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  1. The Service Trades Council (STC) is established under the Plumbing and Drainage Act 2002(PDA) to confer on national policy development and implementation for the plumbing and drainage trade; report to the Minister on any issue relating to plumbing and drainage referred to it by the Minister, or any issue relating to plumbing and drainage the STC considers the Minister should know about; and perform any other functions relating to plumbing and drainage given to the STC under the PDA.
  2. The membership of the STC consists of the Assistant Commissioner of the Queensland Building and Construction Commission(QBCC) and at least one representative of each of the following entities:
  • the department in which the PDA is administered
  • the department in which the Public Health Act 2005 is administered
  • the department in which the Further Education and Training Act 2014 is administered
  • the Air-Conditioning and Mechanical Contractors Association
  • the Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union, Plumbing Division, Queensland Branch(Plumbers Union Queensland)
  • the Local Government Association of Queensland (Incorporated) (LGAQ)
  • the Master Plumbers’ Association of Queensland (MPAQ)
  • the National Fire Industry Association (Incorporated) (NFIA)
  • Institute of Plumbing Inspectors Queensland (Incorporated)
  • Consumer’s representative nominated by the department in which the Fair Trading Act 1989 is administered.
  1. Cabinet endorsedthat the followingpersons be recommended to the Governor in Council for appointment as members of the Service Trades Council for a term of four years from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2020.

Members / Deputy Members
  • Penny Cornah (Chairperson)(MPAQ)
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  • William (Bill) Watson(MPAQ)

  • Janet Cumming (Deputy Chairperson)
(Department administering the Public Health Act 2005) /
  • Greg Jackson(Department administering the Public Health Act 2005)

  • Sharon Simmers (Consumer’s representation – Department administering the Fair Trading Act 1989)
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  • Christopher McKenzie (Consumer’s representation – Department administering the Fair Trading Act 1989)

  • Catherine McCahon (Department administering the PDA)
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  • Lindsay Walker (Department administering the PDA)

  • Bradley Hodgkinson (LGAQ)
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  • Allan Hazell (LGAQ)

  • Gary O’Halloran (Plumbers Union Queensland)
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  • Michael Wiech(Plumbers Union Queensland)

  • Andrew Hickman (NFIA)
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  • Wayne Smith(NFIA)

  • Linda Bradley (Department administering the Further Education and Training Act 2014)

  • Graham MacKrill(Air-Conditioning and Mechanical Contractors Association)

  • Assistant Commissioner (QBCC)

  • Ray Smith (Institute of Plumbers Inspectors Qld Inc.)
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  • Eddie Denman (Institute of Plumbers Inspectors Qld Inc.)

  • Stephen Jennison (Institute of Plumbers Inspectors Qld Inc.)

  • Tracy Barkham (Institute of Plumbers Inspectors Qld Inc.)

  1. Attachments
  • Nil.