Coralee O'Rourke
Australian politician

Coralee O'Rourke

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Australian politician
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Queensland University of Technology
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Introduction

Coralee Jane O'Rourke is an Australian politician. She has been the Labor member for Mundingburra in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015.

Early life and education

O'Rourke attended Queensland University of Technology and completed a bachelor's degree in Education (Early Childhood) and was the Director of a community-based early learning centre in Aitkenvale (Townsville) prior to her election to Parliament on 31 January 2015.

Political career

O'Rourke was sworn in as Minister for Disability Services, Minister for Seniors and Minister Assisting the Premier on North Queensland in the Palaszczuk Ministry on 16 February 2015.

She currently lives in Townsville with her husband and their two teenaged children.

Personal life

On 24 October 2018, O'Rourke publicly announced that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer a week earlier.