1. Andrew Ian McNamara was born on 19 August 1959 and was an Australian politician.
11 Facts About Andrew McNamara
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Andrew McNamara was a Labor member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 2001 to 2009, representing the district of Hervey Bay.
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Andrew McNamara served as Minister for Sustainability, Climate Change and Innovation from 2007 to 2009, under the premiership of Anna Bligh.
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Currently, Mr McNamara was the CEO of the Chiropractors' Association of Australia.
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In February 2005, Andrew McNamara came to national prominence as the first mainstream Australian politician to speak out on the issue of Peak Oil.
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Andrew McNamara was the Chair of the Queensland Government's Oil Vulnerability Taskforce.
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The Taskforce report, "Queensland's Vulnerability to Rising Oil Prices," known as the Andrew McNamara Report was commissioned in 2005 and is the first of its kind to be commissioned by any government in the world.
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Andrew McNamara is the Foundation Patron of the Australian Association for the Study of Peak Oil.
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Andrew McNamara was a member of Australia's delegation to the Bali Climate Change Conference in December 2007.
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Andrew McNamara has established a Climate Change Council with a number of prominent environmentalists and business leaders including Tim Flannery and Ian Lowe.
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Andrew McNamara has been a strong opponent of whaling, particularly Japanese whaling in Australian waters.