Ron Boswell
| The Honourable Ron Boswell |
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| Senator for Queensland | |
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| Assumed office 5 March 1983 |
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| Born | 9 December 1940 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | National Party of Australia |
Ronald Leslie Doyle "Ron" Boswell (born 9 December 1940), Australian politician, has been a National Party member of the Australian Senate since 5 March 1983, representing Queensland. Since 2008 he has been the Father of the Senate.
Boswell was born in Perth, Western Australia. He was the Leader of the National Party in the Senate from 10 April 1990 to 3 December 2007 and held many positions in the Coalition shadow ministry including Shadow Minister for Regional Development and External Territories (from September 1988 to April 1990), Shadow Minister for Northern Australia and External Territories (April 1993 to May 1994) and Shadow Minister for Consumer Affairs (May 1994 to December 1994). Boswell was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Transport and Regional Services in July 1999 but left this position in October 2003.[1]
[edit] Contributions to Australian climate change debate
Boswell was a critic of the Australian Government's previously proposed carbon emissions trading scheme. He has called for the scheme to be abandoned.[2] On 16 June 2011, Boswell made the claim in the Australian Senate that China's emissions would rise by 496% and India's emissions would rise by 350% by 2020.[3] He did not provide a source for these figures, which are at odds with published projections including the US Energy Information administration, which predicts China's energy related emissions will rise by only 2.7% per year to 2020.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ "Biography for BOSWELL, the Hon. Ronald Leslie Doyle". Australian Parliament. http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=%28Id:handbook/allmps/ye4%29;rec=0;. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
- ^ "Obama leaves the ETS table - We should too". http://www.ronboswell.com/emissions-trading/3792-obama-leaves-the-ets-table-we-should-too. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
- ^ "Senate Official Hansard No. 5, 2011 Thursday, 16 June 2011". http://www.aph.gov.au/hansard/senate/dailys/ds160611.pdf. Retrieved 24 July 2011. page 97
- ^ "International Energy Outlook 2010: Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions". http://www.eia.gov/oiaf/ieo/emissions.html. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
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| Preceded by John Watson |
Father of the Australian Senate 2008 – |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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