Biography

Parliamentary service

• Elected to the Senate for New South Wales 2013. Re-elected 2016. Resigned 1.3.2019 to contest election to the Legislative Council, New South Wales (defeated).

Committee service

• Joint Statutory: Law Enforcement served from 25.11.2014 to 9.5.2016
• Senate Legislative and General Purpose Standing: Economics: References served as Substitute member from 25.6.2015 to 9.5.2016
• Senate Select: Wind Turbines served from 27.11.2014 to 3.8.2015; Murray-Darling Basin Plan served from 10.8.2015 to 12.8.2015; Murray-Darling Basin Plan served as Chair from 13.8.2015 to 17.3.2016; Red Tape served as Chair from 9.11.2016 to 3.12.2018

Parliamentary party positions

• Liberal Democratic Party. Served: 01.07.2014 to 01.03.2019

Party positions

• Officeholder of the Liberal Democratic Party from 2007.
• Treasurer of the Liberal Democratic Party from 2007 to 2014.

Personal

• Born: 1.4.1952, Nhill, Australia
• Gender: Male
• Marital Status: Married

Qualifications and occupation before entering Federal Parliament

• BVSc (University of Melbourne).
• MBA (Macquarie University).
• LLB (Macquarie University).
• Veterinary practitioner from 1974 to 1980.
• Marketing manager from 1980 to 1988.
• Industry development manager from 1988 to 1989.
• Company director and agribusiness consultant from 1989 to 2014.

Military Service

• Army Reserve 1982-83.

Publications

• Freedom's salesman: collected articles and speeches by Australia's senator for liberty, Wilkinson Publishing, Melbourne: 2017.
• Gun control: what Australia did, how other countries do it and is any of it sensible?, Connor Court Publishing, Redland Bay, Qld: 2020.