Shannon Fentiman

Shannon Fentiman
Fentiman in 2023
Minister for Health, Mental Health and Ambulance Services
(previously Minister for Health and Ambulance Services)
Assumed office
18 May 2023
PremierAnnastacia Palaszczuk Steven Miles
Preceded byYvette D’Ath
Attorney-General and Minister for Justice
In office
12 November 2020 – 17 May 2023
PremierAnnastacia Palaszczuk
Preceded byYvette D'Ath
Succeeded byYvette D'Ath
Minister for Women
Assumed office
12 November 2020
PremierAnnastacia Palaszczuk Steven Miles
Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence
In office
12 November 2020 – 17 May 2023
PremierAnnastacia Palaszczuk
Preceded byDi Farmer
Succeeded byYvette D'Ath
Minister for Employment and Small Business
In office
12 December 2017 – 11 November 2020
PremierAnnastacia Palaszczuk
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byDi Farmer
Minister for Training and Skills Development
In office
12 December 2017 – 11 November 2020
PremierAnnastacia Palaszczuk
Preceded byGrace Grace
Succeeded byDi Farmer
Minister for Communities, Women and Youth
In office
16 February 2015 – 11 December 2017
PremierAnnastacia Palaszczuk
Preceded byYvette D'Ath
Succeeded by
Minister for Child Safety
In office
16 February 2015 – 11 December 2017
PremierAnnastacia Palaszczuk
Preceded byTracy Davis (Communities)
Succeeded byDi Farmer
Minister for Multicultural Affairs
In office
16 February 2015 – 8 December 2015
PremierAnnastacia Palaszczuk
Preceded byTracy Davis
Succeeded byGrace Grace
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Waterford
Assumed office
31 January 2015
Preceded byMike Latter
Personal details
Political partyLabor
SpouseMatt Collins[1]
Children2 [2]
Alma mater
Profession
  • Solicitor
  • Politician
Signature
Websitewww.shannonfentiman.com

Shannon Maree Fentiman is an Australian politician. She has been the Labor member for Waterford in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015.[3] Fentiman has served as the Minister for Women since 2020 and Minister for Health, Mental Health and Ambulance Services since 2023, following a cabinet reshuffle.[4]

Born in 1983/84, she holds a Bachelor of Laws (First class honours) from Queensland University of Technology and Master of Laws from the University of Melbourne.[5] She attended Marymount College, Gold Coast.[6]

Prior to her election to the Queensland Parliament, Fentiman worked as a solicitor for Hall Payne Lawyers. She has previously worked as an industrial advocate for the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union and as a judge's associate in the Supreme Court of Queensland to Justice Atkinson.[5]

Fentiman has also been a board member of the Logan Women's Health and Wellbeing Centre, Secretary of the Centre Against Sexual Violence in Logan and the Duty Solicitor at the Beenleigh Neighbourhood Centre.[5]

  1. ^ "Shannon Fentiman on her happy family life". The Courier Mail. Retrieved 2 May 2024. 'Shannon Fentiman and husband Matt Collins.'
  2. ^ "Shannon Fentiman on her happy family life". The Courier Mail. Retrieved 2 May 2024. 'I have a great husband, and two beautiful daughters'
  3. ^ Green, Antony. "Waterford". Queensland Election 2015. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015.
  4. ^ Riga, Rachel; Jurss-Lewis, Tobias (17 May 2023). "Meaghan Scanlon tipped to get housing portfolio as Palaszczuk's Queensland cabinet reshuffle takes shape". ABC News. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  5. ^ a b c "Hon Shannon Fentiman". Current Members (including Ministers and shadow Ministers). Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original on 8 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  6. ^ Crockford, Toby; Holdsworth, Matty (12 June 2023). "Old school ties: Where Qld powerbrokers went to school". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 28 August 2024.