Leanne Linard

{{Short description|Australian politician}}

{{Use Australian English|date=August 2016}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific_prefix = The Honourable

| name = Leanne Linard

| honorific_suffix = MP

| image = File:Leanne Linard.jpg

| caption =

| office = Minister for Science and Innovation

| premier = Steven Miles

| term_start = 18 December 2023

| term_end = 28 October 2024

| predecessor = Herself (as Minister for Science)
Stirling Hinchliffe (as Minister for Innovation, Tourism and Sport)

| successor =

| office1 = Minister for Science

| premier1 = Annastacia Palaszczuk
Steven Miles

| term_start1 = 18 May 2023

| term_end1 = 18 December 2023

| predecessor1 = Meaghan Scanlon{{efn|For "Science".}}

| successor1 = Herself (as Minister for Science and Innovation)

| office2 = Minister for the Environment and the Great Barrier Reef

| premier2 = Annastacia Palaszczuk
Steven Miles

| term_start2 = 18 May 2023

| term_end2 = 28 October 2024

| predecessor2 = Meaghan Scanlon

| successor2 =

| office3 = Minister for Multicultural Affairs

| premier3 = Annastacia Palaszczuk
Steven Miles

| status3 =

| term_start3 = 12 November 2020

| term_end3 = 18 December 2023

| deputy3 =

| predecessor3 = Stirling Hinchliffe{{Collapsed infobox section begin|Ministerial positions (2020–2023)|titlestyle=background-color:#eee}}

| successor3 = Charis Mullen

| office4 = Minister for Children and Youth Justice

| premier4 = Annastacia Palaszczuk

| term_start4 = 12 November 2020

| term_end4 = 18 May 2023

| predecessor4 = Position established

| successor4 = Di Farmer{{efn|For "Youth Justice".}}{{Collapsed infobox section end}}

| office5 = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Nudgee

| term_start5 = 31 January 2015

| term_end5 =

| predecessor5 = Jason Woodforth

| successor5 =

| birth_name = Leanne Maree Linard

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|29 October 1980}}

| birth_place = Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

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| citizenship =

| nationality = Australian

| party = Labor

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| children = 2

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| alma_mater = Queensland University of Technology

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| signature = Leanne Linard signature 2022.svg

| website = {{URL|https://leannelinard.com.au/}}

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Leanne Maree Linard (born 29 October 1980{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}) is an Australian politician. She has been the Labor Party member for Nudgee in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland since 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/qld-election-2015/guide/nudg/|title=Nudgee|work=Queensland Election 2015|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|last=Green|first=Antony|author-link=Antony Green}} On 12 November 2020, Linard was sworn in as a cabinet minister in the third Palaszczuk government as Minister for Children and Youth Justice and Minister for Multicultural Affairs.{{Cite web|title=Directory of Queensland Ministers and Portfolios|url=https://cabinet.qld.gov.au/ministers.aspx|access-date=2020-11-11|website=Ministerial Media Statements|language=en}} Her responsibilities as Minister included adoption, child protection services, youth justice, the redress scheme for Queensland survivors of institutional child sexual abuse and multicultural affairs.

Linard grew up in Banyo, lived in Nundah for many years, and along with her husband Ian, is now raising her two young boys in Northgate. Leanne attended Virginia State Primary and was School Captain of Banyo State High (now Earnshaw State College). As the daughter of a RAAF pilot and engineer, Leanne has grown up knowing the value of community service.{{Cite web|title=Leanne Linard MP|url=https://www.queenslandlabor.org/our-people/state-members/leanne-linard-mp/|access-date=2020-11-13|website=Queensland Labor|language=en}}

Leanne currently serves as Shadow Minister for Environment, Science, Innovation and Climate Change, as well as a Member of the Ethics Committee.