OPPOSITION Leader Steven Miles has unveiled his shadow cabinet featuring several new faces, with two of the four local MPs receiving titles.
Member for Jordan Charis Mullen will retain Multicultural Affairs and gain Public Works, after being re-elected despite a 7.2% swing to the LNP.
Member for Bundamba Lance McCallum has been appointed as Shadow Minster for Energy after being re-elected despite a 6.9% swing away from the Labor Party.
The entire Labor Opposition frontbench will for the first time take on shadow cabinet roles.
Shannon Fentiman will look after Treasury, with Opposition Deputy Leader Cameron Dick set to clash with Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie as Shadow Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Regional Development.
Mark Bailey has seen his political career resurrected after being dumped from cabinet last year, appointed as Shadow Minister for Health, Ambulance Services and Mental Health.
“I think he will be very well equipped to expose the new minister and their promises in healthcare,” Mr Miles said.
“But I remember that we had a very significant rebuild of our hospitals underway, and his job will be to make sure that the LNP delivers on those new hospitals.”
QLD Opposition’s shadow cabinet
- Steven Miles – Opposition Leader
- Cameron Dick – Deputy Opposition Leader
- Grace Grace – Shadow Minister for Trade, Industrial Relations, Olympics and Paralympics and Racing
- Shannon Fentiman – Shadow Treasurer, Minister for Women
- Meaghan Scanlon – Shadow Attorney-General, Shadow Minister for Justice, Housing, Homeless and Home Ownership
- Charis Mullen – Shadow Minister for Public Works, Multiculturalism
- Di Farmer – Shadow Minister for Education, Youth Justice
- Mark Bailey – Shadow Minister for Health, Mental Health
- Glenn Butcher – Shadow Minister for Police, Sport
- Bart Mellish – Shadow Minister for Transport and Main Roads, Veterans Affairs
- Leeanne Enoch – Shadow Minister for Closing the Gap, Reconciliation, Seniors and Disability Services, Integrity, The Arts
- Leanne Linard – Shadow Minister for Environment, Science, Innovation and Climate Change
- Nikki Boyd – Shadow Minister for Local Government and Water, Fire, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Services
- Lance McCallum – Shadow Minister for Energy
- Michael Healy – Shadow Minister for Tourism, Jobs and Training
- Tom Smith – Shadow
- Minister for Primary Industries and Rural Development, Manufacturing
- Linus Power – Shadow Minister for Natural Resources
- Corrine McMillan – Shadow Minister for Child Safety, Communities, and Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence
- Joan Pease – Shadow Minister for Small Business, Customer Service and Open Data
- Mick de Brenni – Manager of Opposition Business, Shadow Cabinet Secretary
