayor Campbell Newman. Seeney was elected as deputy leader of the LNP, and became interim opposition leader while Newman led the LNP into the 2012 Queensland state election. The LNP won a landslide victory at that election, and per a previous agreement Seeney ceded his post as LNP parliamentary leader to Newman, clearing the way for Newman to become Premier of Queensland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 independent politician and rugby league commentator. He was a member of the Liberal National Party (LNP) until being expelled from the party in February 2019. He had been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Whitsunday until 2020, first being elected in 2012 after defeating Jan Jarratt at that year's state election. Broadcasting career Costigan's broadcasting career began in northern Queensland in the late 1980s and began calling rugby league in 1987 for regional television in Queensland. He later joined New Zealand's SKY Network Television as their main NRL commentator and served in the role until the end of the 2010 season. Costigan has also worked as a media manager for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and Bradford B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt McEachan
Matthew John McEachan (born 2 July 1970) is a former Australian politician, political strategist and campaigner. He was the Liberal National Party member for Redlands 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 ... from 2015 to 2017. He was made Shadow Assistant Minister to the Leader of the Opposition in 2016, and served on the parliamentary Ethics, Health, Transport and Utilities committees. References 1970 births Living people Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Liberal National Party of Queensland politicians Griffith University alumni 21st-century Australian politicians {{Australia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Krause
Jonathan Mark Krause (born 12 March 1981) is an Australian Liberal National Party politician who is the member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Scenic Rim. He was first elected in 2012 as the member for Beaudesert, which was renamed in 2017. Early life Krause was born on 12 March 1981 in Ipswich and grew up on a dairy farm at Marburg. He attended school in Marburg and Ipswich. Krause graduated from Ipswich Grammar School in 1998. He completed law and accounting studies at the University of Queensland , mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work , established = , endowment = A$224.3 million , budget = A$2.1 billion , type = Public research university , chancellor = Peter Varghese , vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry , city = B .... References 1981 births Living people Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Liberal National Party of Queensland politicians Australian solicitors University of Queensland alumni 21st-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Bennett (Australian Politician)
Stephen Andrew Bennett (born 13 March 1964) is an Australian politician who is the Liberal National member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland 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 Assembl ... for Burnett, having won the seat at the 2012 state election. References 1964 births Living people Liberal National Party of Queensland politicians Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 21st-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Liberal-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarnya Smith
Tarnya Lisa Smith (born 17 March 1965) is an Australian politician. She was a Liberal National member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2012 to 2017, representing the electorate of Mount Ommaney. Smith, who had been the candidate for the federal seat of Oxley at the 2010 state election, was elected to the Legislative Assembly at the 2012 state election, defeating new Labor candidate Ben Marczyk. She narrowly retained Mount Ommaney following the 2015 election. The narrow defeat of the Newman Government relegated the LNP to opposition and Smith was promoted to Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Multicultural Affairs by Lawrence Springborg. Her elevation to Shadow Minister for Science, Innovation and the Digital Economy came with the election of Tim Nicholls as Opposition Leader on 6 May 2015. Smith's seat of Mount Ommaney was altered by an electoral redistribution for the 2017 state election: her 0.2% majority from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Hart (Australian Politician)
Michael James Hart (born 19 June 1960) is an Australian Liberal National Party of Queensland, Liberal National politician who is the member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Electoral district of Burleigh, Burleigh, having defeated Christine Smith (politician), Christine Smith at the 2012 Queensland state election, 2012 state election then being re-elected at the 31 January election in 2015. Michael was born in Bega on 19 June 1960. Before his entry into the Queensland parliament he was the company director and CEO of Mastercut Technologies. He is a qualified aircraft maintenance engineer. He is a longtime follower and supporter of Surf Life Saving Queensland, having been president of the Pacific Life Saving Club in his electorate in 2011–2012 and subsequently the patron of the South Coast branch of SLSQ. Michael moved to the Gold Coast in 1986 with his family, including wife Sally and three children Tim, Hayden and Jessica. In his maiden speech in government he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
