| The Honourable Steve Wettenhall |
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| Constituency | Electoral district of Barron River |
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| Political party | Australian Labor Party |
| Website | Hon. Queensland Parliamentary Webpage |
Stephen Peter Arthur "Steve" Wettenhall (born 15 February 1963) is the Australian Labor Party MP for the Queensland state electorate of Barron River. He was first elected in the 2006 Queensland state election.
Born in Melbourne, he obtained his Bachelor of Arts and Laws at Monash University where he was politically active on campus and was elected by the student body as Chair of the Monash Association of Students. He established his own legal firm in Cairns in 1993. For the next 13 years he specialised in criminal defence advocacy. His firm expanded and accepted instructions in a wide variety of matters including criminal injuries compensation and discrimination and employment cases. He also continued to represent indigenous clients in Cape York and was retained periodically by Aboriginal legal services in the Torres Strait, Gulf of Carpentaria, Mount Isa and Cairns to represent their clients. He takes a very strong and active interest in environment and conservation issues and has served two terms as President of the Cairns & Far North Environment Centre (CAFNEC).
Wettenhall is a member of the panel of temporary Speakers and a member of the Legal, Constitutional and Administrative Review Committee (LCARC) and a member of the Investigation into Altruistic Surrogacy Select Committee (SURROGACY). He also sits on the Parliamentary Caucus Committees for:
He is also a member of the Regional Queensland Council reporting to the Minister for Communities. In this role he is an ex-officio member of the FNQ Regional Disability Council, a ministerial advisory body, and also chairs the FNQ Ministerial Regional Community Forums.[1]
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