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Which party was Steve Dickson a member of from 2017 to 2018?
Steve Dickson Steven Lance Dickson ( born 24 June 1962 ) is an Australian politician . He was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly beginning in 2006 , representing the electorates of Kawana ( 2006–2009 ) and Buderim ( 2009–2017 ) . First elected for the Liberal Party , he joined the Liberal National Party in the 2008 merger , but switched to Pauline Hansons One Nation in January 2017 . He subsequently lost his seat to the LNP candidate at the 2017 election . Dickson served as Minister for National Parks , Recreation , Sport and Racing in the Campbell Newman government from 2012 to 2015 . Political career . Dickson was a small business owner until his election as a divisional councillor for Maroochy Shire in 2000 . He acted as a chair for town planning and a board member of the combined Maroochy/Caloundra Water Board . In 2006 he entered state politics , taking the seat of Kawana and defeating sitting ALP member Chris Cummins with a 7% swing . He was a vocal supporter of a merger between the Liberal and National Parties . He was a member of the Liberal Party until the merger of the Liberal and National parties , whereupon he became a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland . On 12 August 2008 , he became Shadow Minister for Workplace and Job Security . In the 2009 state election , he transferred to the seat of Buderim . In 2011 he was appointed Shadow Minister for Energy and Water Utilities . On 13 January 2017 , Dickson announced that he had resigned from the Liberal National Party due to his conflict with the party over medical cannabis . He announced he would be joining Pauline Hansons One Nation . Following his announcement , the LNP advised it was investigating an allegation that Dickson had downloaded 52 internal documents from the partys secure site hours before his resignation from the party . In the run up to the 2017 Queensland State elections , and in the presence of Pauline Hanson , Dickson erroneously stated about the Safe Schools program : We are having little kids in grade four at school , young girls being taught by teachers how to masturbate , how to strap on dildos , how to do this sort of stuff — that is the real problem in this country . Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk immediately called those claims absolutely atrocious and complete nonsense . Dickson went on to liken an adult sex shop ( Cupids Cabin ) to a newsagency which can sell Playboy-style magazines . He lost his seat to LNP candidate Brent Mickelberg at the 2017 election . Despite losing his seat , he remained the state leader of the party . In August 2020 , Dickson announced that he would run for his previous seat of Buderim in the upcoming 2020 Queensland election as an independent . He lost , coming in 4th place . One Nation/National Rifle Association scandal . In March 2019 , it was revealed that Dickson had been secretly captured on video with James Ashby ( One Nations Media Advisor ) courting the American National Rifle Association ( NRA ) seeking funds for Pauline Hansons One Nation , with the promise to weaken Australias gun laws if they gained the balance of power in the Australian parliament . Al Jazeera conducted a 3-year long operation to uncover this activity , by having a person called Rodger Muller pose as the head of a fake gun lobby group Gun Rights Australia , then having Muller record meetings he attended with Dickson and James Ashby , where strategies to seek support from the National Rifle Association and at least one of their large corporate benefactor were discussed . The footage from these meetings were used to produce an episode for Al Jazeera English , titled How to Sell a Massacre ( part 1 ) . During Ashby and Dicksons meeting with NRAs Public Relations team , Lars Dalseide ( NRA Media Liaison ) , suggests to Dickson tactics to use in the wake of any mass shootings in Australia . In reply to Dalseides suggested line , How dare you stand on the graves of those children and put forth your political agenda ? Dickson replies , I love that . Dalseide ; If your policy isn’t good enough to stand on its own , how dare you use their deaths to push that forward ? Ashby ; That’s really good . That’s really strong . While meeting with the NRA , Dickson made derogatory remarks about Muslim immigrants to Australia , claiming they are criminals and killers ; he called members of the Greens Party fucktards . Though both Ashby and Dickson declined Al Jazeeras invitation to comment on the footage , ABC news reported that , In a statement , Mr Ashby has accused Al Jazeera of being a state-owned propaganda arm of the Qatari Government that supports Islamic extremist groups and are not a legitimate media organisation . The matter has been referred to ASIO and the Australian Federal Police due to concerns of foreign interference into Australian politics in the lead-up to the imminent federal election . It is understood One Nation was targeted because of its strong approach to reducing immigration numbers and a travel ban on countries with terrorism links . One Nation strongly supports the rights of lawful gun ownership within Australia and have clearly outlined our policy on our website . One Nation members have always complied with the law . A further public statement was made by Ashby and Dickson on 26 March 2019 , in which the pair excused themselves on the grounds of being drunk at the time . Further footage was leaked of Dickson at a Washington , D.C . strip club attempting to solicit sexual favours , groping a dancers breasts and making derogatory comments towards dancers and other women . In the video , from which excerpts were aired on Channel Nines A Current Affair on 29 April 2019 , Dickson is heard saying Ive done more Asian than I know what to do with . In a statement the day after the broadcast , Dickson apologised for his behaviour and announced his resignation from One Nation . Personal life . Dicksons son Christian was also a politician .