Craig Emerson - Member for Rankin

Minister for Small Business, Independent Contractors and the Service Economy
Minister Assisting the Finance Minister on Deregulation

Parliament House

Suite M1 68
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Tel:

(02) 6277 7450

Fax:

(02) 6273 9394

Email:

Email Craig

Rankin Electorate Office

Logan Central Plaza

Wembley Road
Woodridge, QLD, 4114

Tel:

(07) 3299 5910

Fax:

(07) 3208 8744

Postal Address:

PO Box 349
Woodridge, QLD, 4114

Web:

http://www.craigemersonmp.com

Biography

Craig has been the Member for Rankin since 1998. Before being elected he ran an economic and environmental consulting business. He is a former head of the Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage and the South East Queensland Transit Authority. Craig was a senior policy adviser to Bob Hawke and Wayne Goss. He was also economic adviser to Finance Minister Peter Walsh. Craig has a PhD in economics and has worked as an economist at the United Nations in Bangkok.

Craig is the Minister for Small Business, Independent Contractors and the Service Economy, and the Minister Assisting the Finance Minister on Deregulation.

Electorate Profile

State: Queensland

Name Derivation: Named after Dame Annabelle Rankin 1908-86, first Queensland woman elected to the Senate 1946-71 and the first Australian woman to hold a top-level diplomatic post as High Commissioner to New Zealand 1971-74.

Area and Location Description: Rankin covers an area of approximately 196 sq km from Rochedale South and Priestdale in the north to Cornubia in the southeast and Greenbank in the west. Suburbs include Browns Plains, Crestmead, Daisy Hill, Forestdale, Heritage Park, Hillcrest, Kingston, Logan Central, Marsden, Priestdale, Regents Park, Rochedale South, Shailer Park, Slacks Creek, Springwood, Underwood, Woodridge and parts of Berrinba and Cornubia.

Products/Industries of the Area: The area covers a diverse area from residential and acreage suburbs as well as some light industry.

First Proclaimed/Election: 1984

Demographic Rating: Outer Metropolitan

Members:

• EMERSON, C (ALP) 1998-
• BEDDALL, D (ALP) 1984-1998