Jim Madden

Jim Madden
MP

Jim Madden, 2014
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Ipswich West
Assumed office
31 January 2015
Preceded by Sean Choat
Personal details
Born (1958-04-12) 12 April 1958
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Political party Australian Labor Party
Alma mater University of Queensland
Queensland University of Technology
Occupation Agronomist
Profession Lawyer

James Edward Madden (born 12 April 1958) is an Australian politician. He has been the Labor member for Ipswich West in the Queensland Legislative Assembly since 2015.[1] Madden is a practicing Catholic.[2]

Early life and education

Madden was born and raised in Ipswich.[3] He is a fifth generation Ipswich West resident since his family came to Australia from Ireland in 1863.[3][4][5] He attended St Mary’s Primary School and went on to graduate from St Edmund's College.[3] He studied horticulture and agriculture at UQ Gatton before working as an agronomist.[4] He later studied law at QUT.[4]

Career

Before the 2015 election, Madden was a lawyer and councillor for Somerset Regional Council from 2012 to 2015.[3][5]

2015 Queensland state election

Jim Madden was the Labor candidate for Ipswich West in the 2015 Queensland state election. He ran against sitting LNP member Sean Choat. Madden won the district with 57.72 percent of the two-party-preferred vote and a positive swing of 14.87 percent.[4][6]

Member for Ipswich West

In October 2015, LNP member Ian Rickuss called some Labor MPs, including Madden, "drag queens".[7] Madden responded that Rickuss was "out of touch" and that "jokes made at the expense of the LGBTI community are unacceptable now."[7]

In December 2015, Madden stepped down from Parliament's ethics committee after taking responsibility for a suspected leak.[8] Ethics committee members were prohibited from revealing information about their deliberations.[9] He thought his comments to a Queensland Times journalist were "innocuous" but admitted he "should not have spoken to him at all."[8] He said this mistake was due to his inexperience as a "relatively new member of Parliament and the ethics committee."[8] He received no further punishment for his role in the leak.[9]

In February 2016, Madden supported the proposed lockout laws since be believed they were proven effective elsewhere and would address alcohol-fuelled violence.[10][11]

In March 2017, Madden supported the Criminal Law Amendment Bill which removed "unwanted sexual advancements" as a partial defence for defendants accused of murder.[12] He described the previous law as a "gay panic defence" which was "archaic".[12] He said the message of the legislation was that discrimination was "not acceptable and that we value the LBGTI community".[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "Ipswich West". Queensland Election 2015. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  2. ↑ "Qld abortion bill: Pyne hails victory over committee split". Brisbane Times. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Jim Madden | ALP Queensland
  4. 1 2 3 4 Ipswich West - Queensland Election 2015, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  5. 1 2 "Jim Madden to run for Labor in Ipswich West". Sunshine Coast Daily. 23 April 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  6. ↑ 2015 State General Election - Ipswich West - District Summary, ECQ.
  7. 1 2 "Queensland LNP MP Ian Rickuss slammed for seemingly anti-gay slur". Star Observer. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  8. 1 2 3 "Jo-Ann Miller quits Cabinet after demotion from Police Minister". ABC News. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  9. 1 2 "Madden avoids ethics probe over media leak". Caboolture News. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  10. ↑ "Howard and Madden say lock out laws will work". The Reporter. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  11. ↑ "Lockout laws to save government millions". Sunshine Coast Daily. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  12. 1 2 3 "Gay panic ditched as partial murder defence". Sunshine Coast Daily. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by
Sean Choat		 Member for Ipswich West
2015–present 		Incumbent
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