Colin Mason
Politician
1926 –
Who is Colin Mason?
Colin Victor James Mason is a New Zealand-born Australian journalist, author and former politician.
Mason worked for 14 years as the first foreign correspondent of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and became deeply involved in Asian affairs. In 1968, he wrote Dragon Army, a popular history of Asian communism.
He joined the Australia Party and rose to become its national convener. He joined the Australian Democrats and was elected to the Senate at the 1977 election as a senator for New South Wales. He and Don Chipp were the first two Australian Democrats elected to the Senate, although Janine Haines had earlier been appointed to a casual vacancy.
He was re-elected at the 1983 double-dissolution election for a three-year term, and again at the 1984 election for a three-year term ending on 30 June 1988. He retired in 1987 when another double-dissolution election was called.
He later wrote A Short History of Asia, concerning imperialism and the modern history of many individual countries in Asia.
in 2003 Mason released The 2030 Spike: Countdown to Global Catastrophe, in which he describes a confluence of six 'drivers' that he argues will converge in the decade of 2030: depleted fuel supplies, massive population growth, poverty, global climate change, famine, growing water shortages and international lawlessness. He describes more than 100 steps to be taken to mitigate this convergence, including a form of world government. In 2006 he released a revised edition, A Short History Of The Future - Surviving the 2030 Spike
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- Born
- Oct 28, 1926
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Australia
- Profession
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on July 23, 2013
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