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Who is Ian Macfarlane?

Ian John Macfarlane, AC, Australian economist, and Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Australia's central bank, from 1996 to 17 September 2006.

He is also formerChairman of the PaymentsSystemBoard of the Reserve Bank and Chairman of the Council of Financial Regulators.

Macfarlane was educated at Monash University, Melbourne, from which he received the Bachelor of Economicsdegree with honours in 1968, and the Master of Economicsdegree in 1971.

Career

In December 2015, it was reported that he would be defecting to the National Party.

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.

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.

Who is Ian Macfarlane?

Ian ElginMacfarlane is an Australian politician. Following this, he then moved to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris, where he serveduntil 1978, beforereturning to the RBA. He became head of the bank's ResearchDepartment in 1988, AssistantGovernor in 1990, DeputyGovernor in 1992 and Governor in 1996.

Macfarlane has been awardedhonorarydoctorates from five Australian universities: a DSc from Sydney, a DLitt from Macquarie, a DCom from Melbourne, a LLD from Monash and a DSc from New South Wales.

Since the defeat of the Coalition in the 2007 federalelection he has served in the shadowportfolios of Trade as well as Infrustructure and Water, and is currentlyShadowMinister for Energy and Resources

He was born in Kingaroy, Queensland, and was a farmer and president of the QueenslandGraingrowersAssociationbeforeentering politics. On 3 December 2015, Macfarlane announced his intention to defect from the Liberal Party room to the National Party room.

Prior to the merger of the Liberal and National parties in Queensland in 2008, Macfarlane was a member of the Liberal Party, and sat in the Liberal party room in Canberra. He acquired the nickname "Chainsaw" due to his raspyvoice from ABCruralreporter Judy Kennedy. He now attributes the moniker to his ability to "cut through red tape", and it was alluded to in his 1998 electioncampaignthrough the slogan "The RightVoice for Groom".

In a speechgiven in Adelaide on 20 February 2006, CliveHamiltonidentifiedMacfarlane as one of Australia's climatechange "dirty dozen", a group of climatechangesceptics with considerableinfluence over AustralianGovernment policy.

Acting as ClimateChangeSpokesman for the Coalition in 2009, he spent 5 weeks in negotiationsaround a CarbonPollutionReductionScheme with Minister for ClimateChangePenny Wong, before a leadershipspilldeposedpartyleaderMalcolmTurnbull and replaced him with currentleader Tony Abbott, and the policy was overturned.

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Apr 5, 1955
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