Gerard Rennick (born 5 November 1970) is an Australian politician who has been a Senator for Queensland since July 2019. He is a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland and sits with the Liberal Party in federal parliament. Early life Rennick was born and raised on a property outside Chinchilla, on the Darling Downs. In his youth he worked as a farmhand, fruit picker, bartender and pump attendant. He completed his education in Toowoomba at Downlands College, before moving to Brisbane, where he completed a Bachelor of Commerce degree at the University of Queensland. He also has a master's degree in Taxation Law from the University of Sydney and a master's degree in applied finance from FINSIA. He has 25 years’ experience in finance, both in Australia and overseas. He is married with three children. Political career Rennick was first a candidate for the LNP in the 2016 Federal election in the senate. At that election he failed to win a seat The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported that Rennick donated $35,000 to the Liberal National Party (LNP) in the year before winning the third slot on the party's senate ticket—a position that eventually saw him elected to a six-year term. The LNP rejected as "offensive and ridiculous" any suggestion the donations played a role in his preselection, and highlighted the fact that some of their members self funded their elections. During a speech on the Prohibiting Energy Market Misconduct Bill, he referred to Queensland Labor Senator Murray Watt as Labor's "chief yapping poodle." On an interview on Sky News, Rennick spoke about government overreach in the "classroom and the bedroom" and compared it to a Communist takeover by the bureaucracy. When asked to clarify, Rennick said "there are ... groups within Australia, they are not Chinese groups, they are Australian groups, that seek to undermine our individual liberties and I think that is a greater threat to our sovereignty [than the Chinese government]." Prior to the 2020 Queensland state election, The Guardian reported that Rennick had donated to anti-abortion group Cherish Life, which abortion clinic provider Marie Stopes Australia said was conducting a high-profile campaign of disinformation and "blatant lies". Political positions Rennick is a member of the National Right faction of the Liberal Party. Climate Rennick promotes climate change denial and has repeatedly accused the Australian government's Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) of falsifying climate data. He promoted