BOYLE,
Hon. Desley Carole
Last Updated: 15 March 2004
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Date of Election: 13 June 1998
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Parliamentary Service
Minister for Local Government and Planning and Women of Queensland from 11 March 2004. Minister for Local Government and Planning 12 February 2004 - 11 March 2004. Member, Estimates Committee F, 2002. Member, Parliamentary Crime and Misconduct Committee from 1 January 2002. Member, Parliamentary Criminal Justice Committee 3 May 2001 - 31 December 2001. Member, Legal, Constitutional and Administrative Review Committee 30 July 1998 - 23 January 2001. Chair, Estimates Committee E, 2000. Member, Estimates Committee A, 1998 and 1999. Member, Gaming Review Committee May 1999 - December 1999.
Ministerial Legislative Committee Membership
Deputy Premier; Employment, Training, Arts; Health; State Development; and Public Works, Housing (from March 2001). State Development (from March 2001). Education; Public Works and Housing; Tourism and Racing; Treasurer; Employment, Training and Industrial Relations; Health; Sport (July 1998).
Party Activity
Secretary, Cairns Branch ALP; Delegate, Leichardt FDE.
Local Government Service
Alderman, Cairns City Council 1988 - 1991, 1991 - 1994; Deputy Mayor, Cairns 1990 - 1992.
Personal
Born Newcastle NSW, 29 March 1948. Divorced, three adult children. B.Sc. (Hons); M.Psych.; M.B.A. Prior to election clinical and organisational psychologist; Director of Desley Boyle & Associates, private psychologists, Cairns. Previous positions: President, FNQ Employment; Chairperson, FNQ Family Resource Service; Spokesperson, FNQ Friends of the ABC. Board Member, Lifeline FNQ; Chairperson, Peninsula and Torres Strait Regional Health Authority; Chairperson, Northern Australia Development Council; Board Member, Cairns Port Authority. Member of the following organisations: Australian Institute of Management; Cairns Women's Advisory Committee; Employee Assistance Professionals Association; Cairns Region Economic Development Corporation; FNQ Youth Suicide Prevention Taskforce; Cairns Chamber of Commerce; Cairns Businesswomen's Club; Friends of the Botanic Gardens. Interests - politics, theatre, film and contemporary music.
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