{"id":259254,"date":"2020-06-08T11:53:01","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T01:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=259254"},"modified":"2020-07-10T13:08:53","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T03:08:53","slug":"former-maranoa-mp-earns-honour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/06\/08\/former-maranoa-mp-earns-honour\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Maranoa MP Earns Honour"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_116603\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-116603\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/brucescott.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-116603\" title=\"Bruce Scott\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/brucescott.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/brucescott.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/brucescott-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-116603\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bruce Scott &#8230; looking forward to a life after Parliament (Photo: Maranoa Electorate Office)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>June 8, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Retired former Member for Maranoa Bruce Scott, 76, has been appointed a Member of the\u00a0Order of Australia\u00a0(AM) in the Queen&#8217;s Birthday Honours.<\/p>\n<p>The citation reads: &#8220;For significant service to the people and Parliament of Australia, and to the community of South West Queensland&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Scott, a former woolgrower, retired from Federal Parliament in 2016 after serving the Maranoa electorate for more than 25 years.<\/p>\n<p>He was born in Roma and attended school there and in Muckadilla.<\/p>\n<p>While working on the land, he was\u00a0awarded a Nuffield scholarship that took him to the United Kingdom and Europe to study agricultural policy.<\/p>\n<p>During his valedictory speech to Parliament, Mr Scott described this as a life-changing experience.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Scott was elected to Federal Parliament in 1990.<\/p>\n<p>He served as\u00a0Minister for Veterans Affairs\u00a0from 1996 to 2001, and also Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence from 1998 to 2001.<sup id=\"cite_ref-4\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>Mr Scott was elected Deputy Speaker of the House in 2012.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related article:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2016\/05\/10\/bruce-scott-farewells-parliament\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bruce Scott Farewells Parliament<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retired former Member for Maranoa Bruce Scott, 76, has been appointed a Member of the\u00a0Order of Australia\u00a0(AM) in the Queen&#8217;s Birthday Honours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":116603,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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