Roderick Gilmore Amon is an Australian politician who served as the member for Pittwater in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from March 2023 until he was charged with child sex offences and resigned from parliament on 30 August 2024.
[6] A rugby union referee, Amon was due to officiate in the Shute Shield grand final on 31 August 2024 but was replaced on the day of his arrest for alleged child sex offences.
[7] Amon was preselected as the Liberal Party's lead candidate for Narrabeen Ward on the newly-formed Northern Beaches Council for the 2017 local government elections.
[9] In December 2022, Amon was preselected as the Liberal candidate for Pittwater at the 2023 state election, to replace retiring MP Rob Stokes.
[14] On 30 August 2024, Amon was charged with ten child sex offences, relating to the alleged sexual assault of a 13-year-old boy at Mona Vale in July 2017.