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Bill Byrne (politician)

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Premier
  
Annastacia Palaszczuk

Premier
  
Annastacia Palaszczuk

Party
  
Australian Labor Party

Preceded by
  
Jo-Ann Miller

Role
  
Politician

Premier
  
Annastacia Palaszczuk

Name
  
Bill Byrne

Preceded by
  
Jo-Ann Miller

Preceded by
  
John McVeigh



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William Stephen Byrne is an Australian Labor politician who was elected to represent Rockhampton in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland at the 2012 state election.

After Labor's victory in the 2015 Queensland state election, he was sworn in as Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries and Minister for Sport and Racing in the Palaszczuk Ministry on 16 February 2015.

In December 2015, Byrne's portfolio in the Palaszczuk Ministry changed when he became the new Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Services and the new Minister for Corrective Services. He regained the Agriculture and Fisheries portfolio and was given the new ministry of Regional Economic Development in a November 2016 reshuffle.

In February 2016, the state opposition called for an investigation into Byrne under firearms laws after he admitted to using a rifle to shoot rats at his home twenty years earlier.

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Bill Byrne (politician) Wikipedia