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Extracts from the Leader of the Opposition Diary Opposition Diary1 Leader of the Opposition 1 April 2020 – 30 April 2020 Date of Meeting Name of Organisation/Person Purpose of Meeting 1 April 2020 Tim Mander MP, Deputy Leader of the Meeting Opposition and Shadow Treasurer and Member for Everton Opposition Staff 1 April 2020 Hon Josh Frydenberg MP, Federal Meeting Treasurer 1 April 2020 Laura Gerber Meeting Opposition Staff 2 April 2020 Tim Mander MP, Deputy Leader of the Meeting Opposition and Shadow Treasurer and Member for Everton Opposition Staff 2 April 2020 Stanwell Corporation Meeting 2 April 2020 Queensland Country Women's Meeting Association (QCWA) 2 April 2020 Cr Paul McVeigh, Mayor, Western Downs Meeting Regional Council 2 April 2020 Capricorn Enterprise Meeting 2 April 2020 Toowoomba and Surat Basin Meeting Enterprise (TSBE) 3 April 2020 Tim Mander MP, Deputy Leader of the Meeting Opposition and Shadow Treasurer and Member for Everton Opposition Staff 3 April 2020 Seven Qld, Ben Roberts-Smith VC, MG Meeting 1 Does not include personal, party political meetings or events, media events and interviews and information contrary to public interest (e.g. meetings regarding sensitive law enforcement, public safety or whistle-blower matters) Date of Meeting Name of Organisation/Person Purpose of Meeting 3 April 2020 Sunshine Coast Business Council Meeting 3 April 2020 Opposition Staff Meeting 4 April 2020 Tim Mander MP, Deputy Leader of the Meeting Opposition and Shadow Treasurer and Member for Everton Opposition Staff 5 April 2020 Tim Mander MP, Deputy Leader of the Meeting Opposition and Shadow Treasurer and Member for Everton Opposition Staff 5 April 2020 Opposition Staff Meeting 6 April 2020 Tim Mander MP, Deputy Leader of the Meeting Opposition and Shadow Treasurer and Member for Everton Opposition Staff 6 April 2020 The Royal National Agricultural and Meeting Industrial Association of Queensland (RNA), the Hon. Justice David Thomas 6 April 2020 Hon. Peter Dutton MP, Minister for Home Meeting Affairs 6 April 2020 Tim Mander MP, Deputy Leader of the Meeting Opposition and Shadow Treasurer and Member for Everton Opposition Staff 6 April 2020 Hon. Simon Bridges MP, Leader of the Meeting New Zealand National Party Opposition Staff 7 April 2020 Tim Mander MP, Deputy Leader of the Meeting Opposition and Shadow Treasurer and Member for Everton Opposition Staff 2 Date of Meeting Name of Organisation/Person Purpose of Meeting 7 April 2020 Tim Mander MP, Deputy Leader of the Meeting Opposition and Shadow Treasurer and Member for Everton Jarrod Bleijie MP, Shadow Minister for Education and Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations and Manager of Opposition Business and Member for Kawana Ros Bates MP, Shadow Minister for Health and Ambulance Services and Shadow Minister for Women and Member for Mudgeeraba Andrew Powell MP, Shadow Minister for State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning and Member for Glass House David Janetzki MP, Shadow Attorney- General and Shadow Minister for Justice and Member for Toowoomba South 8 April 2020 Tim Mander MP, Deputy Leader of the Meeting Opposition and Shadow Treasurer and Member for Everton Opposition Staff 9 April 2020 Tim Mander MP, Deputy Leader of the Meeting Opposition and Shadow Treasurer and Member for Everton Opposition Staff 9 April 2020 Tim Mander MP, Deputy Leader of the Meeting Opposition and Shadow Treasurer and Member for Everton Opposition Staff 9 April 2020 Tim Mander MP, Deputy Opposition Meeting Leader and Shadow Treasurer and Member for Everton Andrew Powell MP, Shadow Minister for State Development, Manufacturing, 3 Date of Meeting Name of Organisation/Person Purpose of Meeting Infrastructure and Planning and Member for Glass House Fiona Simpson MP Shadow Minister for Employment and Small Business and Shadow Minister for Training and Skills Development and Member for Maroochydore Ros Bates MP, Shadow Minister for Health and Ambulance Services and Shadow Minister for Women and Member for Mudgeeraba Jarrod Bleijie MP, Shadow Minister for Education and Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations and Manager of Opposition Business and Member for Kawana David Janetzki MP, Shadow Attorney- General and Shadow Minister for Justice and Member for Toowoomba South Steve Minnikin MP, Shadow Minister for Transport and Main Roads and Member for Chatsworth Dale Last MP, Shadow Minister for Natural Resources and Mines and Shadow Minister for Northern Queensland and Member for Burdekin Trevor Watts MP, Shadow Minister for Police and Counter Terrorism and Shadow Minister for Corrective Services and Member for Toowoomba North David Crisafulli MP, Shadow Minister for Environment, Science and the Great Barrier Reef, Shadow Minister for Tourism and Member for Broadwater Tony Perrett MP, Shadow Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries and Forestry and Member for Gympie 4 Date of Meeting Name of Organisation/Person Purpose of Meeting Michael Hart MP, Shadow Minister for Housing and Public Works, Shadow Minister for Energy and Shadow Minister for Innovation and Digital Technology and Member for Burleigh Ann Leahy MP, Shadow Minister for Local Government and Member for Warrego Dr Christian Rowan MP, Shadow Minister for Communities and Shadow Minister for Disability Services and Seniors and Shadow Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships and Shadow Minister for the Arts and Member for Moggill John-Paul Langbroek MP, Shadow Minister for Sport & Racing and Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs and Shadow Minister for the Commonwealth Games and Member Surfers Paradise Stephen Bennett MP, Shadow Minister for Child Safety, Youth and Shadow Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence and Shadow Minister for Veterans and Member for Burnett Lachlan Millar MP, Shadow Minister for Fire, Emergency Services and Volunteers and Member for Gregory 9 April 2020 Opposition Staff Meeting 9 April 2020 Pinky Singh Meeting Nurses’ Professional Association of Queensland (NPAQ) Opposition Staff 10 April 2020 Nil – Good Friday - 11 April 2020 Tim Mander MP, Deputy Leader of the Meeting Opposition and Shadow Treasurer and Member for Everton 5 Date of Meeting Name of Organisation/Person Purpose of Meeting Opposition Staff 12 April 2020 Tim Mander MP, Deputy Leader of the Meeting Opposition and Shadow Treasurer and Member for Everton Opposition Staff 13 April 2020 Tim Mander MP, Deputy Leader of the Meeting Opposition and Shadow Treasurer and Member for Everton Opposition Staff 14 April 2020 Tim Mander MP, Deputy Leader of the Meeting Opposition and Shadow Treasurer and Member for Everton Opposition Staff 14 April 2020 Stephen Bennett MP, Shadow Minister for Meeting Child Safety, Youth and Shadow Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence and Shadow Minister for Veterans and Member for Burnett David Batt MP, Shadow Assistant Minister for State Development and Member for Bundaberg Colin Boyce MP, Member for Callide Opposition Staff 15 April 2020 Tim Mander MP, Deputy Leader of the Meeting Opposition and Shadow Treasurer and Member for Everton Opposition Staff 15 April 2020 Tim Mander MP, Deputy Leader of the Meeting Opposition and Shadow Treasurer and Member for Everton Jarrod Bleijie MP, Shadow Minister for Education and Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations and Manager of 6 Date of Meeting Name of Organisation/Person Purpose of Meeting Opposition Business and Member for Kawana Ros Bates MP, Shadow Minister for Health and Ambulance Services and Shadow Minister for Women and Member for Mudgeeraba Andrew Powell MP, Shadow Minister for State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning and Member for Glass House David Janetzki MP, Shadow Attorney- General and Shadow Minister for Justice and Member for Toowoomba South 15 April 2020 Opposition Staff Meeting 15 April 2020 Commonwealth Treasury Meeting Opposition Staff 15 April 2020 Tim Mander MP, Deputy Leader of the Meeting Opposition and Shadow Treasurer and Member for Everton Opposition Staff 16 April 2020 Tim Mander MP, Deputy Leader of the Meeting Opposition and Shadow Treasurer and Member for Everton Opposition Staff 17 April 2020 Tim Mander MP, Deputy Leader of the Meeting Opposition and Shadow Treasurer and Member for Everton Opposition Staff 17 April 2020 Opposition Staff Meeting 18 April 2020 Tim Mander MP, Deputy Leader of the Meeting Opposition and Shadow Treasurer and Member for Everton Opposition Staff 7 Date of Meeting Name of Organisation/Person Purpose of Meeting 19 April 2020 Tim Mander MP, Deputy Leader of the Meeting Opposition and Shadow Treasurer and Member for Everton Opposition Staff 20 April 2020 Tim Mander MP, Deputy Leader of the Meeting Opposition and Shadow Treasurer and Member for Everton Opposition Staff 20 April 2020 Opposition Staff Meeting 20 April 2020 Tim Mander MP, Deputy Leader of the Meeting Opposition and Shadow Treasurer and Member for Everton Opposition Staff 21 April 2020 Tim Mander MP, Deputy Leader of the Meeting Opposition and Shadow Treasurer and Member for Everton Opposition Staff 21 April 2020 Tim Mander MP, Deputy Leader of the Meeting Opposition and Shadow Treasurer and Member for Everton Opposition Staff 21 April 2020 Tim Mander MP, Deputy Opposition Meeting Leader and Shadow Treasurer and Member for Everton Andrew Powell MP, Shadow Minister for State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning and Member for Glass House Fiona Simpson MP Shadow Minister for Employment and Small Business and Shadow Minister for Training and Skills Development and Member for
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