About David
David served in the Australian Defence Force for over 22 years. An Army pilot, he flew helicopters and fixed wing aircraft and was the Senior Flying Instructor at the School of Army Aviation in Queensland.
Graduating as an experimental test pilot from the Empire Test Pilots’ School (UK), he finished his full time career in Defence as the Commanding Officer of the RAAF Aircraft Research and Development Unit.
Elected to the House of Representatives as the Member for Wakefield (SA) in 2004, he served in the Parliament until 2007. David continued to fly as a test pilot and ran a small business working in the Defence and Aviation sectors prior to being elected to the Senate in 2010, 2016 and again in 2019.
In the (45th) Parliament, David was sworn as the Assistant Minister for Defence.
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The Swedish Government recently announced a roadmap for new nuclear energy, which will see a “massive expansion of new nuclear power,” probably equivalent to ten large-scale reactors, by 2045.Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson explained: "New nuclear power is necessary for a stable and reliable energy system, for both consumers and businesses.” She added that the last few years have demonstrated just how inexpensively new nuclear projects can be constructed.The lived experience of nations like Canada—and authoritative research from bodies like the OECD—shows that nuclear energy is essential if we are to maintain energy reliability and affordability in the transition to net zero. It’s time for Australia’s decades-old ban on civil nuclear power to be repealed.Read my op-ed on the subject here: senatorfawcett.com.au/2023/10/nuclear-unaffordable-we-cant-afford-not-to/ ... See MoreSee Less
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Australia should be doing the same ie no pollution
The second Annual Australian Industry & Defence Network (AIDN) Policy Symposium & Sovereign Capability Showcase was held recently at Parliament House. AIDN represents 1,500 Australian small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) who support the Australian Defence Force and the Department of Defence and employ tens of thousands of workers across the country, including in my home state of South Australia. The AIDN Policy Symposium and Sovereign Capability Showcase was an opportunity to highlight the critical role that sovereign defence industry and innovation contributes to our nation’s ongoing security and defence.The CEO of AIDN recently highlighted the dire circumstances facing many Australia Defence businesses due to the extended delays to Defence procurement caused by the ongoing reviews and reorganisation within Defence that are impacting on the urgent expansion of military capabilities that both the Defence Strategic Update of 2020 and the Defence Strategic Review 2023 called for. Carl Quarterman (pictured) is Chair of the AIDN Board. ... See MoreSee Less
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Keeping Kids Safe Online: PetitionFollowing the release of the 2020 “Protecting the Age of Innocence” report by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs, the former Coalition Government asked the eSafety Commissioner to provide a roadmap on age verification.The Commissioner recommended that an age verification trial be conducted by the Government; however, this recommendation was rejected by the current Albanese Government—sparking condemnation from a range of child and women’s safety advocates.A Dutton federal Coalition Government would invest $6.7 million in carrying out an age verification trial to protect children from harmful content online.If you support this initiative, please sign the “Keeping Kids Safe Online” petition: www.research.net/r/6ZFRH3P ... See MoreSee Less
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Before the last election, Labor repeatedly promised that they had a plan to reduce people’s electricity bills by $275. Instead, the cost of electricity has risen by 18.2 per cent over the past 15 months nationwide (and South Australia is even higher).Australia’s electricity market operator is forecasting rising energy prices and increasing risk of blackouts, which will put further pressure on households and businesses. Yet Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen continues to dismiss the lived experience of countries like Canada—and the recent advice of French President Emmanuel Macron—and refuses to even consider nuclear energy in the Australian context. Instead, he has maintained a rigid, ideologically driven energy policy that experts say will only drive power prices up further.The Coalition is committed to an “all of the above” approach to Australia’s energy mix to secure energy reliability and affordability in the transition to net zero and beyond.Read my op-ed on the role that nuclear energy can play in reducing power prices: ... See MoreSee Less
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Nuclear unaffordable? We can’t afford not to! - Senator David Fawcett
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Speaking to Australian media in late August, the energy minister of Canada’s largest province made some remarks that the Albanese Government’s Climate Change and Energy Minister, Chris Bowen, would do well to heed. Reflecting on his own country’s experience, Minister Todd Smith explained: “O...8 CommentsComment on Facebook
The big watch out is when the supply charge skyrockets because of the all infrastructure required to deliver their targets they’ll let the energy suppliers shift energy prices to supply charges and claim it as a reduction in energy cost. “Oh we only meant the energy price - not the total cost to consumers”.
if all politicians would stop playing politics we might get back to being the lucky country
This Labor government are nothing but liars and a joke . They don't care about Australia to busy trying to get their communist agendas going especially Airbus Albo. Shame on them.
Nuclear power is not the panacea to our problems. Nationalising the power grid by 51% should be the start and governing bodies that control the pricing and policy should not have any ex or current employee of the power companies on the boards. Because there are too many cowardly and corrupt politicians (Labour and liberal) they would never enact anything even close to this.
All PRIVATE equity owned with shell 🐚 corporations for “delivery.” The owners can charge whatever they want. In USA the price per watt is NOT disclosed. Kw/hour is a speed metric not a pricing metric. For example, substitute vehicle for single watt price. All smoke 💨 and mirrors 🪞. 100 kilo (broken old Ford 🚗 sedan ) per hour 100 kilo (new Mercedes 🚙 SUV) per hour Identical? No. Per Watt pricing. From Private Energy to Private Delivery. Internal and NOT public. King 👑’s thumb. 👍
Dealing with a totally negative opposition doesn't help. Why are you worrying for the last nine years you did ZERO by design.
He’s got to go….
They will never hit there targets , taxpayers will continually be hit in the back pocket
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Australia’s misalignment with the rest of the world—including key strategic partners—is becoming increasingly obvious.Asked recently about the role of nuclear energy in the transition to net zero, French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron stated that, “I hope that you [Australia] will manage to lift the ban,”“Nuclear energy is a source that is necessary to succeed for carbon neutrality in 2050,” he added.Despite this—and the commitment of countries including the US, Canada, France, Japan, the UAE and Britain to triple nuclear energy capacity worldwide by 2050—Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen continues to ridicule the technology.The Coalition is committed to an “all of the above” approach to energy that leverages a balanced mix of technologies, including next-generation nuclear energy.Read my op-ed on the role that nuclear energy can play in reducing power prices: senatorfawcett.com.au/2023/10/nuclear-unaffordable-we-cant-afford-not-to/ www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/emmanuel-macron-says-australia-should-lift-its-nuclear-b... ... See MoreSee Less
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Nuclear unaffordable? We can’t afford not to! - Senator David Fawcett
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Speaking to Australian media in late August, the energy minister of Canada’s largest province made some remarks that the Albanese Government’s Climate Change and Energy Minister, Chris Bowen, would do well to heed. Reflecting on his own country’s experience, Minister Todd Smith explained: “O...25 CommentsComment on Facebook
We currently have politicians (Labor Party) who are almost deliberately holding back the development and prosperity of our as by world standards, young nation.
This current Government has no intention of doing the right thing for Australia or our people…this Government’s agenda is to bring Australia to her knees and with the help of the Greens and the Teals this will happen ..this ALP Government is the most inept …dangerous ..lying Government in ALL Australian History ..should be dissolved ASAP ..only then will Australia have a chance ….
And who ridiculed the renewable technology for over a decade when in government, and set us back accordingly? Would we be having this nuclear consideration if the coalition had enacted well thought out, timely policy??
Putting clowns into the castle has turned it into a circus. One Australia cannot afford.
Cannot understand why people call wind and solar “renewable “? Is it because they have to be replaced frequently? But who is going to remove the ones already in place? This is a burden Australia cannot bear but Blackout Bowen us bulldozering ahead with out regard. Nuclear is the ONLY way to go.
All this only after they insanely pushed renewables n EVs and saw inflated costs n ineffective supplies as a result. Now many others pushed nuclear before but these hacks will have you think its their idea; aholes! And net 0 is dangerous and reality is only a political agenda for justifying all their current bs policies. Plants need carbon, we need plants; its not rocket science, its nature.
Labor like all left wing nuts puts appearance of goodness ahead of actual goodness.
Then they all flew away in their PRIVATE JEST
If that mob had a brain in their head we would be in big trouble because I would be very dangerous
George Soros and Bill Gates are pushing nuclear because they invested heavily in it. Go for it if you trust those two and want to add to their wealth and global control.
They need al fukk off and let Australia b Australia
Macron is a moron, not exactly popular at home
Phuk nukes we got lotsa coal here let us use it instead ov china
Senator David Fawcett I don’t know where you come from or are heading to, But, NO, politician deserves the title Honourable.
You can't just blame Labor on this. Morrison had a golden opportunity to start the ball rolling on this and did nothing. Just another example of how our major parties have abandoned us.
Labor out of the loop nuclear is commonsense
Considering very high costs and problems with SAFE disposal.
Passion fingers Bowen!
Who will pay for the construction of nuclear power plants? They ain't cheap.
Go nuclear if you want your power bill to be 5 times higher than it is most expensive type of power
You're a bullshit pedlar.
Bowen and Albanese are to stupid to embrace Nuclear Power ,it would upset their ideological beliefs .
So big head Bowen still not listening. Typical.
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As the co-chairs of the Parliamentary Friends of Israel, Senator Deborah O'Neill and I hosted a private briefing this week for members and senators on the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.It was a powerful opportunity to hear first-hand accounts from the families of some of those who were murdered or are currently being held hostage by the listed terrorist group Hamas.You can find my statement on the conflict on my website: senatorfawcett.com.au/2023/10/statement-on-attacks-on-israel-by-terrorist-group-hamas/ ... See MoreSee Less
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