Jason Wood
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Jason Peter Wood Australia
n politician, was elected to the Australian House of Representatives
for the Division of La Trobe
, Victoria
for the Liberal Party of Australia
at the 2004 federal election. He held the seat until his defeat at the 2010 federal election. He had previously stood for the Division of Holt
for the Liberal party at the 2001 federal election.
Wood was educated at the Chisholm Institute
, Swinburne University and RMIT University
, Melbourne
, and has qualifications in management, including a Masters Degree in Applied Science (Field Innovation Service Management - Counter Terrorism). He was a Senior Sergeant with the Victoria Police
counter-terrorism unit before entering politics.
While a member of parliament, he was a member of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Environment and Heritage (from 1 December 2004) and also the Joint Statutory for the Australian Crime Commission (also from 1 December 2004)
Jason Wood gained notoriety in 2008 when he mispronounced a series of words during a speech to the federal parliament on the risks associated with genetically modified organisms, culminating in the utterance of the word "orgasms", twice. Although pronunciation errors are common during parliamentary speeches, the speech was notable for a certain comic piquant and was reported by mainstream media.
Wood's former electorate of La Trobe contains communities located in and near the Dandenong Ranges, such as Belgrave, Sassafras and Gembrook. Wood has often campaigned on environmental issues. He supports a greenhouse emissions reduction target of 25% to 30% by 2020, and is a member of Greenpeace
.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n politician, was elected to the Australian House of Representatives
Australian House of Representatives
The House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Parliament of Australia; it is the lower house; the upper house is the Senate. Members of Parliament serve for terms of approximately three years....
for the Division of La Trobe
Division of La Trobe
The Division of La Trobe is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It is located in the outer eastern/south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It was originally located closer to the city, but redistributions moved it further south-east. It originally included the suburbs of Croydon,...
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
for the Liberal Party of Australia
Liberal Party of Australia
The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...
at the 2004 federal election. He held the seat until his defeat at the 2010 federal election. He had previously stood for the Division of Holt
Division of Holt
The Division of Holt is anAustralian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1969 and is named for Harold Holt, who was Prime Minister of Australia 1966-67. It is located in...
for the Liberal party at the 2001 federal election.
Wood was educated at the Chisholm Institute
Chisholm Institute
Chisholm Institute is a Technical and Further Education Institute located in the south-east Melbourne and Westernport Bay areas in Australia. It provides adult education in a number of areas including the arts and humanities, hospitality, information technology, mechanics and business...
, Swinburne University and RMIT University
RMIT University
RMIT University is an Australian public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. It has two branches, referred to as RMIT University in Australia and RMIT International University in Vietnam....
, Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, and has qualifications in management, including a Masters Degree in Applied Science (Field Innovation Service Management - Counter Terrorism). He was a Senior Sergeant with the Victoria Police
Victoria Police
Victoria Police is the primary law enforcement agency of Victoria, Australia. , the Victoria Police has over 12,190 sworn members, along with over 400 recruits, reservists and Protective Service Officers, and over 2,900 civilian staff across 393 police stations.-Early history:The Victoria Police...
counter-terrorism unit before entering politics.
While a member of parliament, he was a member of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Environment and Heritage (from 1 December 2004) and also the Joint Statutory for the Australian Crime Commission (also from 1 December 2004)
Jason Wood gained notoriety in 2008 when he mispronounced a series of words during a speech to the federal parliament on the risks associated with genetically modified organisms, culminating in the utterance of the word "orgasms", twice. Although pronunciation errors are common during parliamentary speeches, the speech was notable for a certain comic piquant and was reported by mainstream media.
Wood's former electorate of La Trobe contains communities located in and near the Dandenong Ranges, such as Belgrave, Sassafras and Gembrook. Wood has often campaigned on environmental issues. He supports a greenhouse emissions reduction target of 25% to 30% by 2020, and is a member of Greenpeace
Greenpeace
Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over forty countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, The Netherlands...
.