Given the question: What key details about rae desmond jones can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: rae desmond jones -lrb- born 1941 -rrb- is an australian poet , novelist , short story writer and politician . jones was born in the mining town of broken hill in the far west of new south wales . although many of his poems and stories are concerned with urban experience , he has always felt that desert landscapes are central to his language and perception . he writes in colloquial language , which sometimes explodes in powerful narratives packed with ambiguous sexual and violent imagery , especially in his earlier poems and some of his novels . his original and bleak vision is frequently mediated by gusts of earthy humour and unexpected sensitivity and honesty . he became a popular mayor of ashfield , an inner sydney municipality , from 2004 to 2006 , and during that period held together a broad coalition of labor party , green and independent representatives . he has said that for him '' poetry and politics are mutually contradictory , and he finds consolation from each in the arms of the other . ''
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- birth date is 1941- name is rae desmond jones- nationality is australian- birth place is broken hill , new south wales , australia- occupation is poet , novelist , short story writer and politician