Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the Senate for Queensland 2016. Election ruled void 27.10.2017 under section 44 (i) of the Constitution; ruled ineligible from 2.7.2016. Elected to the Senate for Queensland 2019.

Committee service

• Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing: Finance and Public Administration: Legislation served from 4.7.2019 to 25.7.2022; Finance and Public Administration: References served from 4.7.2019 to 25.7.2022
• Senate Select: Resilience of Electricity Infrastructure in a Warming World served from 13.10.2016 to 7.4.2017; Lending to Primary Production Customers served as Chair from 20.3.2017 to 27.10.2017; Effectiveness of the Australian Government's Northern Australia Agenda served from 22.7.2019 to 28.4.2021

Parliamentary party positions

• Pauline Hanson's One Nation. Served: 02.07.2016 to 27.10.2017, 01.07.2019 to present
• Pauline Hanson's One Nation Acting Whip from 18.10.2021 to 21.10.2021.

Other positions

• Chair of the Brisbane Montessori School from 1999 to 2003.

Personal

• Born: 3.5.1955, Disergarh, India
• Gender: Male
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• BEng(Mech)(Hons) (University of Queensland).
• MBA (University of Chicago).
• Vineyard labourer, 1973.
• Coal face miner underground from 1977 to 1979.
• Mining engineer from 1979 to 1983.
• Mine manager from 1983 to 1988.
• General manager from 1990 to 1993.
• Investigating climate claims from 2008.

Publications

• Various reports, a selection are at www.conscious.com.au .