Dennis Ross Stevenson (born 12 November 1946) was an Australian politician. He was elected in the inaugural 1989 general election to serve in the

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, on a platform of abolishing self-government in the

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(ACT). Stevenson was re-elected at the 1992 general election and resigned from the ACT Legislative Assembly in 1995.

Biography

Stevenson was born in ,

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and worked as a photogrammatist,

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, an operator of health centres and trainer in sales, marketing, public speaking and motivation. He has also worked as a life coach, business consultant, counselor and laborer. Immediately prior to his parliamentary career he served in the

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Force from 1965 to 1973, primarily training personnel in intelligence matters. Stevenson served in the reserve forces of the Australian Army between 1966 and 1973. Following his election to the ACT Legislative Assembly, Stevenson worked on many issues including abolishing the newly established self-government in the Australian Capital Territory, campaigning against the Hare-Clark voting system, for the introduction of citizens' initiated referendums, banning computer porn and the fledgling pornography industry in the ACT and other human-rights issues. After resigning from the assembly in 1995 he traveled extensively before returning to

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. Since his political career Stevenson moved to

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and campaigned on civil-liberties issues including against the

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and highlighting the decline of Australian democracy. Stevenson was the compere at the Forum between 1992 and 2008.

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* 1946 births Living people Members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly Politicians from Newcastle, New South Wales {{Australia-politician-stub