Cameron Dick

{{Short description|Australian politician (born 1967)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use Australian English|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | name = Cameron Dick | honorific_suffix = MP | image = Cameron Dick 2023 official portrait - cropped.png | caption = Official portrait in 2023 | office = Deputy Leader of the Opposition in Queensland | leader = Steven Miles | term_start = 28 October 2024 | term_end = | predecessor = Jarrod Bleijie | successor = | office1 = 36th Deputy Premier of Queensland | premier1 = Steven Miles | term_start1 = 15 December 2023 | term_end1 = 28 October 2024 | predecessor1 = Steven Miles | successor1 = Jarrod Bleijie | office2 = Deputy Leader of the Labor Party in Queensland | term_start2 = 15 December 2023 | term_end2 = | leader2 = Steven Miles | predecessor2 = Steven Miles {{Collapsed infobox section begin|Ministerial positions}} | office3 = 51st Treasurer of Queensland | premier3 = Annastacia Palaszczuk Steven Miles | deputy3 = Charis Mullen (2020–2023) Jennifer Howard (since 2023) | term_start3 = 11 May 2020 | term_end3 = 28 October 2024 | predecessor3 = Jackie Trad | successor3 = David Janetzki | office4 = Minister for Trade and Investment of Queensland | premier4 = Annastacia Palaszczuk Steven Miles | term_start4 = 7 October 2021 | term_end4 = 28 October 2024 | predecessor4 = Annastacia Palaszczuk (as Minister for Trade) Himself (as Minister for Investment) | successor4 = Rosslyn Bates | office5 = Minister for Investment of Queensland | premier5 = Annastacia Palaszczuk | term_start5 = 12 November 2020 | term_end5 = 7 October 2021 | predecessor5 = Kate Jones (as Minister for Innovation) | successor5 = Himself (as Minister for Trade and Investment) | office6 = Minister for Infrastructure and Planning of Queensland | premier6 = Annastacia Palaszczuk | term_start6 = 12 December 2017 | term_end6 = 12 November 2020 | predecessor6 = Jackie Trad | successor6 = Steven Miles | office7 = Minister for State Development of Queensland | premier7 = Annastacia Palaszczuk | term_start7 = 12 December 2017 | term_end7 = 11 May 2020 | predecessor7 = Anthony Lynham | successor7 = Kate Jones | office8 = Minister for Manufacturing of Queensland | premier8 = Annastacia Palaszczuk | term_start8 = 12 December 2017 | term_end8 = 10 May 2020 | predecessor8 = | successor8 = Glenn Butcher | office9 = Minister for Health and Ambulance Services of Queensland | premier9 = Annastacia Palaszczuk | term_start9 = 16 February 2015 | term_end9 = 12 December 2017 | predecessor9 = Lawrence Springborg | successor9 = Steven Miles | office10 = Minister for Industrial Relations of Queensland | premier10 = Anna Bligh | term_start10 = 26 March 2009 | term_end10 = 26 March 2012 | predecessor10 = John Mickel | successor10 = Curtis Pitt (2015) | office11 = Minister for Education of Queensland | premier11 = Anna Bligh | term_start11 = 21 February 2011 | term_end11 = 26 March 2012 | predecessor11 = Geoff Wilson | successor11 = John-Paul Langbroek | office12 = Attorney-General of Queensland | premier12 = Anna Bligh | term_start12 = 26 March 2009 | term_end12 = 21 February 2011 | predecessor12 = Kerry Shine | successor12 = Paul Lucas {{Collapsed infobox section end|Ministerial positions}} {{Collapsed infobox section begin |cont = yes |Parliamentary offices | titlestyle = border:1px dashed lightgrey;}}{{Infobox officeholder | embed = yes | constituency_MP13 = Greenslopes | parliament13 = Queensland | term_start13 = 21 March 2009 | term_end13 = 24 March 2012 | predecessor13 = Gary Fenlon | successor13 = Ian Kaye | constituency_MP14 = Woodridge | parliament14 = Queensland | term_start14 = 31 January 2015 | term_end14 = | predecessor14 = Desley Scott {{Collapsed infobox section end}} }} | party = Labor | birth_place = Brisbane, Queensland | children = 2 | alma_mater = Trinity Hall, Cambridge University of Queensland | profession = Barrister | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|4|25|df=y}} | signature = Cameron Dick signature 2020.svg }} '''Cameron Robert Dick''' (born 25 April 1967) is an Australian politician and member of the Labor Party who was the 36th Deputy Premier of Queensland from 2023 to 2024, 51st Treasurer of the state of Queensland from 2020 to 2024, and Minister for Trade and Investment from 2021 to 2024.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Jackie Trad resigns as Queensland's Deputy Premier and Treasurer, Steven Miles and Cameron Dick to take on portfolios – ABC News|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-10/queensland-premier-annastacia-palaszczuk-responds-to-jackie-trad/12231616|date=2020-05-10|website=www.abc.net.au|language=en-AU|access-date=2020-05-10|archive-date=10 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510090026/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-10/queensland-premier-annastacia-palaszczuk-responds-to-jackie-trad/12231616|url-status=live}}</ref> He previously served as Minister for State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.statedevelopment.qld.gov.au/our-department/minister.html|title=Minister|website=www.statedevelopment.qld.gov.au|language=en-AU|access-date=2018-10-15|archive-date=6 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406170906/https://www.statedevelopment.qld.gov.au//our-department/minister.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and was Minister for Health and Minister for Ambulance Services<ref name="Queensland">{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/current/list/MemberDetails?ID=2735111125|title=Member Details|website=www.parliament.qld.gov.au|language=en-AU|access-date=2018-10-15|archive-date=5 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305063958/https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/current/list/MemberDetails?ID=2735111125|url-status=live}}</ref> in the Palaszczuk Ministry. He also served as Attorney-General, Minister for Education and Minister for Industrial Relations<ref name="Queensland"/> in the Bligh government. He is currently a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly representing the seat of Woodridge.

==Early life and education== Dick's family arrived in Queensland from Scotland in 1862 aboard the sailing ship ''Conway''. His father, a veteran of the Second World War serving in the Royal Australian Navy (1941–1945), was a butcher and later an owner and operator of taxi cabs. His mother was a nurse.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

Dick was born on 25 April 1967.<ref>{{cite journal|title=From Tuvalu to the top|pages=19–22|journal=The Proctor|publisher=Queensland Law Society|date=May 2009|volume=29|issue=4|first=Russell|last=Grenning}}</ref> He grew up in the suburb of Holland Park and attended a local primary school, Marshall Road State School.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

Dick was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School. He studied at the University of Queensland, and graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Laws, and later, a Bachelor of Arts. He gained a Master of Law (LLM) degree at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.<ref name="membio">[http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/en/members/current/list/bio?member=Dick+Cameron Member Biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123020501/http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/en/members/current/list/bio?member=Dick+Cameron |date=23 November 2011 }}. Queensland Parliament. Retrieved on 27 February 2012.</ref>

After undertaking articles of clerkship at Brisbane law firm Goss Downey Carne, he was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland and the High Court of Australia.<ref name="membio"/>

== Legal career==

===Tuvalu=== Following practice as a solicitor in Brisbane, Dick worked as an international development volunteer in the South Pacific island nation of Tuvalu from 1993 to 1996, under the Australian Volunteers Abroad program operated by the then Overseas Service Bureau (now known as Australian Volunteers International), Australia's oldest international volunteer-sending organisation. Dick assisted in the Office of the Attorney-General during his time in Tuvalu, initially as Crown Counsel and then as the acting Attorney-General of Tuvalu for one year. He is a former ''ex officio'' Attorney-General of the Pacific Island nation of Tuvalu.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.queenslandlabor.org/candidate/cameron-dick/|title=Cameron Dick – MP for Woodridge|access-date=24 January 2018|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305163549/https://www.queenslandlabor.org/candidate/cameron-dick/|archive-date=5 March 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

===Queensland=== Dick was a solicitor at Crown Law, the Queensland Government's legal office, and a senior advisor in the Queensland Government, before becoming a barrister in 2006. He practised law prior to his election to the Queensland Parliament.<ref>[http://www.qldbar.asn.au/query.cgi?template=template1&SurnameInitial=D&header=SurnameInitial&PCOnly=N&order_by=Surname&database=db1&template=template1 Bar Association of Queensland Directory] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091112034520/http://www.qldbar.asn.au/query.cgi?template=template1&SurnameInitial=D&header=SurnameInitial&PCOnly=N&order_by=Surname&database=db1&template=template1 |date=12 November 2009 }}.</ref>

==Political career== Dick was elected as the Member for Greenslopes in the Queensland Parliament at the 2009 Queensland state election. Queensland Premier Anna Bligh asked him to serve as the Attorney-General and Minister for Industrial Relations<ref name="Queensland"/> and was sworn in on 26 March 2009. On 21 February 2011 he was sworn in as Minister for Education and Industrial Relations. He lost his seat at the 2012 state election. He gained a new seat, Woodridge, at the 2015 state election, and did so with the largest two-party preferred vote (75.95 per cent) of any party in any electorate of Queensland.

On 16 February 2015, Dick was sworn in as Minister for Health and Ambulance Services in the Palaszczuk Ministry.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-16/new-queensland-cabinet-sworn-in-government-house/6114916?WT.ac=statenews_qld| title= Queensland's new Labor Cabinet sworn in at Government House| newspaper= ABC News| date= 15 February 2015| publisher= Australian Broadcasting Corporation 16 February 2015| access-date= 16 February 2015| url-status= live| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150222062044/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-16/new-queensland-cabinet-sworn-in-government-house/6114916?WT.ac=statenews_qld| archive-date= 22 February 2015| df= dmy-all}}</ref>

On 12 December 2017, Dick was sworn in as Minister for State Development, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Planning in the second Palaszczuk Ministry.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/current/list/MemberDetails?ID=2735111125|title=Hon Cameron Dick|last=Queensland|website=Former Members Register|publisher=Queensland Parliament|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813185626/https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/members/current/list/MemberDetails?ID=2735111125|archive-date=13 August 2017|url-status=live|access-date=24 January 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Alongside Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and representatives from the Australian Government, including then Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Dick was part of the announcement on 14 March 2018 that Rheinmetall Defence Australia would be awarded the $5 billion LAND 400 contract to build and service up to 5000 military vehicles in Queensland.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.manmonthly.com.au/news/rheinmetall-wins-5bn-contract-jobs-way/|title=Rheinmetall wins $5bn contract, jobs on the way – Manufacturers' Monthly|date=2018-03-15|work=Manufacturers' Monthly|access-date=2018-11-30|language=en-US|archive-date=30 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130071908/http://www.manmonthly.com.au/news/rheinmetall-wins-5bn-contract-jobs-way/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/queensland-wins-5-billion-defence-contract-20180314-p4z48i.html|title=Queensland wins $5 billion Defence contract|last=Branco|first=Jorge|website=Brisbane Times|date=13 March 2018|language=en-US|access-date=2018-11-30|archive-date=30 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130071645/https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/queensland-wins-5-billion-defence-contract-20180314-p4z48i.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Regarding the decision, Dick called the "landmark project" an "economic game-changer" that will create "450 advanced manufacturing and engineering jobs for Queenslanders" and "pump $1 billion into the state’s economy" in its first ten years of operation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cimmagazine.com/queensland-wins-land-400-to-become-defence-hub/|title=Federal government awards QLD $5b defence manufacturing contract|date=14 March 2018|website=www.cimmagazine.com|access-date=2018-03-14|archive-date=27 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327071504/http://www.cimmagazine.com/queensland-wins-land-400-to-become-defence-hub/|url-status=live}}</ref> Following this, Rheinmetall selected Redbank, near Ipswich, as the location for its $170 million Military Vehicle Centre of Excellence (MILVEHCOE).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.australianmanufacturing.com.au/50739/rheinmetall-selects-redbank-as-location-for-its-centre-of-military-excellence|title=Rheinmetall selects Redbank as location for its centre of military excellence {{!}} Australian Manufacturing|date=2018-03-18|work=Australian Manufacturing|access-date=2018-11-30|language=en-US|archive-date=30 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130073156/http://www.australianmanufacturing.com.au/50739/rheinmetall-selects-redbank-as-location-for-its-centre-of-military-excellence|url-status=live}}</ref> The first sod was turned at the facility 16 November 2018, with reference made to Queensland as "Australia's khaki state".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.qt.com.au/news/new-build-has-ipswich-centre-australias-khaki-stat/3577442/|title=New build has Ipswich at centre of 'Australia's khaki state'|last=Johnson|first=Hayden|work=Queensland Times|access-date=2018-11-30|language=en|archive-date=30 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130071603/https://www.qt.com.au/news/new-build-has-ipswich-centre-australias-khaki-stat/3577442/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Dick was in attendance to press the launch button for Australia's first commercial payload rocket flight on 21 November 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.goondiwindiargus.com.au/story/5766380/cape-funny-farm-rocket-launches-in-our-area-today/|title='Cape' Funny Farm: Rocket launches in our area today|last=Jones|first=Ian|date=2018-11-21|work=Goondiwindi Argus|access-date=2018-11-27|language=en|archive-date=27 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127152013/https://www.goondiwindiargus.com.au/story/5766380/cape-funny-farm-rocket-launches-in-our-area-today/|url-status=live}}</ref> The five-metre rocket was developed by Queensland-based BlackSky Aerospace and successfully launched into the sky from a farm in Tarawara, west of Goondiwindi. Dick said that the launch – which saw the rocket reach roughly the same height as Mount Everest – showed the possibilities for developing a space industry in Queensland. He added that the state wanted to promote its aerospace capabilities to national and international markets, and that this launch was a substantial step forward in achieving that aim.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-21/queensland-commercial-rocket-launch-race-for-space/10518750|title=Queensland sets sights on space industry with outback rocket launch|date=2018-11-21|work=ABC News|access-date=2018-11-30|language=en-AU|archive-date=26 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126083019/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-21/queensland-commercial-rocket-launch-race-for-space/10518750|url-status=live}}</ref>

In May 2020, Dick replaced Jackie Trad as Queensland Treasurer.<ref name=":0" />

On 28 October 2024, Dick was replaced as Deputy Premier and Treasurer of Queensland.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-26/queensland-election-live-updates-results-2024/104505940|language=en-AU|title=LNP projected to win Queensland election, defeating Labor for the first time in almost a decade |work=ABC News |date=25 October 2024 }}</ref>

== Personal life == {{BLP unreferenced section|date=November 2025}} Dick is married and has two sons.

He is the brother of Milton Dick, a member of the Australian House of Representatives for Oxley, Speaker of the House of Representatives and former Brisbane City Council Labor leader.

His son's names are Josiah and Harrietta.

Dick is a model rocket enthusiast, he won a competition in 2025 at the national model rocket society in honor of his chosen charity Dick Smith's.

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