Malcolm Roberts
Senate · One Nation
Biography
Malcolm Ieuan Roberts (born 3 May 1955) is an Australian politician who has been a senator for Queensland since 2019 as a member of One Nation. He was previously a senator from 2016 to 2017. Roberts studied engineering at the University of Queensland. He was a mining engineer before entering politics, working in the coal industry including as general manager of the Gordonstone coal mine in central Queensland. Roberts was elected to the Senate at the 2016 federal election, running second in One Nation's ticket in Queensland behind party leader Pauline Hanson. In 2017, during the Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, he was disqualified from parliament for holding British citizenship…
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- Date of birth
- 1955-05-03
- Place of birth
- Disergarh, India
- APH identifier
- 266524
Political connections
First-degree, sourced relationships in the current snapshot.
- Tyron Whitten · Shared party: One NationParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Sean Bell · Shared party: One NationParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- David Farley · Shared party: One NationParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Pauline Hanson · Shared party: One NationParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
- Barnaby Joyce · Shared party: One NationParliament of Australia (opens in a new tab)
Parliamentary and professional history
Current and senior roles
- 18 October 2021–21 October 2021Pauline Hanson's One Nation Acting Whip
Committee service
- 22 July 2019–28 April 2021Senate Select — Effectiveness of the Australian Government's Northern Australia Agenda
- 4 July 2019–presentSenate Legislative and General Purpose Standing — Finance and Public Administration: References
- 4 July 2019–presentSenate Legislative and General Purpose Standing — Finance and Public Administration: Legislation
- 20 March 2017–27 October 2017Senate Select — Lending to Primary Production Customers — Chair
- 13 October 2016–7 April 2017Senate Select — Resilience of Electricity Infrastructure in a Warming World
Qualifications
- Date not recordedMBA
- Date not recordedBEng(Mech)(Hons)
Occupations
- 1 January 2008–presentInvestigating climate claims from 2008
- 1 January 1990–1 January 1993General manager from 1990 to 1993.
- 1 January 1983–1 January 1988Mine manager from 1983 to 1988.
- 1 January 1979–1 January 1983Mining engineer from 1979 to 1983.
- 1 January 1977–1 January 1979Coal face miner underground from 1977 to 1979.
- 1 January 1973–1 January 1973Vineyard labourer, 1973.