Ros Bates

Ros Bates is an Australian politician who has served as the Member for Mudgeeraba in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2009. Before entering politics, she spent 29 years in the health profession, working as a nurse and hospital administrator. Bates briefly served as the Minister for Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts in 2012 and 2013. Throughout her parliamentary career, she has focused on local electorate issues and healthcare policy, though her tenure has occasionally been marked by parliamentary controversies.