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Mark Robinson (Australian politician)

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38: 297:, Robinson was elevated to the role of Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees of the Queensland Parliament, and was formally elected to the position on 17 May 2012. At the 2017 redistribution the state seat was renamed Oodgeroo. He now serves as a member of the Parliamentary Crime and Corruption Committee (PCCC) in the Parliament. 492: 410:
In a press release on 12 May 2020, Robinson stated that parents are "sick" of "Labor's politically correct extremist social engineering" through "compulsory gender fluid programs in schools" and he is proud the LNP pledged to scrap "transgender studies" and "get the curriculum back to basics".
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He opposed a 2018 law to decriminalise abortion in Queensland (previously, Queensland was the last remaining jurisdiction in Australia where performing an abortion was a crime) and allow abortion on request up to 22 weeks, as well as introduce safe access zones of 150 metres around clinics. He
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as LNP Leader, Robinson was given the position of Shadow Minister for Main Roads, Fisheries and Marine Infrastructure. Two weeks after the LNP formed government following its win in the
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He was appointed the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Apprenticeships and Trade Training in November 2010. Following the election of
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in Australia in 2017, Mark Robinson's wife, Julie Robinson, posted an anti-SSM sign on Labor MP
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referred to the Australian Labor Party as "the abortion party" and Jackie Trad (then-
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He has expressed support for "mainstream values" and "traditional family values".
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Robinson announced his intention to retire from politics at the
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has referred to Robinson as "ultra-conservative". Labor MP
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Deputy Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
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Deputy Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
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Queensland Parliament. 205: 197: 189: 179: 156: 151: 147: 135: 123: 112: 90: 78: 66: 55: 48: 44: 35: 23: 713:Parliament of Queensland 386:described Robinson as a 248:University of Queensland 246:. 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MP

Deputy Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Jason O'Brien
Grace Grace
Queensland Parliament
Oodgeroo
Cleveland
Incumbent
Phil Weightman
Traralgon
Liberal National Party
Deputy Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
Oodgeroo
Legislative Assembly
Liberal National Party
Cleveland
Traralgon, Victoria
University of Queensland
Griffith University
marine biology
zoology
James Cook University
Legislative Assembly of Queensland
Liberal National Party
Cleveland
Campbell Newman
2012 state election
2017 election
Deb Frecklington

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