Mr Scott Stewart MP
Former MemberAustralian Labor Party
Electorate: Townsville
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Parliamentary Activity
Some votes may not appear here if they were party votes where individual member votes were not recorded.
Supported the bill, highlighting the new standalone offence for ramming emergency vehicles and the expansion of Jack's Law. Cited declining youth crime statistics in Townsville as evidence the government's community safety plan is working.
“Put simply, this is disgusting and unacceptable behaviour. This bill will make ramming emergency vehicles a standalone offence, with a maximum penalty of 14 years imprisonment.”— 2024-08-22View Hansard
Bills Introduced (7)
Land Valuation Amendment Bill 2023
LapsedThis bill modernises Queensland's land valuation framework, which determines how property is valued for land tax, council rates, and state land rent. It gives the valuer-general new powers to make binding guidelines on valuation practices, streamlines the objection process by removing arbitrary monetary thresholds, and gives farmers more control over how their non-adjoining lots are valued.
Mineral and Energy Resources and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
Passed (amended)This bill became law after being modified during debate.This bill overhauls Queensland's framework for managing the coexistence of resources, renewable energy and agricultural industries. It creates a new system for assessing and compensating CSG-induced subsidence damage to farmland, broadens Queensland's coexistence institutions to cover renewable energy, modernises the Financial Provisioning Scheme for mine rehabilitation, and streamlines regulatory processes across more than a dozen resources-related Acts.
Resources Safety and Health Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
Passed (amended)This bill became law after being modified during debate.This bill overhauls safety and health laws for Queensland's mining, quarrying, petroleum and gas, and explosives industries. It responds to the Brady Review of fatal mining accidents and the Coal Mining Board of Inquiry by introducing critical control requirements, mandatory professional development for safety roles, stronger enforcement tools, and clearer industrial manslaughter liability for labour hire and contractor arrangements.
Land and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2022
Passed (amended)This bill became law after being modified during debate.This bill updates a range of land and resource management laws within the Queensland Resources portfolio. It streamlines lease conversions and renewals, modernises stock route management, updates surveying rules, improves vegetation management administration, and enables coal mining lease transfers under the Central Queensland Coal Associates Agreement.
Resources and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2021
Passed (amended)This bill became law after being modified during debate.This bill makes changes across five unrelated areas of law: validating historically granted mining leases, clarifying petroleum lease renewal rules, strengthening water restriction enforcement in South East Queensland, protecting water providers' cybersecurity information from mandatory public disclosure, and repealing the never-commenced Personalised Transport Ombudsman Act 2019.
Land and Other Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2023
PassedThis bill became law.This bill modernises the management of Queensland's state land, place naming, and resource authority obligations. It streamlines how reserves and trust lands are administered, gives trustees more autonomy, overhauls the place naming process to allow faster removal of offensive names, and requires resource companies to pay local government rates as a condition of their authority.
Coal Mining Safety and Health and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2022
PassedThis bill became law.This bill amends coal mining safety laws and several resources Acts. It provides practical exceptions to the requirement that safety-critical position holders at coal mines must be directly employed by the mine operator, and creates a rent deferral scheme for critical minerals mining leases.