Barbara Stone
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Barbara Gwendoline Stone (born 28 January 1962) is an Australia
n politician
. She is a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Springwood
and a member of the Australian Labor Party
.
in Business Management and a Bachelor of Business
(HRM) at Queensland University of Technology
. She then worked at Australia Post
for a number of years before becoming an Electorate Officer for Judy Spence
, State Member for Mount Gravatt.
Stone entered parliament after the 2001 state election, having been selected after the sitting member, Labor's Grant Musgrove
, resigned in the wake of an electoral rorting scandal. She subsequently won the 2004, 2006 and 2009 elections, making her the longest-serving Member in the Springwood electorate.
Barbara Stone has served in a number of positions in the government, including her role as the Chair of the Law, Justice and Safety Committee. She has also been member of a number of Ministerial Legislative Committees including Police and Corrective Services, Transport and Main Roads, Emergency Services and Sports, and was elected Chair of Caucus for the Labor Party.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n politician
Politician
A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
. She is a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Queensland Legislative Assembly
The Queensland Legislative Assembly is the unicameral chamber of the Parliament of Queensland. Elections are held approximately once every three years. Voting is by the Optional Preferential Voting form of the Alternative Vote system...
for Springwood
Electoral district of Springwood
The district of Springwood is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.The district is based in the south-eastern suburbs of Brisbane. It is named for suburb of Springwood and also includes the suburbs of Daisy Hill, Loganholme, Rochedale South and...
and a member of the Australian Labor Party
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...
.
Biography
Stone graduated with an Associate DiplomaDiploma
A diploma is a certificate or deed issued by an educational institution, such as a university, that testifies that the recipient has successfully completed a particular course of study or confers an academic degree. In countries such as the United Kingdom and Australia, the word diploma refers to...
in Business Management and a Bachelor of Business
Bachelor of Business
A Bachelor of Business is a three or four year business degree offered by traditional and newer universities from the post-Dawkins era in Australia and New Zealand...
(HRM) at Queensland University of Technology
Queensland University of Technology
Queensland University of Technology is an Australian university with an applied emphasis in courses and research. Based in Brisbane, it has 40,000 students, including 6,000 international students, over 4,000 staff members, and an annual budget of more than A$750 million.QUT is marketed as "A...
. She then worked at Australia Post
Australia Post
Australia Post is the trading name of the Australian Government-owned Australian Postal Corporation .-History:...
for a number of years before becoming an Electorate Officer for Judy Spence
Judy Spence
Judith Caroline "Judy" Spence is an Australian politician and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for the Australian Labor Party since the 1989 election. She represented Mount Gravatt until 2009, but after a redistribution she switched to Sunnybank, which covered much of the same territory...
, State Member for Mount Gravatt.
Stone entered parliament after the 2001 state election, having been selected after the sitting member, Labor's Grant Musgrove
Grant Musgrove
Grant Steven Musgrove is a former Australian politician. He was the member for Springwood in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1998 to 2001, representing the Australian Labor Party....
, resigned in the wake of an electoral rorting scandal. She subsequently won the 2004, 2006 and 2009 elections, making her the longest-serving Member in the Springwood electorate.
Barbara Stone has served in a number of positions in the government, including her role as the Chair of the Law, Justice and Safety Committee. She has also been member of a number of Ministerial Legislative Committees including Police and Corrective Services, Transport and Main Roads, Emergency Services and Sports, and was elected Chair of Caucus for the Labor Party.