The Honourable
Leanne Linard
MP
Minister for Science and Innovation
Assumed office
18 December 2023
PremierSteven Miles
Preceded byHerself (as Minister for Science)
Stirling Hinchliffe (as Minister for Innovation, Tourism and Sport)
Minister for Science
In office
18 May 2023 – 18 December 2023
PremierAnnastacia Palaszczuk
Steven Miles
Preceded byMeaghan Scanlon[lower-alpha 1]
Succeeded byHerself (as Minister for Science and Innovation)
Minister for the Environment and the Great Barrier Reef
Assumed office
18 May 2023
PremierAnnastacia Palaszczuk
Steven Miles
Preceded byMeaghan Scanlon
Minister for Multicultural Affairs
In office
12 November 2020 – 18 December 2023
PremierAnnastacia Palaszczuk
Steven Miles
Preceded byStirling Hinchliffe
Ministerial positions (2020–2023)
Succeeded byCharis Mullen
Minister for Children and Youth Justice
In office
12 November 2020 – 18 May 2023
PremierAnnastacia Palaszczuk
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byDi Farmer[lower-alpha 2]
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Nudgee
Assumed office
31 January 2015
Preceded byJason Woodforth
Personal details
Born
Leanne Maree Linard

(1980-10-29) 29 October 1980
Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Political partyLabor
Children2
Alma materQueensland University of Technology
Signature
Websiteleannelinard.com.au

Leanne Maree Linard (born 29 October 1980) is an Australian politician. She has been the Labor Party member for Nudgee in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015.[1] On 12 November 2020, Linard was sworn in as a cabinet minister in the third Palaszczuk government as Minister for Children and Youth Justice and Minister for Multicultural Affairs.[2] Her responsibilities as Minister include adoption, child protection services, youth justice, the redress scheme for Queensland survivors of institutional child sexual abuse and multicultural affairs.[2]

Linard grew up in Banyo, lived in Nundah for many years, and along with her husband Ian, is now raising her two young boys in Nudgee. Leanne attended Virginia State Primary and was School Captain of Banyo State High (now Earnshaw State College). As the daughter of a RAAF pilot and engineer, Leanne has grown up knowing the value of community service.[3]

Leanne currently serves as Chair to the Education, Employment and Small Business Committee, as well as a Member of the Ethics Committee.

Notes

  1. ↑ For "Science".
  2. ↑ For "Youth Justice".

References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "Nudgee". Queensland Election 2015. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  2. 1 2 "Directory of Queensland Ministers and Portfolios". Ministerial Media Statements. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "Leanne Linard MP". Queensland Labor. Retrieved 13 November 2020.


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