Cameron Dick

Cameron Dick has been the Member for Woodridge since 2015.

Cameron Dick is a fifth-generation Queenslander and serves as the Deputy Leader of the Opposition as well as the Shadow Minister for State Development, Infrastructure, Planning and Regional Development.

Along with his colleagues in the State Opposition, Cameron is now responsible for holding the Crisafulli LNP Government to account. Cameron will fight to ensure that Queenslanders in the electorate of Woodridge and across the state get their fair share from the LNP.

Cameron previously served as Queensland Deputy Premier and Treasurer. During his time in the Queensland Parliament, Cameron also served as Queensland’s Attorney-General, as well serving in the portfolios of health and ambulance services; education; trade and investment; state development, manufacturing, infrastructure and planning; and industrial relations.

He is proud to live in the City of Logan with his family and represent the state electorate of Woodridge, one of the most diverse and multicultural electorates in Australia.

Born and raised on the southside of Brisbane, Cameron’s father was a butcher and his mother was a midwife. Cameron’s parents taught him the importance of hard work, the value of a dollar, contributing to community and serving others.

As a young man Cameron joined the Labor Party, studied law, and volunteered overseas as an international development worker under the Australian Volunteers Abroad Program. Cameron lived and worked in the South Pacific for three years, eventually being appointed the Attorney-General of the Pacific Island nation of Tuvalu.

After postgraduate study overseas, Cameron was first elected to the Queensland Parliament in 2009, serving in a number of portfolios, including as Queensland Attorney-General and as Minister for Education, where he helped to deliver reforms like moving Year 7 into high school.

In 2015 Cameron decided to return to politics, to fight against the cuts and chaos of the Newman Government. Cameron was appointed Minister for Health and Ambulance Services. He restored front-line health jobs that had been cut by the Newman Government, increased funding for mental health services and introduced important reforms like nurse-to-patient ratios.

As Treasurer, Cameron continued to fight to make Queensland fairer by introducing progressive coal royalties, which means Queenslanders get their fair share from the mineral resources that belong to them. He introduced a dedicated levy to fund better mental health services for Queenslanders.

During his time as Treasurer, Cameron also delivered the biggest budget surplus ever recorded by a state government, while Queensland achieved the lowest unemployment rate in Queensland history.

In his last budget, Cameron delivered the biggest cost of living relief program in the country, the biggest hospital building program in the state’s history and the biggest social housing spend.