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Shannon Fentiman

The Honourable
Shannon Fentiman
MP
Minister for the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence
Assumed office
8 December 2015
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk
Preceded by Position Established
Minister for Communities, Women and Youth
Assumed office
16 February 2015
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk
Preceded by Tracy Davis
(Communities)
Minister for Child Safety
Assumed office
16 February 2015
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk
Preceded by Tracy Davis
Minister for Multicultural Affairs
In office
16 February 2015 – 8 December 2015
Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk
Preceded by Glen Elmes
Succeeded by Grace Grace
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Waterford
Assumed office
31 January 2015
Preceded by Mike Latter
Majority 7,501 (13.33%)
Personal details
Political party Australian Labor Party
Alma mater Queensland University of Technology
University of Melbourne
Profession Solicitor

Shannon Maree Fentiman is an Australian politician. She has been the Labor member for Waterford in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015.

She was sworn in as Minister for Communities, Women and Youth, Minister for Child Safety and Minister for Multicultural Affairs in the Palaszczuk Ministry on 16 February 2015.

She holds a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Hons) from Queensland University of Technology and recently completed her Master of Laws at Melbourne University. She was admitted as a Legal Practitioner in 2007.

Prior to her election to the Queensland Parliament as the Member for Waterford, Shannon worked as a solicitor for Hall Payne Lawyers. She has considerable experience in employment law having previously worked as an industrial advocate for the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union. She has also worked as a Judge's Associate in the Supreme Court of Queensland to her Honour Justice Atkinson.

Shannon 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.



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