About - Kerri-Anne Dooley MP

ABOUT KERRI-ANNE

I was born and grew up in Redcliffe, where I enjoyed the benefits of a Queensland upbringing with activities such as swimming at Suttons Beach, climbing Moreton Bay fig trees entwined in the red cliffs and fishing off the Woody Point Jetty.

As a teenager I learned that service above self was the key to happiness by attending Redcliffe Uniting Church Youth Group. I served here and also overseas. I left the shores of Australia to join Youth With A Mission, affectionately known as YWAM. I served as an international volunteer for 5½ years in Europe, Africa and Asia, learning to speak both French and Mandarin. It was a sliding doors moment in Mali, West Africa, that led to my career in nursing.

My first job as a registered nurse was at Redcliffe Hospital. It was here my love for palliative care was born, working in the Redcliffe Palliative Care Unit. Two of my four children were born at Redcliffe Hospital.

As a registered nurse for over three decades, I believe the lessons learned caring for those who are vulnerable, in pain, living with a disability or dementia, seniors who want to stay in their own home, those at the end of life, and listening and advocating are the skills I now bring to represent the people of Redcliffe.

As a palliative care nurse, fighting for more funding for those at end of life was the pathway that took me into politics.

I first ran for the seat of Redcliffe in 2012. I have lost 5 elections, but I never gave up. After I lost the 2020 state election, I started a home hospice private nursing agency to provide 24/7 in-home care for those who want to die in the comfort of their own home.

This business has grown and flourished, and I still employ a team of 15 nurses.

Finally, in the 2024 state election, I won the seat of Redcliffe.

It is one of the greatest honours of my life to represent the community of Redcliffe, and I am currently hard at work to improve the lives of the residents of Redcliffe but also Queenslanders under the LNP government.