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Jon Jenkins
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Dr Jon Jenkins (born June 17, 1958) is an Australian politician. He has been an Outdoor Recreation Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since 2003, when he was appointed to a casual vacancy caused by the resignation of Malcolm Jones.
Jenkins was interested initially interested in pursuing a career in the natural sciences and medicine, but a serious motor vehicle accident and resulting physical incapacity prevented a career in clinical medicine. He subsequently studied science at university, and was awarded the University Prize for his postgraduate work in virology. He later in further study on topics such as viral coat proteins, protein structure prediction and other aspects such as AI in medicine, virtual surgery and 3D image re-construction.
Prior to being elected to Parliament Dr Jenkins worked in private industry and at various universities and also ran his own medical education consulting business. Until recently Dr Jenkins was at Bond University in Queensland where he worked on the start of the first private medical school in Australia and also in the IT school where he is still an adjunct Professor.
Jenkins is an avowed anti-Green politician, who believes the conservation movement to be usurped by extreme left political ideologues who are damaging the environment through 'bad science' and misusing peoples environmental concerns to implement their non-conservation social agendas.
- Dr Jenkins personal web site can be viewed here [1]
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