Julie Maree Attwood (born 31 May 1957) is a

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politician who was the Member of the

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for Mount Ommaney from

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until she stood down at the

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. She served as a Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Child Safety during the last year of

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's term as Premier, and was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer by Anna Bligh after she took power in September 2007. When the Bligh Ministry was reshuffled following Labor's re-election at the 2009 election, Attwood was made Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Disability Services and Multicultural Affairs, and became she Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health in February 2011.Attwood, Mrs Julie Maree
;

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. Retrieved 11 February 2015. Attwood obtained a Graduate Certificate of Case Management and Client Service from

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in 1995 and prior to election worked as a Manager in the Commonwealth Employment Service. Attwood was born in

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and married in 1981. On 16 January 2012, it was announced that Attwood was would not contest this year's state election. Labor subsequently lost the seat to

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 f ...

of the Liberal National Party.

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1957 births Living people Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Queensland People from Bundaberg Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly 21st-century Australian politicians 21st-century Australian women politicians Women members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Deakin University alumni {{Australia-Labor-Queensland-MP-stub

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