Saxon Rice

Saxon Rice is the Assistant Minister for Technical and Further Education your CanDo Member for Mount Coot-tha.

Saxon and her husband Thomas are local residents of Paddington and Rosalie. They made the decision to settle here, recognising that the area is a great place to live and, in future, to raise a family.

With extensive experience in both the public and private sector Saxon has the experience and knowledge to serve and support the local community.

Saxon understands how governments work, and how to obtain results on behalf of her local community. She has excellent working relationships with local Federal MPs and Local Brisbane City Council representatives, so that she is able to cooperate with them to address your local concerns.

Her skills are based on real life experience. Over recent years, Saxon, in her role as Director of Global Business Development for a major Australian company, played a crucial role in designing and implementing welfare-to-work programs on an international basis.

She understands very well that excessive bureaucracy and red tape are not practical solutions to the challenges faced by business and society, and has built her career on being an innovative and enthusiastic problem solver.

Saxon is skilled at delivering practical solutions that really work to help families and individuals realise their potential and live better, richer lives.

In all of her professional roles and community involvement Saxon has demonstrated that she is a skilled communicator who knows how to build and maintain relationships, listen, learn from others and get the job done.

Saxon knows that by getting action on the basics and cutting waste, the CanDo government will save money and deliver more. That would mean action to address rising costs of living as well as delivery of vital infrastructure and better services for locals.

Saxon holds a Bachelor degree in Economics and a Master's degree in International Law.

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