The knighthood issue was for many the final proof of a disconnection with the people.

Luke Simpkins

Luke Xavier Linton Simpkins is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian House of Representatives since 2007, representing the electorate of Cowan in Western Australia. He was born in Sydney, and attended Sydney Boys High School from 1976–1981. In tertiary education, Simpkins has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of New South Wales and a Graduate Certificate in Security Management from Edith Cowan University. He was a member of the Australian Federal Police from 1986 to 1987, an army officer from 1988 to 2002, a security consultant 2003 to 2004 and 2007, and a ministerial adviser from 2005 to 2006. His army service included a stint as a cadet at the Royal Military College, Duntroon from 1988 to 1989, and as an officer in the Royal Australian Corps of Military Police from 1989 to 2002; when he resigned in 2002, he was a Commissioned Officer with the rank of Major. Simpkins is also a former Australian and State representative in the sport of rowing, having won two national and six state championships.

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