Michael Caltabiano
| Michael Caltabiano | |
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| Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Chatsworth |
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In office 20 August 2005 – 9 September 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Terry Mackenroth |
| Succeeded by | Chris Bombolas |
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Brisbane City Councillor for Chandler Ward |
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In office 12 March 1996 – 10 September 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Graeme McDougall |
| Succeeded by | Adrian Schrinner |
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Michael Andrew Caltabiano 8 April 1964 Townsville, Queensland, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Liberal Party |
| Occupation | Engineer, Company director |
Michael Caltabiano (born 8 April 1964) was a Liberal Party member of the Brisbane City Council from 1996 to 2005, and a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2005 to 2006. He also served briefly as the Director-General of the Department of Transport and Main Roads in the state government of Queensland, Australia until he was sacked by Premier Campbell Newman. Caltabiano was referred to the parliamentarian ethics committee in October 2012, after comments he made two year ago's estimates committee hearing about the employment of Ben Gommers, the son of then arts minister Ros Bates.
Caltabiano studied engineering at James Cook University and a Master of Philosophy at Nottingham University (UK) and completed a Graduate Diploma of Business at Queensland University of Technology. He worked as a civil engineer and company director.
He was appointed as a replacement Liberal Party Councillor for Chandler Ward of the Brisbane City Council in 1996. Caltabiano replaced Liberal Graeme McDougall, who was elected to the Commonwealth seat of Griffith and had to resign his Council seat. Caltabiano subsequently won the 1997, 2000 and 2004 elections.
Caltabiano served as Leader of the Opposition in Brisbane City Council from 2000 until 2002, when he was ousted during a factional deal involving a dispute over representation on the State Liberal Council. He was replaced by Margaret De Wit in 2002, who was in turn replaced by Graham Quirk in 2003. He was responsible for writing many of the policies for Lord Mayoral candidate Campbell Newman and was directly responsible for writing the 2004-05 Budget as presented to Council (normally this is the Lord Mayor's duty; however Newman preferred to leave this responsibility to other Liberal councillors.).
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