Stephen Dominic "Steve" Bredhauer (born 15 February 1958) is a former Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n politician. Born in Brisbane

Brisbane

Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...

, he was a teacher before entering politics. He joined the Australian Labor Party

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...

 in 1980. In 1989, he was 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...

 as the member for Cook

Electoral district of Cook

The electoral division of Cook is an electoral district in Queensland, Australia.Cook covers the vast Cape York Peninsula north of Cairns, including the resort town of Port Douglas and the Torres Strait Islands...

. When Labor won government in 1998, he was appointed Minister for Transport and Main Roads, a position he held until his retirement from politics in 2004. He was succeeded by his electorate officer, Jason O'Brien

Jason O'Brien

Jason Danial O'Brien is an Australian politician. Born in Sydney, he served in the Royal Australian Navy from 1986–1990 as an electrician and was a Cairns City Councillor from 2000–2004. A member of the Australian Labor Party, he was electorate officer to Steve Bredhauer, member for...

.

Bredhauer was subsequently appointed by the Government of Queensland to represent its interests in the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

 and Vietnam

Vietnam

Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

. Additionally, he serves on the Queensland Competition Authority and has worked as a lobbyist for companies including Leighton

Leighton

- Businesses :* Leighton Holdings, the largest project development and contracting company in Australia- Places :In Australia:*Leighton, Western Australia, a beachside locality in Western AustraliaIn the United Kingdom:*Leighton, Cambridgeshire...

 and Mirvac.