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Hon Stuart Robert MP

Hon Stuart Robert MP

Member for Fadden

Party
Liberal National Party of Queensland
Chamber
House of Representatives

Seating Plan

Seating map

Electorate Office

(Principal Office)

Unit 1, 110 Brisbane Road
Labrador, QLD, 4215

Postal address

PO Box 733
Biggera Waters, QLD, 4216

Telephone:
(07) 5500 5919

Parliament Office

PO Box 6022
House of Representatives
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Telephone:
(02) 6277 4347

Biography

Parliamentary service
  • Elected to the House of Representatives for Fadden, Queensland, 2007. Re-elected 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 2022.
Ministerial appointments
  • Assistant Minister for Defence from 18.9.2013 to 21.9.2015.
  • Minister for Veterans' Affairs from 21.9.2015 to 18.2.2016.
  • Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Centenary of ANZAC from 21.9.2015 to 18.2.2016.
  • Minister for Human Services from 21.9.2015 to 18.2.2016.
  • Assistant Treasurer from 28.8.2018 to 29.5.2019.
  • Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme from 29.5.2019 to 30.3.2021.
  • Minister for Government Services from 29.5.2019 to 30.3.2021.
  • Cabinet Minister from 29.5.2019 to 23.5.2022.
  • Minister for Employment, Workforce, Skills, Small and Family Business from 30.3.2021 to 23.5.2022.
Acting Ministries
  • Acting Minister for Education and Youth from 2.12.2021.
Committee service
  • Joint Standing: Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade served from 11.3.2008 to 5.8.2013; Treaties served as Chair from 1.9.2016 to 27.8.2018
  • Joint Statutory: Public Accounts and Audit served from 11.3.2008 to 3.2.2010; Corporations and Financial Services served from 11.3.2008 to 19.7.2010; Public Accounts and Audit served from 2.3.2016 to 9.5.2016; Public Works served from 14.9.2016 to 15.9.2016; Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity served from 14.9.2016 to 27.3.2018
Parliamentary party positions
  • Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Defence from 8.12.2009 to 14.9.2010.
  • Shadow Minister for Defence Science, Technology and Personnel from 14.9.2010 to 18.9.2013.
  • Shadow Assistant Treasurer from 5.6.2022.
  • Shadow Minister for Financial Services from 5.6.2022.
Party positions
  • Secretary of the Liberal Party Fadden Federal Electorate Council from 2005 to 2008.
  • Chair of the Liberal Party Labrador-Parkwood Branch.
Personal
  • Born: 11.12.1970, Cranbourne, Australia
  • Gender: Male
  • Marital Status: Married
Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament
  • Master of Information Technology.
  • GradDipInfoAnalysis ().
  • MBA (Central Queensland University).
  • BA(Hons) (UNSW Canberra at the Australian Defence Force Academy).
  • Army officer.
  • Chief Executive Officer of GMT Recruitment from 1999 to 2007.
Local Government service
  • Member, Gold Coast City Council Finance Board.
Military Service
  • Australian Service Medal (Bougainville Clasp).
  • Australian Defence Medal.
  • Army officer 1988-99.
  • Deployed to Bougainville 1998 with the Peace Monitoring Group, 1998.
Electorate
  • Name: Fadden
  • Location: The Division of Fadden consists of: part of the Gold Coast City Council, and part of the Redland City Council.
  • Area: 387 Sq km
  • Electors enrolled: 114,061 (at 5.6.2019)
  • Industries: Residential areas are concentrated in the south with semi-rural in the north. Commercial activities include tourism, market gardens, sugar cane farming, and light industry including boat building.
Publications
  • The trial of Lt Gen Tamura - a question of command responsibility, Self-published, 1992.
  • Hope - The Watoto Journey, Self-published, 2006.

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