Brittany Louise Lauga MP
Queensland Assistant Minister for Health and Regional Health Infrastructure
Brittany grew up in Keppel and was elected as the State Labor Member for Keppel in January 2015, November 2017 and again in October 2020. Brittany served for 6 years as Assistant Minister for Education before being sworn in as Assistant Minister for Health and Regional Health Infrastructure in May 2023. She loves the area she grew up in and is now raising her 5 year old daughter Odette in the area.
An award-winning Urban and Regional Planner prior to politics, Brittany has a strong professional background in infrastructure, urban planning and design, approvals and community development.
Brittany is volunteer rural firefighter, a Legacy Legatee, member of the Planning Institute of Australia and Queensland Country Women’s Association, Co-Chair of the Parliamentary Friends of Surf Lifesaving, Co- Chair of the Parliamentary Friends of Resources and is also Patron of the Central Queensland Coast Guard, Emu Park Golf Club, Emu Park Men’s Shed and the Yeppoon Mallet Club.
In her spare time, Brittany loves bike riding with Odette, playing AFL and cricket, bodyboarding, fishing and mountain biking.