Brittany Lauga

Brittany Louise Lauga (née McKee;^[1][2] born 19 June 1986) is an Australian politician and town planner.^[3] She has been the Labor member for Keppel in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015.^[4]

Early life, education and non-political career

Lauga grew up in Central Queensland, Australia, where her current residence is at the suburb of Rockyview, in the Electoral District of Keppel.

For high school Lauga went to Rockhampton Grammar School where she graduated in 2003. She went on to study a dual Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Justice at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane partially for two years, then moving onto a Bachelor of Urban Development and graduating with honours. While Lauga was studying her Bachelor of Urban Development she partook in the QUT Planning Students Association and the QUT Student Guild. Lauga later studied a Master of Business Administration (MBA) at CQUniversity in Rockhampton.

After graduating as a town planner, Lauga went to work for Craven Ovenden Town Planning between November 2007 and June 2009 where her role was that of student town planner. After leaving Craven Ovenden Town Planning, Lauga went on and worked for the Department of Housing and Public Works within Project Services between June 2009 and August 2010, working under Australia's award winning town planner Craig Wallis. Brittany's new role involved the planning and project management of social housing. Lauga then went on to work for Central Queensland consulting firm, CQG Consulting.

In September 2016, it was reported that a local publican in Keppel Sands had banned Brittany Lauga and her husband Wayne for twelve months from his establishment, following an incident at the Keppel Sands Hotel Motel where it is alleged her husband smashed a glass on a pool table when asked by staff to leave the premises. Lauga admitted that there was a fight between two other patrons, but it didn’t involve her husband or herself. ^[5]

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