ENG: Steven "Steve" Fielding (born 17 October 1960), is a Senator representing the state of Victoria and the federal parliamentary leader of the Family First Party in Australia. Elected to the Senate at the 2004 federal election on two percent of the Victorian vote, he failed to gain re-election at the 2010 federal election. His term ends 1 July 2011.
Early life
Fielding was born on 17 October, 1960, in the Australian state capital of Melbourne, where he was raised in the suburb of Reservoir. His parents, Shirley and George Fielding, had a large family consisting of 16 children, and Fielding spent much of his childhood sharing a bedroom with five brothers in the family's three-bedroom home. His early education was at the local Keon Park Primary School, while for his secondary education ...
FAMILY First Senator Steve Fielding is taking Tamiflu to guard against swine flu after taking his sick sister-in-law into his home.Senator Fielding is known for his attention-grabbing stunts, but he may have gone too far today with his statement that he may have brought swine flu to Parliament House."My wife's sister has got swine flu and she had nowhere to go,'' he admitted. "She was on her own and she's now confined to our house and has been there for a little while."Senator Fielding said he "didn't want to take a sickie"."The last thing I want to do is shut down Parliament but this week was ...
pibi - in poll Steve Fielding THE Federal Government has accused the Opposition of deliberately trying to sabotage the national switch to digital TV.The Opposition, along with cross-bench senators Steve Fielding and Nick Xenophon, yesterday managed to water down the Communications Minister's power to set regional switch-over dates.The amendments form a part of draft laws that will allow the Government to switch off analog TV by December 31, 2013.Under the amendments the Government would need to publicly identify the conditions that determine readiness for switchover and ensure they were met.Communications Minister Stephen ...
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