Scott Emerson
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Scott Emerson MP |
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| Shadow Treasurer, Shadow Minister for Small Business | |
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Assumed office 6 May 2016 |
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| Preceded by | John-Paul Langbroek |
| Shadow Minister for Transport | |
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In office 14 February 2015 – 6 May 2016 |
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| Preceded by |
Jackie Trad (Transport) Mark Bailey (Main Roads) |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Powell |
| Minister for Transport and Main Roads | |
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In office 3 April 2012 – 14 February 2015 |
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| Premier | Campbell Newman |
| Preceded by |
Annastacia Palaszczuk (Transport) Craig Wallace (Main Roads) |
| Succeeded by |
Jackie Trad (Transport) Mark Bailey (Main Roads) |
| Member of the Queensland Parliament for Indooroopilly | |
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Assumed office 21 March 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Ronan Lee |
| Majority | 6.73% (2015) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
15 January 1964 Ipswich, Queensland, Australia |
| Political party | Liberal National Party |
| Alma mater | University of Queensland |
| Occupation | Journalist, public relations coordinator |
Scott Anthony Emerson (born 15 January 1964) is an Australian politician. He served as the Minister for Transport and Main Roads Minister in the previous Newman Ministry from 2012 to 2015. In the Legislative Assembly of Queensland he represents the seat of Indooroopilly in Brisbane's inner-west, which he has held since 2009.
Emerson was born in Ipswich, Queensland, where his father, an officer in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), was working at the nearby Amberley Air Force base. Emerson attended schools across Australia and overseas as his family moved with the RAAF. He graduated from high school in Canberra, in the Australian Capital Territory.
Emerson attended the University of Queensland where he graduated in 1985 with a Bachelor of Arts degree with majors in law and journalism and 1987 with a Bachelor of Economics. While at university, he edited the student newspaper Semper Floreat and was chairman of the Journalism Students Association. During his studies he resided at St Leo's College.
Emerson began his media career in 1988 as a cadet journalist with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in Brisbane. In 1991 he moved to Sydney to work as a reporter on ABC Radio's current affairs programs, AM, PM and The World Today. He returned to Brisbane in 1992 as the senior Queensland reporter for ABC Radio Current Affairs. In 1994 he joined the national newspaper The Australian as its Queensland political reporter. In 1998 he was appointed the paper's Queensland Bureau Chief and in 2000 was National Chief of staff for The Australian during the Sydney Olympics.
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