Dennis Jensen
| Dr Dennis Jensen MP |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Tangney |
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| Assumed office 9 October 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Daryl Williams |
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| Born | 28 February 1962 Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Alma mater | RMIT University Melbourne University Monash University |
| Occupation | Research scientist |
Dr Dennis Jensen (born 28 February 1962 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is an Australian politician. He was elected to the Australian House of Representatives at the 9 October 2004 federal election for the Division of Tangney, Western Australia, for the Liberal Party. He is known for his views as a climate change sceptic.[1]
Education[edit]
He was educated at RMIT University, Melbourne University and Monash University, from where he has a PhD in materials science. He worked at the CSIRO as a scientist and was also an air traffic controller and a defence analyst before entering politics.[2]
Politics[edit]
He was the Liberal candidate for the Division of Corio, Victoria at the 1998 election.
In 2006, Dr Jensen lost his preselection for Tangney for the 2007 federal election, but won it back with the support of the state executive and prime minister John Howard. He lost preselection again for the 2010 election, but once again the state executive intervened and restored him as Liberal candidate.[citation needed]
Dr Jensen is a sceptic concerning human-induced global warming and, on behalf of the Lavoisier Group, organised the release of a book[3] entitled Nine Facts About Climate Change by former mining CEO Ray Evans. In February 2007 during a Parliamentary sitting, Jensen quoted the then IPCC vice chairman Yuri Izrael, who had stated that "there is no proven link between human activity and global warming".[4]
His reputation as a climate change sceptic became national when he and four government colleagues disagreed with others of their party in a dissenting committee report regarding climate change.[5][6]
Dr Jensen boycotted Parliament on the day that the formal apology to the Stolen Generations was made by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.[7] He further courted controversy by telling Australian Indigenous people affected by European colonisation to "get over it."[8]
He is opposed to same-sex marriage in Australia.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ WA Today, Jensen uses Hitler to deny climate change, Fairfax Media, 25 February 2009, retrieved 18 April 2013
- ^ http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/dennis-jensen-41384.html
- ^ Peters, Denis (28 February 2007). "Climate change "a campaign of alarmism"'". news.com.au. Archived from the original on 28 February 2007. Retrieved September 2007.
- ^ Dr Dennis Jensen, The mysterious disappearing hockey stick, retrieved September 2007
- ^ House Standing Committee on Science and Innovation, Between a Rock and a Hard Place the science of geosequestration, August 2007, retrieved September 2007[dead link]
- ^ ABC News, Report shows Coalition divided over climate change, 13 August 2007, retrieved September 2007
- ^ The Australian, [1], retrieved February 2008
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald, Tweet and sour: MP in spat with Aboriginal woman on colonialism, Fairfax Media, retrieved 18 April 2013
- ^ http://www.australianmarriageequality.org/whereyourmpstands/electorates/Tangney/
External links[edit]
| Parliament of Australia | ||
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| Preceded by Daryl Williams |
Member for Tangney 2004–present |
Incumbent |
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- 1962 births
- Living people
- Australian engineers
- Climate change deniers (scientists)
- Climate change deniers (politicians)
- Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Australia
- Members of the Australian House of Representatives
- Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Tangney
- Monash University alumni
- People from Johannesburg
- RMIT University alumni
- University of Melbourne alumni
- Alumni of Pretoria Boys High School
- Australian people of South African descent
