Gordonvale is a rural sugar-growing town and locality situated on the southern side of Cairns in the Cairns Region,Queensland,Australia. In the 2021 census,the locality of Gordonvale had a population of 6,944 people.
Yarrabah is a coastal town and locality in the Aboriginal Shire of Yarrabah,Queensland,Australia. It is an Aboriginal community. In the 2021 census,the locality of Yarrabah had a population of 2,505 people.
Annastacia Palaszczuk is an Australian politician and solicitor serving as the 39th and current premier of Queensland since February 2015. She has been leader of the Queensland branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) since March 2012 and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland (MLA) for the division of Inala since September 2006. She is the first woman to win the premiership from opposition and preside over a majority female cabinet in Australian history.
Michael Hugh Lavarch AO is an Australian lawyer,educator and former politician. He was the Attorney-General for Australia between 1993 and 1996,and from 2004 to 2012 was Executive Dean of the Faculty of Law at Queensland University of Technology (QUT),his alma mater,where he has been since then emeritus professor. As of August 2020 he is co-chair,with Jackie Huggins,of the Eminent Panel for the Indigenous treaty process in Queensland.
Andrew Peter Cripps is an Australian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2006 to 2017 and served as Minister for Natural Resources and Mines. In October 2018 he was elected to the Shire of Hinchinbrook Council,where he currently serves as Deputy Mayor.
John Mark Dempsey is an Australian politician currently serving as Mayor of the Bundaberg Regional Council. He previously served as the Queensland Minister for Police and Community Safety in the Newman Government and was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2006 to 2015.
The Cairns Region is a local government area in Far North Queensland,Queensland,Australia,centred on the regional city of Cairns. It was established in 2008 by the amalgamation of the City of Cairns and the Shires of Douglas and Mulgrave. However,following public protest and a referendum in 2013,on 1 January 2014,the Shire of Douglas was de-amalgamated from the Cairns Region and re-established as a separate local government authority.
Yvette Maree D'Ath is an Australian politician. She is a Labor member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland representing the seat of Redcliffe. D'Ath has served as the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence and Leader of the House. She was previously a Labor member of the Australian House of Representatives representing the outer Brisbane seat of Petrie from 2007 to 2013.
Mark Lionel Furner is an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of Australian Senate from 2008 to 2014,representing the state of Queensland. Since the 2015 Queensland state election,he has represented Ferny Grove in the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Frederick Warren Pitt is an Australian politician. He was a Labor member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1989 to 1995 and 1998 to 2009.
Cameron Robert Dick is an Australian politician and member of the Labor Party currently serving as the 51st Treasurer of Queensland and Minister for Trade and Investment. He previously served as Minister for State Development,Manufacturing,Infrastructure and Planning and was Minister for Health and Minister for Ambulance Services in the Palaszczuk Ministry. He also served as Attorney-General,Minister for Education and Minister for Industrial Relations in the Bligh government. He is currently a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly representing the seat of Woodridge.
The Mulgrave River,incorporating the East Mulgrave River and the West Mulgrave River,is a river system in Far North Queensland,Australia. The 70-kilometre (43 mi)-long river flows towards the Coral Sea and is located approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) south of Cairns.
There have been 97 women in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland since its establishment in 1860. Women have had the right to vote in the Assembly since 1905 and the right to stand as candidates since 1915.
Campbell Newman led the Liberal National Party of Queensland to its first victory at the 2012 state election. His interim Ministry of three members was sworn in on 26 March 2012,pending his determination of the make-up of his full Ministry. His replaced the Ministry of Anna Bligh. Following his party's loss at the 2015 state election,Newman soon resigned as Premier to make way for the ministry of Annastacia Palaszczuk.
Jacklyn Anne Trad is a former Australian politician. She was Deputy Premier of Queensland from 2015 to 2020,Treasurer of Queensland from 2017 to 2020 and represented the Electoral district of South Brisbane for the Labor Party from April 2012 to October 2020.
Indigenous health in Australia examines health and wellbeing indicators of Indigenous Australians compared with the rest of the population. Statistics indicate that Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders are much less healthy than other Australians. Various government strategies have been put into place to try to remediate the problem;there has been some improvement in several areas,but statistics between Indigenous Australians and the rest of the Australian population still show unacceptable levels of difference.
Leeanne Margaret Enoch is an Australian politician currently serving as the Queensland Minister for Communities and Housing,for the Arts,and for Digital Economy. She has also served as the Labor Party member for Algester in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015.
Craig Daryl Crawford is an Australian politician currently serving as the Queensland Minister for Seniors and Disability Services and Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships. He has been the Labor member for the Far North Queensland seat of Barron River in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015.
Shannon Maree Fentiman is an Australian politician. She has been the Labor member for Waterford in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015 and has served as the Minister for Health and Ambulance Services since 2023.
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 Peter Wellington. Her interim ministry was sworn in on 14 February 2015 by Governor Paul de Jersey. The full Palaszczuk Ministry was sworn in two days later. Several changes were made to the ministry on 8 December 2015,with 3 cabinet positions and one assistant ministry added.
