Julie Attwood
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Julie Maree Attwood is an Australian Labor Party
Member (MP
) of the Queensland Parliament for the seat of Mount Ommaney
. Elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly
in 1998, she was appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary
to the Minister for Child Safety on 21 September 2006.
Attwood obtained a Graduate Certificate of Case Management and Client Service from Deakin University
in 1995 and prior to election worked as a Manager in the Commonwealth Employment Service.
Attwood was born in Bundaberg, Queensland
and married in 1981.
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...
Member (MP
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
) of the Queensland Parliament for the seat of Mount Ommaney
Electoral district of Mount Ommaney
The district of Mount Ommaney is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. It was created with the 1992 redistribution....
. Elected to 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...
in 1998, she was appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary
Parliamentary Secretary
A Parliamentary Secretary is a member of a Parliament in the Westminster system who assists a more senior minister with his or her duties.In the parliamentary systems of several Commonwealth countries, such as the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, it is customary for the prime minister to...
to the Minister for Child Safety on 21 September 2006.
Attwood obtained a Graduate Certificate of Case Management and Client Service from Deakin University
Deakin University
Deakin University is an Australian public university with nearly 40,000 higher education students in 2010. It receives more than A$600 million in operating revenue annually, and controls more than A$1.3 billion in assets. It received more than A$35 million in research income in 2009 and had 835...
in 1995 and prior to election worked as a Manager in the Commonwealth Employment Service.
Attwood was born in Bundaberg, Queensland
Bundaberg, Queensland
Bundaberg is a city in Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Local Government Area of the Bundaberg Region and is a major centre within Queensland's broader Wide Bay-Burnett geographical region...
and married in 1981.