[2] Neither of his parents completed high school; his father was a meatworker and his mother was a shop assistant.

In his maiden speech, he stated: "In my childhood, I was exposed to the twin evils of addiction to alcohol and gambling.

[3] Neumann has cited the rise of Pauline Hanson in his home town of Ipswich as his motivation for becoming more involved in politics.

[4] Neumann was the Labor candidate for Blair at the 2004 federal election, and was heavily defeated by sitting Liberal member Cameron Thompson who received 61.21 percent of the two-party-preferred vote.

Firstly, a redistribution of the electoral boundaries, finalised in 2006, pushed Blair further into Ipswich while cutting out the conservative-leaning rural towns of Esk and Kingaroy, roughly halving Thompson's majority and putting Blair just outside the range of seats that Labor would have needed to win government.

[6] Secondly, there was a big Labor resurgence across the country at the 2007 federal election under the leadership of Kevin Rudd.

In 2016, Neumann technically made Blair a safe Labor seat by taking 58.88 percent of the two-party vote.

[8] Neumann supported Rudd in the Australian Labor Party leadership spill on 26 June 2013.