Scott Emerson is Minister for Transport and Main Roads and your Member for Indooroopilly.
Scott was born in Ipswich where his father, an officer in the Royal Australian Air Force, was working at the nearby Amberley base. He attended schools across Australia and overseas as his family moved with the RAAF and graduated from high school in Canberra.
Scott attended the University of Queensland where he studied Law, Economics and Journalism. He finished an Arts degree in 1985 (majors in Laws and Journalism) and an Economics degree in 1987. While at university he was a regular contributor to the student newspaper Semper Floreat and was editor in 1986. He was also chairman of the Journalism Students Association in 1985.
Scott began his media career in 1988 as a journalist with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) at its Toowong studios in Brisbane. During his time with the ABC he was a Senior Reporter on its leading current affairs programs AM, PM and The World Today.
In 1994 he joined the national newspaper The Australian as its Queensland political reporter, later becoming the paper's Queensland Bureau Chief and in 2000 National Chief of Staff for the newspaper during the Sydney Olympics.
In 2004 he left The Australian to become a director and equity partner in a Brisbane-based public and media relations firm, resigning in 2009 to contest the seat of Indooroopilly at the State election for the LNP.
Scott was co-founder of the St Lucia Community Association and held executive roles on local P&Fs including at Nudgee Junior College and Brisbane Boys College. He was a team manager at Wests Junior Rugby from 2005 to 2007. He is a regular participant in the St Lucia Bush Care Group. Scott was also a volunteer at the RSPCA including as a dog trainer.
Scott was elected to the Queensland Parliament at the 21 March 2009 state election, representing the seat of Indooroopilly for the LNP. At the election Emerson achieved a swing of 8.4 per cent on the two-party preferred vote, more than double the average swing to the LNP, and won by more than 2500 votes.
In his maiden speech he identified community and the environment as key issues.
Upon entering parliament, Emerson was appointed a member of the Parliamentary Crime and Misconduct Committee.
In May 2010, Scott was appointed as the inaugural Chairperson of the Waste Watch Committee, a campaign aimed at identifying and ending Labor Government waste in Queensland.
In November 2010 Scott was elevated to the Shadow Ministry becoming Queensland's first Shadow Minister for Science, Research and Information & Communication Technology following a Shadow Cabinet reshuffle which comprised new portfolios as well as new faces.
In April 2011 he was promoted to the senior portfolio of Shadow Minister for Transport, Multicultural Affairs and the Arts.
Scott met his wife, Robyn, at Queensland University. They have a daughter and a son.
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