Joe Kelly | |
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Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly | |
In office 16 May 2023 –12 September 2023 | |
Deputy Speaker | Cynthia Lui (acting) |
Preceded by | Curtis Pitt |
Succeeded by | Curtis Pitt |
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Greenslopes | |
Assumed office 31 January 2015 | |
Preceded by | Ian Kaye |
Personal details | |
Born | Brisbane,Queensland,Australia | 1 March 1970
Political party | Labor |
Website | www |
Joseph Patrick Kelly (born 1 March 1970) is an Australian politician. He attended Ignatius Park College in Townsville,North Queensland. He has been the Labor member for Greenslopes in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015. [1]
Joe Kelly is a registered nurse having completed his training at the Royal Brisbane Hospital. He is also a member of the Australasian Rehabilitation Nurses' Association. Immediately prior to his election to the Queensland Parliament,Joe was employed as a clinical nurse at Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital,working in the area of rehabilitation. [2] [3]
He has attained the qualifications Certificate of Nursing (RN),Advanced Diploma of Business (ADipBus),Graduate Certificate of Health Economics (GradCertHealthEcon). [2]
On 29 November 2016,Joe Kelly was elected as a member of the Parliamentary Crime and Corruption Committee,and on 14 February 2017 he was elected to Chair of the Queensland Parliament Agriculture and Environment Committee. He has previous served as a member of the Health,Communities,Disability Services and Domestic Family Violence Prevention Committee,and Health and Ambulance Services Committee. [2]