Logan gets lion’s share of frontbench with Shannon Fentiman Attorney-General
Four Logan-based Labor MPs have been given high-level Cabinet posts after last month’s state election and the resignation of three front benchers.
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Four Logan-based Labor MPs have been given high-level Cabinet posts after last month’s state election and the resignation of three front benchers.
In Logan, all of the Labor MPs were returned to their seats and four MPs with portfolios – Shannon Fentiman, Mick de Brenni, Leeanne Enoch and Cameron Dick all retained Cabinet positions.
The standout position change in the reshuffle is Shannon Fentiman who will be the state’s Attorney-General and Minister for Justice. Ms Fentiman will also be Minister for Women and Minister for Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence.
Treasurer Cameron Dick won his seat of Woodridge with a massive 26.4 per cent margin, the second widest margin in the state behind Rob Katter in Traeger with a 28.5 per cent margin. He will retain his coveted frontbench position and take up the added post of Investment but lose the position of State Development.
Minister Shannon Fentiman was returned to her seat of Waterford, which she has held since 2015.
The ALP, LNP and One Nation battled it out for the seat of Waterford, which was held by Ms Fentiman with a 10.7 per cent margin, with her margin increasing to 16 per cent.
In the seat of Logan, ALP Party whip Linus Power was returned.
Mr Power failed to get a Cabinet post but is likley to retain a party whip role.
In Springwood, Mick de Brenni was returned to his seat with an 8.5 per cent margin – well up on the 3.6 per cent margin he started out with. He also held a frontbench position, but has now dropped Sports and Housing portfolios to take up Energy Renewables, and Hydrogen and Minister for Public Works and Procurement.
Leeanne Enoch was returned to the seat of Algester with an 18.63 per cent margin, up from 14.4 per cent at the 2017 election.
Ms Enoch dropped the Environment portfolio and will take up the position of Minister for Housing and Minister for the Digital Economy and Minister for the Arts.
First-termer Melissa McMahon won her seat, which came under scrutiny after a residents’ group started complaining about a Coomera Connector ploughing past their back doors.