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Gerard Rennick is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for Queensland since July 2019. He is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and sits with the Liberal Party in federal parliament.

Early Life

Gerard was born and raised on a property outside Chinchilla, on the Darling Downs.

He completed his education in Toowoomba at Downlands College, before moving to Brisbane where he completed a Bachelor of Commerce degree at the University of Queensland. He also has a Masters degree in Taxation Law from the University of Sydney. He is married with three children.

Prior to entering parliament, he worked for 25 years in the financial sector both domestically and abroad specialising in global capital markets, international and domestic taxation, statutory reporting and financial controlling. He has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Queensland, is a CPA, has masters degrees in applied finance and taxation law and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Senate

On 10 September 2019 Senator Rennick delivered his Maiden Speech, where he called for taxation reform, a reduction to Australia’s immigration levels, international student rules to be overhauled, an end to regime change wars and the need for Australia to refocus on the Asia-Pacific. He also called for a constitutional convention to clearly define and separate the responsibilities of the Federal and State Governments in the federation - "It is time for COAG to hold a constitutional convention to clearly define and separate these responsibilities with proposed changes put to a referendum.”

Political Views and Activities

He called Labor's policy of providing free childcare to all 3 year olds in Australia part of a plan to have the state take over a large portion of child rearing at the expense of the parents. He also advocated for closer ties with Russia because "they're part of the West; they drink, they're Christians, they play soccer, they're Caucasian" and raised questions about the role Russia played in the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal.

He was heavily involved in the LNP organisational wing supporting and working on state and federal campaigns before being endorsed for the third spot on the LNP 2019 senate ticket—a position that saw him elected to a six-year term.

Rennick has been a long term advocate for reforming the federation; government building and retaining profit making infrastructure such as dams, ports and electricity power plants; sustainable immigration to ensure quality of life for all Australians; higher taxes on profits sent offshore; and he has called on universities to underwrite the costs of education.

References

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