Geoffrey Page Shaw (born 12 October 1967) is an Australian politician who represented Frankston in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 2010 to 2014.
Shaw cited frustration with the current Labor government and "the leadership of Daniel Andrews" as reasons for returning to state politics.
The Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission stated Shaw's comments were "wrong and potentially dangerous".
In March 2013, Shaw resigned from the parliamentary Liberal Party, announcing that he would sit in the Legislative Assembly on the crossbenches as an independent politician.
[22] In the wake of the release of secret police tapes, Shaw refused to commit to supporting the government if Baillieu remained Premier.
Australian media reported that Premier Napthine had 'secretly assisted' Shaw to draft a Private Member's Bill to change state abortion legislation.
[32] Initial indications were that both the Labor state opposition and the Napthine government would seek to evict Shaw from the Victorian Parliament due to misuse of parliamentary privilege.
[33][34] On 11 June 2014 following an extended debate, the Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly were asked to discipline Shaw by expelling him from Parliament.
Following a division of the assembly that was deadlocked 42 all, with Shaw absent from the floor of the chamber for the debate, the speaker Christine Fyffe used her casting vote to defeat the motion.
Shaw cited frustration with the current Labor government and "the leadership of Daniel Andrews" as reasons for returning to state politics.
In 2012, Shaw admitted to writing a sign on the back of one his election posters aimed at his estranged wife, which stated "Please forgive me, I love you Sally: Psalm 42:1".