Jo-Ann Miller

Last updated

Jo-Ann Miller
Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Services
In office
16 February 2015 4 December 2015
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk
Preceded by Jack Dempsey
Succeeded by Bill Byrne
Minister for Corrective Services
In office
16 February 2015 4 December 2015
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk
Preceded by Jack Dempsey
Succeeded by Bill Byrne
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Bundamba
In office
5 February 2000 20 February 2020
Preceded by Bob Gibbs
Succeeded by Lance McCallum
Personal details
Born (1958-08-22) 22 August 1958 (age 62)
Ipswich, Queensland
Political party Labor
Spouse(s)Neil

Jo-Ann Roslyn Miller (born 22 August 1958) is an Australian politician. She was a Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland between February 2000 and February 2020, representing the electorate of Bundamba. [1]

Miller entered parliament in a 2000 by-election upon the resignation of the former member for Bundamba, Bob Gibbs. Bundamba was considered a safe seat for the Labor Party, and Miller won all the elections in the seat from 2001 to 2017.

Following Labor's defeat in the 2012 election, Miller was elevated to the frontbench. On 16 February 2015 she was sworn in as Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Services and Minister for Corrective Services in the Palaszczuk Ministry. [2] [3]

On 4 December 2015, Miller resigned from cabinet following a Queensland Parliamentary Ethics Committee Report stating that although she had not been guilty of contempt of Parliament, she had engaged in a "pattern of reckless conduct." [4] The committee's investigation focused on revelations Miller had signed a document stating she had correctly disposed of confidential Parliamentary Crime and Corruption Committee papers, which were later found by an Opposition MP in a safe used to store those papers. [5]

Her resignation came one day after Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk signalled her intention to remove Miller from her portfolios. [6]

In October 2018, Miller voted against the government's successful proposal to decriminalise abortion in Queensland, making her the only Labor Party MP to do so. [7]

In January 2020, it was reported that Miller was considering resigning her seat in order to contest the City of Ipswich mayoral election, to be held on 28 March. [8] Miller resigned as the Member for Bundamba on 20 February 2020, but announced she would not seek election to Ipswich City Council. [9]

Related Research Articles

Desley Carleton Scott is an Australian retired Labor Party politician who was the member for Woodridge in the Parliament of Queensland from 2001 to 2015.

Annastacia Palaszczuk Australian politician

Annastacia Palaszczuk is an Australian politician who has been the Premier of Queensland since 2015 and the Leader of the Labor Party in Queensland since 2012. She was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for the seat of Inala at the 2006 election.

Electoral district of Bundamba

Bundamba is a Legislative Assembly of Queensland electoral division in the state of Queensland, Australia.

Electoral district of Inala

The electoral district of Inala is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in south-west Brisbane. It includes the suburbs of Inala, Ellen Grove, Forest Lake, Doolandella, Durack, Wacol, Richlands, and parts of Oxley. It borders the electoral districts of Mount Ommaney, Miller, Algester, Jordan, Bundamba, and Moggill.

Yvette DAth Australian politician

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 is currently the Attorney-General of Queensland, Minister for Justice 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.

Kate Jennifer Jones is an Australian politician and Queensland Government minister. She is a member of the Labor Party and was elected to the seat of Ashgrove in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in 2006, which was previously held by former Speaker Jim Fouras (ALP). She was the Minister for Environment, Resource Management and Climate Change until 19 June 2011. She lost the seat to Campbell Newman in 2012, who went on to become premier, before retaking it in 2015. The seat was abolished prior to the 2017 election, so Jones contested and won the new seat of Cooper. In the Palaszczuk Government, she is the Minister for Innovation and Tourism Industry Development, Minister for State Development and the Minister for the Commonwealth Games.

Christine Anne Smith is an Australian Labor Party politician. She represented the electoral district of Burleigh in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2001 to 2012.

Cameron Dick Australian politician (b.1967)

Cameron Robert Dick is an Australian politician and member of the Labor Party. He is currently the Queensland Treasurer. He was formerly Minister for State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning and prior to that was Minister for Health and Minister for Ambulance Services in the Palaszczuk Ministry and a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, representing the seat of Woodridge. Previously he was Attorney-General, Minister for Education and Minister for Industrial Relations in the Bligh government representing the electorate of Greenslopes.

Mark Robinson (Australian politician) Australian politician

Mark Andrew Robinson is an Australian politician who is a former Deputy Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Since March 2009, he has held the seat of Oodgeroo in the Legislative Assembly for the Liberal National Party (LNP).

2015 Queensland state election

The 2015 Queensland state election was held on 31 January 2015 to elect all 89 members of the unicameral Legislative Assembly of Queensland.

Jackie Trad Australian politician

Jacklyn Anne Trad is an 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.

2017 Queensland state election

The 2017 Queensland state election was held on 25 November 2017 to elect all 93 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the unicameral Parliament of Queensland.

William John (Billy) Gordon is an Australian indigenous politician. He was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2015 to 2017, representing the electorate of Cook.

Jim Madden

James Edward Madden is an Australian politician. He has been the Labor member for Ipswich West in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015.

Michael Christopher de Brenni is an Australian politician. He has been the Labor member for Springwood in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015. He served as the Chief Government Whip from the 19 February 2015 to 8 December 2015.

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.

Joanna Maria Lindgren is an Australian politician who served as a Senator for Queensland from May 2015 to July 2016.

2020 Queensland state election

The 2020 Queensland state election was held on 31 October to elect all 93 members to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland. As of 2 November 2020, with 67.9% of votes counted, the Labor Party will return to government for a third-term, led by incumbent premier Annastacia Palaszczuk. With 47 seats needed to form a majority government, ABC News predicts that Labor will win up to 52, and the Liberal National Party will win 34. The Queensland Greens have also won South Brisbane from Jackie Trad, becoming their second seat in the state legislature alongside Maiwar with Michael Berkman.

Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch) State branch of the Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party , commonly known as Queensland Labor, is the state branch of the Australian Labor Party in Queensland.

2020 Bundamba state by-election

A by-election was held for the seat of Bundamba in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland on 28 March 2020, the same day as the Currumbin by-election and local government elections, following the resignation of Jo-Ann Miller on 20 February 2020. Lance McCallum won the by-election, holding the seat for the Labor Party.

References

  1. "Member Biography – Mrs Jo-Ann Miller". Parliament of Queensland . Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  2. "Queensland Labor Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announces new Cabinet". Brisbane Times. 15 February 2015.
  3. "Queensland's new Labor Cabinet sworn in at Government House". Australian Broadcasting Corporation 16 February 2015. 15 February 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  4. "Jo-Ann Miller quits Cabinet after sacking as police minister". www.brisbanetimes.com.au. Fairfax Media. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  5. "Jo-Ann Miller cleared of contempt". www.brisbanetimes.com.au. Fairfax Media. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  6. "Qld premier to sack Miller over bungles". www.brisbanetimes.com.au. Fairfax Media. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  7. "Abortion legalised in Queensland after historic vote in Parliament". ABC. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  8. Elks, Sarah (23 January 2020). "Queensland by-elections loom as Labor MP eyes council tilt, LNP MP quits". The Australian. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  9. "Jo-Ann Miller quits Queensland Parliament". Brisbane Times. 20 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by
Bob Gibbs
Member for Bundamba
2000–2020
Succeeded by
Lance McCallum
Political offices
Preceded by
Jack Dempsey
Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Services
2015
Succeeded by
Bill Byrne
Minister for Corrective Services
2015