Current memberSenator for Queensland

Malcolm Roberts

Senate · One Nation

QLD SenatorFirst elected 2016Dataset snapshot observed 31 August 2026
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One Nation Senator for QLD since 2016 · no sourced faction · attends 80% of votes, rebels 0% · 5 sourced connections

  • One Nation
  • 80% attendance
  • 0% rebellion
  • 5 connections
Public profile

Biography

Malcolm Ieuan Roberts (born 3 May 1955) is an Australian politician who has been a senator for Queensland since 2019 as a member of One Nation. He was previously a senator from 2016 to 2017. Roberts studied engineering at the University of Queensland. He was a mining engineer before entering politics, working in the coal industry including as general manager of the Gordonstone coal mine in central Queensland. Roberts was elected to the Senate at the 2016 federal election, running second in One Nation's ticket in Queensland behind party leader Pauline Hanson. In 2017, during the Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis, he was disqualified from parliament for holding British citizenship…

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Date of birth
1955-05-03
Place of birth
Disergarh, India
APH identifier
266524

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Current and senior roles

  • 18 October 2021–21 October 2021Pauline Hanson's One Nation Acting Whip

Committee service

  • 22 July 2019–28 April 2021Senate Select — Effectiveness of the Australian Government's Northern Australia Agenda
  • 4 July 2019–presentSenate Legislative and General Purpose Standing — Finance and Public Administration: References
  • 4 July 2019–presentSenate Legislative and General Purpose Standing — Finance and Public Administration: Legislation
  • 20 March 2017–27 October 2017Senate Select — Lending to Primary Production Customers — Chair
  • 13 October 2016–7 April 2017Senate Select — Resilience of Electricity Infrastructure in a Warming World

Qualifications

  • Date not recordedMBA
  • Date not recordedBEng(Mech)(Hons)

Occupations

  • 1 January 2008–presentInvestigating climate claims from 2008
  • 1 January 1990–1 January 1993General manager from 1990 to 1993.
  • 1 January 1983–1 January 1988Mine manager from 1983 to 1988.
  • 1 January 1979–1 January 1983Mining engineer from 1979 to 1983.
  • 1 January 1977–1 January 1979Coal face miner underground from 1977 to 1979.
  • 1 January 1973–1 January 1973Vineyard labourer, 1973.

Current parliamentary service

  1. 2025 presentRe-elected 2025Source
  2. 2019 2025Elected to the Senate for Queensland 2019.Source
  3. 2016 2017Elected to the Senate for Queensland 2016. Election ruled void 27.10.2017 under section 44 (i) of the Constitution; ruled ineligible from 2.7.2016.Source

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