15 Facts About Robin Chapple

Robin Howard Chapple was born on 11 February 1947 and is an Australian politician.

From 2001 to 2005 Chapple represented the Mining and Pastoral Region for the Greens.

Robin Chapple was defeated in the 2005 state election but was re-elected in the 2008 election, serving until his retirement in 2021.

Robin Chapple was Greens spokesperson for Aboriginal issues, energy and climate change, local government, mines and petroleum, nuclear issues, pastoral issues, ports, racing and gaming, regional sustainability, state development and industry, and waste management.

Robin Chapple later travelled to work with Oxfam in what is Bangladesh.

Robin Chapple emigrated to Australia in 1974 and worked throughout the Central Desert area and northern Australia in a number of engineering and surveying roles, living and working with remote Indigenous communities.

Robin Chapple briefly worked for the state Water Authority and then eventually moved to Port Hedland to work for BHP.

Robin Chapple served as a town councillor on Port Hedland council for seven years from 1986 to 1993.

Robin Chapple was the co founder of LEAF of Hedland, a local environment group who took an active role in paper recycling, tree planting and commenting on environment and development issues in the region.

Robin Chapple established Chapple Research, a consultancy firm, to provide the local community, authorities and industries with environmental and social impact information and advice.

Robin Chapple has participated in campaigns for the protection of the Murujuga or Burrup Peninsula and the surrounding Dampier Archipelago from encroaching industrial and processing developments, and against uranium mining, uranium ore transportation and nuclear waste storage in Western Australia and in particular the proposed Pangea international nuclear waste dump, having served as the co-ordinator of the Anti-Nuclear Alliance of Western Australia.

Robin Chapple is an advocate for the introduction of limited voluntary euthanasia, having introduced bills to legalise the act in state parliament in 2002 and 2009 which were both defeated.

Robin Chapple served as a member of the Department of Minerals and Energy's Minerals Environmental Liaison Committee and on the state government's mining industries annual "Golden Gecko Environmental Excellence Award" program, as a conservation representative on the technical review and assessment panel.

Robin Chapple campaigned extensively against uranium mining and nuclear waste proposals in Western Australia, particularly the planned Pangea international nuclear waste dump.

Robin Chapple introduced bills seeking to legalise voluntary euthanasia, and consistently called for government accountability on environmental and social issues.