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Jeff Seeney
Jeffrey William Seeney (born 2 February 1957) is a former Australian politician and the former Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development and Minister for Infrastructure and Planning of Queensland. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1998 to 2017, representing Callide for the Nationals (1998–2008) and merged Liberal National Party (2008–2017).
Seeney was Leader of the Opposition from September 2006 until January 2008 when he was ousted in favour of his predecessor, Lawrence Springborg. In March 2011, successive leader John-Paul Langbroek stood down in favour of Brisbane Lord Mayor Campbell Newman. Seeney was elected as leader of the LNP’s Parliamentary Party and became the opposition leader in the Parliament while Newman led the LNP’s team of candidatesinto the 2012 Queensland state election. The LNP won a landslide victory at that election, and as per a previous agreement Seeney ceded his post as LNP parliamentary leader to Newman, clearing the way for Newman to become Premier of Queensland.
After the LNP lost power in the 2015 state election, Seeney moved to the backbench. He retired at the 2017 state election.
Jeff Seeney served on the Monto shire council from 1992 to 1998, serving as the deputy mayor for the last four years. During this time, he worked on the National Party's State Central Council from 1991 to 1998. He was elected to parliament in the 1998 Queensland election. Seeney was elected deputy leader of the National Party alongside leader Lawrence Springborg in February 2003. He adopted a personal political slogan of being “all about country towns and country people” and was recognised by both sides of Parliament as being a reliable and pragmatic voice for regional Queensland.
He became Opposition leader in 2006 after Springborg did not contest the position following his loss of two subsequent elections. As Opposition Leader he provided bipartisan support to facilitate the development of the coal seam gas industry in Queensland enraging many of his rural based parliamentary colleagues and Federal National Party Members.
Widely thought by parliament as an aggressive tactician he was renowned for the role of the Leader of Opposition Business which often requires a tactical and aggressive approach. He also held a range of Shadow Ministers including Mines and Energy, Natural Resources and Treasury. In the role of Deputy Premier Seeney drove the Governments strategy of governing for economic growth designed to balance the asset sales agenda driven by his colleagues Premier Newman and Treasurer Tim Nichols. He also delivered on promises made as Opposition Leader to develop regional planning legislation to facilitate the coal seam gas industry and protect landholders rights and prime agricultural land. He demanded funding for the Royalties for Regions program investing $500 million into regional Queenslands infrastructure at a time when the Government was cutting expenditure across the board as his price for supporting Treasuries asset sales program.
He was the architect of a review of Queensland’s land title system that saw huge areas of leasehold land converted to freehold title on the basis of a nett present value calculation of the value of the lease payments
Following the Coalition's loss at the 2006 state election, standing leader Lawrence Springborg relinquished leadership of the opposition and the Queensland National Party.
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Jeff Seeney
Jeffrey William Seeney (born 2 February 1957) is a former Australian politician and the former Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development and Minister for Infrastructure and Planning of Queensland. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1998 to 2017, representing Callide for the Nationals (1998–2008) and merged Liberal National Party (2008–2017).
Seeney was Leader of the Opposition from September 2006 until January 2008 when he was ousted in favour of his predecessor, Lawrence Springborg. In March 2011, successive leader John-Paul Langbroek stood down in favour of Brisbane Lord Mayor Campbell Newman. Seeney was elected as leader of the LNP’s Parliamentary Party and became the opposition leader in the Parliament while Newman led the LNP’s team of candidatesinto the 2012 Queensland state election. The LNP won a landslide victory at that election, and as per a previous agreement Seeney ceded his post as LNP parliamentary leader to Newman, clearing the way for Newman to become Premier of Queensland.
After the LNP lost power in the 2015 state election, Seeney moved to the backbench. He retired at the 2017 state election.
Jeff Seeney served on the Monto shire council from 1992 to 1998, serving as the deputy mayor for the last four years. During this time, he worked on the National Party's State Central Council from 1991 to 1998. He was elected to parliament in the 1998 Queensland election. Seeney was elected deputy leader of the National Party alongside leader Lawrence Springborg in February 2003. He adopted a personal political slogan of being “all about country towns and country people” and was recognised by both sides of Parliament as being a reliable and pragmatic voice for regional Queensland.
He became Opposition leader in 2006 after Springborg did not contest the position following his loss of two subsequent elections. As Opposition Leader he provided bipartisan support to facilitate the development of the coal seam gas industry in Queensland enraging many of his rural based parliamentary colleagues and Federal National Party Members.
Widely thought by parliament as an aggressive tactician he was renowned for the role of the Leader of Opposition Business which often requires a tactical and aggressive approach. He also held a range of Shadow Ministers including Mines and Energy, Natural Resources and Treasury. In the role of Deputy Premier Seeney drove the Governments strategy of governing for economic growth designed to balance the asset sales agenda driven by his colleagues Premier Newman and Treasurer Tim Nichols. He also delivered on promises made as Opposition Leader to develop regional planning legislation to facilitate the coal seam gas industry and protect landholders rights and prime agricultural land. He demanded funding for the Royalties for Regions program investing $500 million into regional Queenslands infrastructure at a time when the Government was cutting expenditure across the board as his price for supporting Treasuries asset sales program.
He was the architect of a review of Queensland’s land title system that saw huge areas of leasehold land converted to freehold title on the basis of a nett present value calculation of the value of the lease payments
Following the Coalition's loss at the 2006 state election, standing leader Lawrence Springborg relinquished leadership of the opposition and the Queensland National Party.