AustraliaLocal AssemblyAustralian Labor PartyQueensland · WaterfordMember of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Shannon Fentiman
Profile
Shannon Fentiman is an Australian politician who has served as the Labor member for Waterford in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015. A lawyer by training, she previously worked as a solicitor and industrial advocate before entering parliament. Throughout her career, she has held various ministerial portfolios, including Minister for Women, Minister for Health, and Minister for Child Safety. Fentiman is known for her advocacy on LGBTIQ rights, including the legalization of same-sex adoption, and her work on the Meriba Omasker Kaziw Kazipa Act, which recognizes traditional Torres Strait Islander adoption practices.
Details
- Born
- 1983 · 43 years old
- Education
- Queensland University of Technology (Bachelor of Laws), University of Melbourne (Master of Laws), Marymount College
- Career
- Solicitor at Hall Payne Lawyers, industrial advocate for the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union, judge's associate in the Supreme Court of Queensland
