Nicolle Jane Flint was born on 15 July 1978 and is an Australian politician.
24 Facts About Nicolle Flint
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Nicolle Flint was a member of the House of Representatives from 2016 to 2022, representing the Division of Boothby in South Australia.
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Nicolle Flint is a member of the Liberal Party and succeeded the previous member, Andrew Southcott, at the 2016 federal election.
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Nicolle Flint gave her valedictory speech on 16 February 2022.
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On 1 May 2024, Nicolle Flint was announced as the Liberal Party candidate for the Division of Boothby in the 2025 Australian federal election.
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Nicolle Flint was a member of the Young Liberal Movement from 2000 to 2002 and joined the Liberal Party in 2007.
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Nicolle Flint was a solicitor and newspaper columnist before entering politics, and worked as an advisor to Malcolm Turnbull and Brendan Nelson.
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Nicolle Flint worked for the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
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In 2015, Nicolle Flint co-authored a paper for the Menzies Research Centre entitled "Gender and Politics", calling for more female involvement in the Liberal Party.
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Nicolle Flint was elected to the Australian House of Representatives for the seat of Boothby in 2016, replacing retiring MP Andrew Southcott, who had held the seat since 1996.
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In 2017, Nicolle Flint bought 400 copies of a book published by the Menzies Research Centre, a Liberal Party think tank, spending $5818.
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Nicolle Flint was a target of the progressive activist group GetUp, who labelled her South Australia's "most backwards politician".
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Nicolle Flint faced further harassment during the campaign, with a man cautioned for allegedly stalking her and her office being egged.
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The race was too close to call on the night of the election, but Nicolle Flint was eventually declared the winner of the election.
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Some of Nicolle Flint's columns expressed her support for recreational and commercial fishing and hunting.
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Nicolle Flint wrote that Australian cricketer Glenn McGrath should not have apologised for taking and sharing trophy photographs with animals he killed while on safari in Africa.
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Nicolle Flint is from Kingston in the south-east of South Australia.
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Nicolle Flint claimed that the government had not provided "concrete evidence" showing the need for the parks, and that the industry was already operating sustainably.
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In 2014, during the Western Australian shark cull, Nicolle Flint expressed her support for the use of drum lines and shark nets to protect humans from potential attack from great white sharks.
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On 1 May 2024, Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton announced that Nicolle Flint was re-contesting her former seat at the 2025 federal election as the Liberal candidate for Boothby.
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Nicolle Flint is a member of the National Right faction of the Liberal Party.
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Nicolle Flint has stated that the Labor Party should have done more to prevent the harassment and intimidation she experienced during the 2019 election campaign.
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Nicolle Flint has stated she opposes quotas for women in the Liberal party.
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Nicolle Flint has often express concerns over culture war issues such as welcome to country.