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Jeffrey William Seeney (born 2 February 1957) is an Australian politician and the former Deputy Premier, Minister for State Development and Minister for Infrastructure and Planning of Queensland. He has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland since the 1998 state election, representing Callide for the The Nationals (1998–2008) and merged Liberal National Party (2008–present). Seeney led the opposition from September 2006 until January 2008 when he was ousted in favour of his predecessor, Lawrence Springborg. In March 2011, successive leader John-Paul Langbroek stood down in favour of Brisbane Lord Mayor Campbell Newman. Seeney was elected as deputy leader of the LNP, and became interim opposition leader while Newman led the LNP into the Queensland state election, 2012. The LNP won a landslide victory at that election, and per a previous agreement Seeney ceded his post as LNP parliamentary leader to Newman, clearing the way for Newman to become Premier of Queensland. After the LNP lost power in the 2015 state election, Seeney moved to the backbench. ==Political career== Jeff Seeney served on the Monto shire council from 1992 to 1998, serving as the deputy mayor for the last four years. During this time, he worked on the National Party's State Central Council from 1991 to 1998. He was elected to parliament in the 1998 Queensland election. Seeney was elected deputy leader of the National Party alongside leader Lawrence Springborg in February 2003. Widely thought by parliament as an aggressive tactician he was given the role of the Leader of Opposition Business which often requires a tactical and aggressive approach. He was also Shadow Minister for Mines and Energy. In November 2014, questions were raised after Seeney used his ministerial powers to rezone a privately owned caravan park on the Sunshine Coast. This rezoning was against the wishes of the local council and against the advice of his own department. The owner of the park benefited from the rezoning and had links with LNP.(). On 28 November he wrote to Redlands council dated 28 November, requiring that they remove "any assumption about a theoretical projected sea level rise" from the plans (). This decision was widely()() criticised by engineers and planners. Australia’s National Committee on Coastal and Ocean Engineering described it as "at odds with decades of scientific research, professional engineering practice and rationality." () 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jeff Seeney」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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