Brittany Lauga Explained

Brittany Lauga
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Constituency Am:Keppel
Assembly:Queensland Legislative
Term Start:31 January 2015
Predecessor:Bruce Young
Birth Date:1986 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia
Birthname:Brittany Louise McKee
Party:Labor
Residence:Yeppoon
Alma Mater:Queensland University of Technology
Profession:Urban and Regional planner

Brittany Louise Lauga (née McKee;[1] [2] born 19 June 1986) is an Australian politician and town planner

.[3] She has been the Labor member for Keppel in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015.[4]

Early life, education and non-political career

Lauga grew up in Central Queensland, Australia, where her current residence is at the suburb of Parkhurst, in the Electoral District of Keppel.

For high school Lauga went to Rockhampton Grammar School where she graduated in 2003. She went on to study a dual Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Justice at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane partially for two years, then moving onto a Bachelor of Urban Development and graduating with honours. While Lauga was studying her Bachelor of Urban Development she was a founding member of the QUT Planning Students Association and a General Secretary of the QUT Student Guild. Lauga later commenced a Master of Business Administration (MBA) at CQUniversity in Rockhampton.

After graduating as a town planner, Lauga went to work for Craven Ovenden Town Planning as a student town planner. After leaving Craven Ovenden Town Planning, Lauga went on and worked for the Department of Housing and Public Works within Project Services involving the planning and project management of social housing. Lauga then went on to work for Central Queensland consulting firm, CQG Consulting.

Personal life

In April 2017, Lauga announced that she was expecting her first child.[5] She gave birth to a daughter in October.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Keppel Candidate Profile : 2015 State General Election. 3 February 2015. Electoral Commission Queensland. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150203073900/http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/state/State2015/Keppel/candidate1.html. 3 February 2015. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: QUT alumnus awarded young planner of the year. 26 November 2013. 3 February 2015. Showcase. Queensland University of Technology - Science and Engineering. https://web.archive.org/web/20150203074832/http://www.showcase.sef.qut.edu.au/index.php/showcases/view/qut-alumnus-awarded-young-planner-of-the-year/. 3 February 2015. dead.
  3. Web site: Brittany Lauga for Keppel. 3 February 2015. Queensland Labor. A Chisholm. https://web.archive.org/web/20150309021308/http://www.queenslandlabor.org/candidate/brittany-lauga/. 9 March 2015. dead.
  4. Web site: Keppel. Queensland Election 2015. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Green. Antony. Antony Green.
  5. News: Smith. Leighton. Exciting truth behind local leader's belly bump revealed. 22 April 2017. The Morning Bulletin. 22 April 2017.
  6. News: Mesner. Kerri-Anne. Keppel baby watch is over as Lauga welcomes daughter to the world. 30 October 2017. The Morning Bulletin. 23 October 2017.