[35], In 2018, Stoker opposed a proposed bill to remove an exemption in the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 that would allow religious schools to expel students on the basis of their sexual orientation and gender identity. "I just remember observing that as a child, thinking it was really strange that people who are putting so much into small business, really giving it everything they had, could find it so difficult," she said. Who knew? Newly appointed Assistant Minister for Women Amanda Stoker has defended against criticism of her placement saying her opponents "really don't know very much . We and our partners use cookies to Store and/or access information on a device. She didnt even receive the highest below-the-line support in her own party. The Parliament of Queensland appointed Stoker to the casual vacancy left by Brandis on 21 March 2018 and she was sworn in as a Senator the following day. Senator Stokers patronising response, reported by The New Daily late on Wednesday, suggests its not just the Prime Minister who doesnt get what Australian women are angry and frustrated about. Senator had parliamentary business on first half of trip but conceded rest of trip was personal and paid invoice for costs plus penalty. In 2019, Crikey reported that she is a social and fiscal conservative who had positioned herself as a champion of free speech and religious freedom. When she replaced George Brandis in 2018, she was endorsed by the LNP state executive, avoiding a vote by rank-and-file members. The senator did not claim travel allowance for the 13 and 14 of December as this portion of the trip involved some aspect of personal travel.. "Statement in relation to citizenship 45th Parliament", "Amanda Stoker's journey to becoming a senator", "Meet senator Amanda Stoker, 35, a lawyer from Bundaberg who idolises Thatcher", "Record Of Proceedings; First Session Of The Fifty-sixth Parliament; Wednesday, 21 March 2018", "Lawyer Amanda Stoker chosen to replace George Brandis in Senate", "Statement Of Registrable Interests Form A Senators", "Anti-mining activists say they are within their rights to claim charity status", "The climate science denial promoters behind Queensland's energy scare election headlines", "Free-market groups and the tobacco industry", "5 Years of Failure: Global Coalition Letter Against Plain Packaging", "Senate replacement Amanda Stoker has connection to the Redlands", "Un-elected Senator withdraws from Coast talk", "Unelected senator withdraws from Coast talk", "Stoker to take Brandis's Queensland senate seat", "The Liberals have a serious women problem and it's time they took action to change it", "LNP under pressure to pick a woman to replace Brandis", "Deputy Mayor looking for seat in capital", "Amanda Stoker's election as Queensland senator is now official", "Australia just got one step closer to a High Court selected on ideological grounds", "Interview with Prime Minister Morrison - Transcript", "Grace Tame expresses incredulity at PM's choice of Amanda Stoker as assistant minister for women", "Grace Tame slams PM's 'ignorant' appointment of Assistant Women's Minister", "Snubbed Stoker says rival won top spot by drinking more beer with preselectors", "Senator Amanda Stoker scores third spot on the LNP senate ticket", "Queensland Senate ticket: Amanda Stoker and James McGrath in backroom battle", "Who's who in the Liberals' left, right and centre factions? She knew that one timeshare company had to lay off 20 staff in Sydney because of the ASIC consultation, and drew on facts such as of the over 210,000presentations that have been attended, only 6.1 per cent of consumers decided to buy into the schemes. Stoker has been a speaker at a number of center-right conservative conferences. This story is written from a narrative point of view. The assistant minister had legitimate parliamentary business in Townsville, Cape Cleveland and Ayr on the first two days of the trip, including meeting with a state MP and local residents, small businesses and graziers, and a visit to the Australia Institute of Marine Science. Husband Grace Tame is currently single. [19] The Australian reported that LNP members were threatening to push for gender quotas if the party did not preselect a woman,[20] and the Daily Mercury reported that LNP sources had said Stoker was one of the standouts, because she was based in Brisbane and would also increase the LNP's percentage of females.
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