Malcolm Roberts (politician)
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Senator Malcolm Roberts |
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| Senator for Queensland | |
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Assumed office 2 July 2016 |
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| Preceded by | Joanna Lindgren |
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| Born |
Malcolm Ieuan Roberts 3 May 1955 Disergarh, India |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Pauline Hanson's One Nation |
| Residence | Brisbane, Queensland |
| Education | Brisbane Grammar School |
| Alma mater |
University of Queensland University of Chicago (Booth School of Business) |
| Occupation |
Service management company director (Conscious Pty Ltd) Project leader (Galilleo Movement) |
| Profession |
Engineer Businessman Politician |
| Website | www |
Malcolm Ieuan Roberts (born 3 May 1955 in Disergarh, India) a former coal-miner, is an Australian Senator, a member of Pauline Hanson's One Nation party, representing Queensland. He was elected at the 2016 election.
Roberts is the son of Ieuan Roberts, a Welsh coal miner, later a coal mine manager and then Queensland's chief inspector of mines, and Ethel Jago, from rural Queensland. His childhood home (in India) was staffed with servants, and as a child, Roberts built a miniature coalmine in the yard of his home.
Roberts graduated from the University of Queensland with a degree in mining engineering. He also has an MBA from the University of Chicago. An Australian court found that Roberts had wrongly sought a $30,000 tax deduction for the costs of the MBA.
In 1977, Roberts began work as a coalface miner. During this time, until 1979, he worked in this role at five different mines across Australia before becoming a mining engineer. Thereafter, he worked as an engineer and general manager for various companies such as Peabody Coal Company, Consolidation Coal Company and Atlantic Richfield, though he had not held paid employment for eight years prior to his election in 2016.
From 1982-88 Roberts worked as a manager for Coal & Allied at West Wallsend, New South Wales. The mine proved to be unprofitable due to its location, leading to its sale in 1988, at which time Roberts took a redundancy package. After completing an MBA, Roberts was appointed general manager at the Gordonstone coal mine mine in Queensland, the largest underground mine in Australia. Roberts left the role three years later. According to Roberts he resigned due to a lack of support during an industrial dispute, but others have suggested that he was let go after cost overruns at the mine.
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