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Australian politician

Alan Gordon Corbett (born 6 April 1954) is an Australian former politician.

Originally a teacher, he was the founder of A Better Future for Our Children, a New South Wales political party.

At the 1995 New South Wales state election, Corbett was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council for that party despite receiving only 1.24% of the vote. He served until his retirement in 2003. The party did not contest the state election of that year.

In the late 2010s, Corbett publicly criticised the Queensland Government for not completely banning the use of corporal punishment, with private schools still legally permitted to use the cane. Corbett said that despite Independent Schools Queensland insisting corporal punishment wasn't utilised in their schools anymore, the possibility would always remain that it could be re-introduced at any time while it was still legal under section 280 of the Queensland Criminal Code.

In June 2024, Corbett announced he would be running as an independent candidate in the 2024 Queensland state election, contesting the seat of Bundaberg.

Personal life

Corbett has one son. His wife died in 2017 at the age of 51 after suffering from a long illness.

References

  1. ^ "Generational change at NSW poll". The Sydney Morning Herald. 28 February 2003. Retrieved 7 July 2024. And the man whose shock election in 1995 led to a surge in imaginatively named parties is also hanging up his political hat. Alan Corbett, running as A Better Future for Our Children, won a prized seat in the Legislative Council in 1995 with next-to-no publicity and a favourable flow of preferences.
  2. Smith, Rodney (2006). Against the Machines: Minor Parties and Independents in New South Wales 1910-2006. The Federation Press. pp. 110–111. ISBN 978-1-86287-623-1.
  3. ^ Matthews, Alice (28 February 2017). "In 2017, corporal punishment still legal in QLD non-government schools". Hack. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  4. ^ Moore, Tony (29 September 2019). "Former MP smacks Queensland for not banning cane from private schools". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  5. Smith, Lexa (27 June 2024). "Alan Corbett announces his Independent candidacy for Bundaberg". News-Mail. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  6. "The Hon. Alan Gordon Corbett (1954- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.


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