Mark Andrew Robinson (born 29 April 1963[citation needed]) is an Australian politician who is a former Deputy Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
[citation needed] He was appointed the Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Apprenticeships and Trade Training in November 2010.
Following the election of Campbell Newman as LNP Leader, Robinson was given the position of Shadow Minister for Main Roads, Fisheries and Marine Infrastructure.
[citation needed] He stood for the LNP leadership after the 2017 election finishing third behind Deb Frecklington and John-Paul Langbroek.
[7] As an MP, he attended multiple anti-abortion rallies including one in Melbourne, Victoria, with his wife, for which he charged taxpayers his travel expenses.
[9] In a press release on 12 May 2020, Robinson stated that parents are "sick" of "Labor's politically correct extremist social engineering" through "compulsory gender fluid programs in schools" and he is proud the LNP pledged to scrap "transgender studies" and "get the curriculum back to basics".