Slade Brockman

William Edward Slade Brockman (born 27 March 1970) is an Australian politician. On 16 August 2017, he was appointed as a Senator for Western Australia by a joint sitting of the Parliament of Western Australia to fill the casual vacancy resulting from the resignation of Chris Back.[1]

Senator

Slade Brockman
Senator for Western Australia
Assumed office
16 August 2017
Preceded byChris Back
Personal details
Born
William Edward Slade Brockman

(1970-03-27) 27 March 1970
Manjimup, Western Australia, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Political partyLiberal Party
Spouse(s)Rebecca
Children3
ResidencePerth, Western Australia
Alma materMurdoch University
University of New England

Prior to his appointment to the Senate, Brockman was an adviser and chief of staff for Senator Mathias Cormann,[2] and a policy director for the Pastoralists and Graziers Association.[3]

His policy interests include agriculture, mining, trade, oil and gas, infrastructure and regional development. He is currently Deputy Whip of the Senate, as well as Chair of the Economics Legislation Committee and Chair of the Select Committee on Multi-Jurisdictional Management and Execution of the Murray Darling Basin Plan. In addition Senator Brockman is Deputy Chair of the Economic References Committee as well as being an active member on other Senate Committees.[4] His work background includes running a family farm, management roles in business and working for industry associations. He has a Bachelor of Laws and a first-class Honours Degree in Political History.

He is a public opponent of same sex marriage, and warned that he would vote against it even if the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey demonstrated community support.[5] In the final vote on the Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill on 29 November 2017, he did indeed oppose it despite 63% of his state voting 'yes'.[6]

References
  1. "Joint Sitting of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly" (PDF). Hansard. Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  2. Bettles, Colin (23 July 2017). "Slade Brockman maintains WA Libs' farm focus". Farm Online. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  3. "Liberal Senate hopeful will be a GST rebel". The West Australian. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  4. "Senator Slade Brockman". www.aph.gov.au. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  5. "How your MP will vote if Australia says Yes to same-sex marriage". ABC News. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  6. "Slade Brockman on They Vote For You".


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