Stephen Robertson (born 14 February 1962) is an Australian politician, he is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland who represented the electoral district of Stretton for the Labor Party.
He graduated from Griffith University with a Bachelor of Arts with honours from the School of Modern Asian Studies.
[2] He joined the Labor Party in 1978,[1] and prior to his election to parliament was State Secretary and National President of the United Firefighters Union of Australia.
He was appointed to Peter Beattie's cabinet as Minister for Emergency Services on 16 December 1999.
On 28 July 2005 he became Minister for Health, but resumed his former position of Minister for Natural Resources, Mines, Energy and Trade after a cabinet reshuffle in March 2009.