Steve Dickson
Member for Buderim
Steve Dickson was born at Mt Morgan in June 1962. He experienced first-hand the effects of drought when his family was forced off the land while he was still a child.
Educated at Carina State School and Coorparoo State High School, Steve worked in various fields before becoming a small business owner in the 1980s, with a motel and caravan park. Later he moved to Montville in the Sunshine Coast hinterland where he started the area’s first horse drawn carriage service and had an interest in the Montville Vineyard and Winery.
Steve then moved to Buderim and started his political career when elected as a divisional councillor for Maroochy Shire in 2000. His council roles included being chair of town planning and a board member of Aquagen, the Caloundra\Maroochy Water Board.
In September 2006, Steve successfully entered state politics as the Liberal Member for Kawana. On election, he was appointed Deputy Opposition Whip. Following the merger of the Queensland Liberal and National Parties to form the LNP in July 2008, Steve became Shadow Minister for Workplace and Job Security (including Employment and Industrial Relations).
Steve’s family has a long history of political involvement. His grandfather and father were both councillors, with his grandfather serving for 32 years. Steve is proud that his son Christian was elected in October 2006, to fill the position of Councillor that Steve vacated. Christian is currently serving as a Sunshine Coast Regional Councillor.
Steve is married to Debbie and they have two sons. He is patron of a number of local community and sporting organizations.
Patron of:
Buderim Cricket Club
Buderim Wanderers Soccer Club
Care Network, Sunshine Coast
Headland – Buderim Croquet Club Inc
Suncoast Gem & Fossicking Club
Sunshine Coast Dog Obedience Club
Sunshine Coast Hockey Association
Sunshine Coast Model Boat Club Inc
Surf Life Saving Australia – Sunshine Coast Branch
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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 ...