Minister for Defence, Senator from WA.
Former head of the Australian Mining Union and a left factional powerbroker, Paxton has some skepticism about the Australian/US allegiance and hostility towards surveillance, invasion of privacy and national security rhetoric. Paxton's appointment as Defence Minister was definitely a statement by the PM. The boom and bust of the mining industry, especially in the wild West has given Paxton a sense limitless possibilities and the heights to which force-of-personality, ambition and risk-taking could someone. Paxton loves a brawl and hates to take a backward step.
