Jeff Seeney
Shadow Ministry
Leader of Opposition Business and Shadow Minister for Natural Resources, Mines and Energy.
Biography
Jeff Seeney has been a Member of Parliament since 1998. Following the 2006 State Election Jeff was elected the Leader of The Nationals, Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Queensland Coalition, a position he held until 21 January 2008.
Born in Brisbane, Jeff grew up in Monto and has lived in the Callide electorate for most of his life. He attended the local high school before completing his secondary education at the Brisbane Grammar School. He has since completed a certificate in Rural Business Management from QUT.
Prior to entering Parliament Jeff served as a Councillor on the Monto Shire Council between 1992 and 1998 and as Deputy Mayor from 1994. He is also a former Chairman of the Burnett Inland Economic Development Organisation (BIEDO).
Like most Queenslanders, Jeff is passionate about sport, particularly cricket and rugby union. It was Jeff’s love of sport and a desire to improve the cricket fields in Monto which first propelled him into politics and convinced him to stand in the local council elections.
As a Member of State Parliament, Jeff has served as a Shadow Minister in a range of portfolios, including Natural Resources, Mines and Energy, Police and Corrective Services and Treasury. Jeff was also Deputy Opposition Leader and Deputy Leader of The Nationals from February 2003 to September 2006.
He is committed to decentralisation and ensuring regional Queensland shares in the state’s economic growth, which will in turn alleviate the growing pains being experienced in the burgeoning south-east corner.
He is passionate about improving Queensland’s water supplies and developed wide ranging and well-received water policies for south-east Queensland, the Toowoomba region and regional and rural Queensland ahead of the 2006 State Election.
Jeff is married to Therese and the couple have three children, Dan, Helen and Thomas.
His hobbies include; fishing, reading, music and boating.
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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 ...