Ray Stevens
Shadow Ministry
Shadow Minister for Tourism and Fair Trading
About Ray
Ray Stevens was elected to the Queensland Parliament in September 2006. Ray is a former Mayor of both Albert Shire and the Gold Coast. After leaving office in 1997, he continued to serve as the Executive Assistant to the current Mayor, Cr. Ron Clarke.
Born in Townsville 1953, married to Ruth with two children, Jessica and Louis. Studied at James Cook University (Townsville) and Macquarie University (Sydney) to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Finance and Economics. Admitted to the Australian Association of Accountants in 1974. Worked for Price Waterhouse in Sydney until returning to the family cattle and sheep station â "Doncaster" in Richmond, North Queensland. Moved to the Gold Coast in 1979. Established local businesses around Pacific Fair, Surfers Paradise and Nerang before moving to make a community contribution to the area he had made his home.
Ray is a member of various local sporting and community organisations.
Ray Is a Vice Patron for local Surf Life Saving Clubs and the Gold Coast City Wind Orchestra
Interests - Rugby, tennis, clay target shooting, horse racing and breeding, theatre and music.
Local Council Activity
1988 - Elected to represent his Local Division of the Albert Shire Council on the Gold Coast. Re-elected to represent again in 1991.
1991 - 1994 Chairman of the Works committee, Albert Shire Council.
1994 - Elected as Mayor of the Albert Shire Council. In 1994 the government amalgamated the Albert Shire and Gold Coast City Councils.
Voted Mayor of the Gold Coast in 1995 until 1997.
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pensioner budget relief -
could or should expect from it. So far I 've received nothing from the Labor party and only a story about how the budget was going
to hurt all the people of the state. Pensioners ...
Labour's Water Grid - I'd like not know why the huge overspend by the Bligh Government to hastily built a water grid, again with
little planning it seems, did not include a relatively short connection from the North Pine Dam, to the Somerset/Wivenhoe
catchment. It seems now the rains have come that a great...
700 jobs at risk in QLD - Can someone please make some noise about the fact that Yabulu Refinery in Townsville, Nth QLD, could
very well be shutdown by the end of the financial year!! On 21st January 300 redundancies were given out and we all breathed a
sigh of relief as 750 people kept their jobs, albeit...
Labor tide. - What is the LNP going to do to counter the ALP setup that provides true believers ( voters) from schools whose
teachers, being uniom members, are brainwashing students from primary and high school, ( witness the 18 year olds who were
obviously voting Labor at the last Federal and State electi...
emphasize capitalism - Lets face it, we are a capitalistic party, that values free enterprise, and achievement, therefore we
should be utilising the latest 21st century technology to reach the more highly educated, globalised voting public, and emphasize
our expertise in capitalism, And as a 21st centur...
Payroll tax - LNP needs to push the goverenment to abolish payroll tax. I pay payroll tax on 24 employees and it hurts how much
does the goverenment pay on all there public servents? This would be a good cost saving for the everyone.
Aged Care - In aged care nurses have raised these issues for some time now. I know it is federal but some Aged facilities are
Queensland Govt owned and therefore the Bligh Govt is responsible. Doctors - very few availbale for Aged Care visits =
Residents choice declined Nurses - RNs unwilling to work...
re anna bligh -
a pensioners income per fornight we are expected to pay all these hikes on measly 478.00 per fornight come on anna bligh get real
cut your income right down to our level for 12 ...