Malcolm Roberts (politician)
Malcolm Roberts | |
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Roberts in Blackwater in October 2020 | |
| Senator for Queensland | |
| Assumed office 1 July 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Fraser Anning |
| In office 2 July 2016 – 27 October 2017 | |
| Succeeded by | Fraser Anning |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Malcolm Ieuan Roberts 3 May 1955 Disergarh, West Bengal, India |
| Citizenship | Australian (1974–present) British (until 2016) |
| Political party | One Nation |
| Residence(s) | Brisbane, Queensland |
| Education | Brisbane Grammar School |
| Alma mater | University of Queensland University of Chicago (Booth School of Business) |
| Profession | Engineer businessman politician |
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Malcolm Ieuan Roberts (born 3 May 1955) is an Australian politician. He is a member of One Nation and has been a Senator for Queensland since 2019. He also served in the Senate 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 by descent in breach of section 44 of the constitution. He was re-elected to the Senate at the 2019 election as One Nation's lead candidate in Queensland.
Roberts is a conservative known for his climate change denial, and has been a proponent of fringe global warming conspiracy theories. Prior to his election to the Senate he founded the Galileo Movement to lobby against the Gillard government's carbon pricing legislation. He has also been associated with anti-globalism and opposition to the United Nations.