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Ian Elgin Macfarlane (born 5 April 1955) is an Australian politician. He was elected as a member of the Australian House of Representatives in October 1998, representing the Division of Groom, Queensland for the Liberal National Party. Macfarlane was the Minister for Industry and Science in the Abbott Government from 18 September 2013 until 20 September 2015, when he was dropped from cabinet in the reshuffle following Malcolm Turnbull's ascent to the prime ministership. ==Background and career== He was born in Kingaroy, Queensland, and was a farmer and president of the Queensland Graingrowers Association before entering politics. He acquired the nickname "Chainsaw" from ABC rural reporter Judy Kennedy due to his raspy voice. He now attributes the moniker to his ability to "cut through red tape", and it was alluded to in his 1998 election campaign through the slogan "The Right Voice for Groom". In an interview with Four Corners on 9 November 2009, Macfarlane said that his position on global warming had changed "a bit", since he had recognized a greater importance for mankind's contribution. Acting as Climate Change Spokesman for the Coalition in 2009, he spent 5 weeks in negotiations around a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme with Minister for Climate Change Penny Wong, before a leadership spill deposed party leader Malcolm Turnbull and replaced him with Tony Abbott, and the policy was overturned. As a minister in the Coalition Government under John Howard he held the portfolio of Minister for Small Business from January 2001, before being promoted to the Cabinet role of Industry, Tourism and Resources in November 2001.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher =Parliament of Australia )〕 After the defeat of the Coalition in the 2007 federal election he served in the shadow portfolios of Trade as well as Infrustructure and Water, and was the Shadow Minister for Energy and Resources.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url =http://www.ianmacfarlanemp.com )〕 With the election of the Abbott Coalition government in September 2013 he was appointed Minister for Industry. He was later sworn in as the Minister for Minister for Industry and Science on 23 December 2014. Macfarlane was dropped from the new Turnbull Ministry upon the ascension of the Turnbull Government. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ian Macfarlane (politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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