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John BrogdenJohn Gilbert Brogden (born 28 March 1969) is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly since May 1996, representing the electorate of Pittwater. He is the current New South Wales Opposition Leader, Shadow Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Ethnic Affairs. Brogden was born and raised in Sydney. He joined the Liberal Party in his final year of high school, and after graduating, worked as an advisor to then-Attorney-General John Hannaford, then-Premier, John Fahey and Legislative Council member Ted Pickering. In 1992, he became became President of the state branch of the Young Liberal Movement, and a member of the party's state executive. In 1994, he served a year as Treasurer of the federal movement. During this period, he also worked as a public relations consultant for several years. Brogden was elected to the Legislative Assembly in May 1996, but it was not until 1999 that he was promoted to the ministry, when he became the Shadow Minister for Youth Affairs, Urban Affairs, Planning and Sydney Water. In the leadup to the 2002 election, then-Opposition Leader Kerry Chikarovski was struggling in the polls against Premier Bob Carr. On March 25, 2002, Brogden announced a challenge. Three days later, he succeeded in a 15-14 vote, becoming the youngest ever leader of a state or federal Liberal Party. On becoming Opposition Leader, he resigned from his previous portfolios, taking on the new ministries of Ethnic Affairs and Reform of Government. Since becoming party leader, he has taken to confronting the government over a number of issues, often centred around health and police corruption. He has aggressively pursued the Carr government over its involvement in the Orange Grove affair, in which a shopping centre was shut down, allegedly for zoning reasons, amidst claims of political pressure from The Westfield Group, who ran a neighbouring shopping centre. In October 2004, Westfield launched defamation action against Brogden as a result of comments he made about the affair. Brogden has vowed to vigorously defend the case. In an unusual move for an Australian Liberal politician, Brogden supports a change to an Australian republic. Brogden, John Brogden, John
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