Hon Leanne Linard MP
Australian Labor Party
Shadow Minister for Environment, Science, Innovation and Climate Change
Electorate: Nudgee
Topic Engagement
Parliamentary Activity
Some votes may not appear here if they were party votes where individual member votes were not recorded.
Argued the bill removes renewable energy targets that provided investment certainty and described the Energy Roadmap as a 'cul-de-sac' - a dead end for Queensland.
“This is a detour to higher emissions and energy insecurity for Queensland families, businesses and industries.”— 2025-12-10View Hansard
Opposed the bill on behalf of the Labor opposition, arguing that culling is not an effective safety measure and that the existing Queensland Crocodile Management Plan is world-leading and evidence-based. Noted that the crocodile population has largely plateaued and the fatality rate is very low.
“You cannot eliminate—which means to completely remove, not reduce—the threat to human life from saltwater crocodiles unless you eliminate all crocodiles—every single one. They are an ambush predator.”— 2025-12-09View Hansard
Bills Introduced (4)
Victims' Commissioner and Sexual Violence Review Board Bill 2024
PassedThis bill became law.This bill creates a Victims' Commissioner to advocate for crime victims and handle complaints about breaches of their rights. It also establishes a Sexual Violence Review Board to examine systemic problems in how sexual offences are reported, investigated and prosecuted. The reforms follow the Women's Safety and Justice Taskforce's Hear Her Voice reports.
Child Protection and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2020
PassedThis bill became law.This bill clarifies that adoption is an option for achieving permanent homes for children in out-of-home care, responding to coronial recommendations following the death of Mason Jet Lee. It requires case plan reviews after two years for children under the chief executive's long-term guardianship, to ensure better permanency options are actively considered.
Child Protection Reform and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2021
PassedThis bill became law.This bill reforms Queensland's child protection laws to give children in care stronger rights and a greater voice in decisions affecting them. It also improves screening of carers and people working with children by enabling domestic violence information sharing and connecting Queensland to a national database that tracks people barred from working with children in other states.
Environmental Protection (Powers and Penalties) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
PassedThis bill became law.This bill modernises Queensland's environmental protection enforcement by consolidating three types of compliance notices into one 'environmental enforcement order', creating new offences for breaching environmental duties, and requiring polluters to restore contaminated environments. It implements recommendations from an independent review to make environmental regulation more proactive rather than reactive.