Trevor Mark Evans (born 28 August 1981) is a former Australian politician who had been a member of the

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from 2016 to 2022, representing the

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. He is a member of the

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, and sat with the

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in federal parliament. Evans served as the Assistant Minister for Waste Reduction and Environmental Management in the

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from May 2019 until May 2022, following the appointment of the Albanese ministry.

Early life

Evans was born on 28 August 1981 in

Tweed Heads, New South Wales Tweed Heads is a town in New South Wales. It is located on the Tweed River in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia, in Tweed Shire, next to the border with Queensland and adjacent to its "twin town" of Coolangatta, which is a suburb of the ...

. He is one of four children born to Norm and Carol Evans. He was educated at government schools in

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;

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; and

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. Evans holds the degrees of

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and

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( Hons.) from the

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. He was the first member of his family to attend university.

Professional career

Evans was an investigator with the

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from 2004 to 2007, an economist with the

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from 2008 to 2009, the chief of staff to then Shadow Minister for Health

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in 2010, and an economist with

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from 2011 to 2012. Before his election in 2016, Evans was the

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of the National Retail Association from 2012.

Parliamentary career

In 2016, Evans was preselected as the LNP candidate for Brisbane, replacing the retiring Teresa Gambaro. The contest for Brisbane in 2016 was the first time both major parties had put forward openly gay candidates in a single electorate: Evans and his Labor opponent, Pat O'Neill. Evans retained Brisbane for the LNP at the 2016 federal election and was re-elected in 2019. He was subsequently appointed Assistant Minister for Waste Reduction and Environmental Management in the Second Morrison Ministry, under Environment Minister

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and held this position until May 2022, following the appointment of the Albanese ministry.

Political positions

Evans is a member of the Moderate/Modern Liberal faction of the Liberal Party. Evans opposed the

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, a policy of the Turnbull Government, preferring that the issue of

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be put directly to a parliamentary vote.

Personal life

Evans announced his engagement to obstetrician Roger Martin in 2021. He is Queensland's first openly gay federal MP. He has a border collie named Bella.

References

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