Senator David Fawcett
Senator David Fawcett 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. David is currently the Deputy Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade, a member of the Senate Standing Committees on Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade – both Legislation and References, and a member of the Senate Standing Committee of Privileges.
Articles by Senator David Fawcett:
4 October 2023
15.8 MINS
The modern-day couple deserves to have a vision of what their modern-day family can be, and the confidence of knowing that they have the support of community and Government to help them as they work towards it.
28 September 2023
5.8 MINS
For over a decade, Australia and PNG have partnered with the Youth With A Mission (YWAM) Medical Ships Australia (MSA) program to provide medical support to remote PNG communities.
20 September 2023
8 MINS
Will the Family Law Amendment Bill 2023 be effective and, importantly, will there be unintended consequences? Will this lead to outcomes that actually take us backward, that make the situations for both parents and, particularly, children even worse than they currently are?
9 June 2023
5.6 MINS
The current debate regarding the ability of faith-based schools to preference staff who share a common faith appears to ignore a crucial principle of international human rights law that aims for a principled balancing of conflicting rights. World War II was the deadliest military conflict [...]