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|honorific-prefix = The Honourable |name = Mike Nahan |honorific-suffix = MLA |image = File:Mike nahan gnangarra 02.JPG |office1 = 33rd Leader of the Opposition in Western Australia |term_start1 = 21 March 2017 |term_end1 = |premier1 = Mark McGowan |deputy1 = Liza Harvey |predecessor1 = Mark McGowan |office2 = Treasurer of Western Australia |term_start2 = 17 March 2014 |term_end2 = 17 March 2017 |predecessor2 = Troy Buswell |successor2 = Ben Wyatt |premier2 = Colin Barnett |office3 = Western Australian Minister for Energy; Citizenship and Multicultural Interests |term_start3 = 21 March 2013 |term_end3 = 17 March 2017 |premier3= Colin Barnett |office4 = Western Australian Minister for Finance |term_start4 = 21 March 2013 |term_end4 = 17 March 2014 |premier4 = Colin Barnett |constituency_AM5 = Riverton |assembly5 = Western Australian Legislative |majority5 = |term_start5 = 6 September 2008 |term_end5 = |predecessor5 = Tony McRae |successor5 = Incumbent |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|07|02|df=y}} |birth_place = Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States |birthname = Michael Dennis Nahan |citizenship = |nationality = |party = Liberal Party |spouse = Nyuk Nahan |alma_mater = Western Michigan University Australian National University |profession = Economist |website = mikenahan.com.au}} Michael Dennis Nahan (born 2 July 1950) is an American-born Australian politician, serving as Western Australian Liberal leader and Leader of the Opposition since the 2017 state election. He has been Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Riverton since 2008. He served as the Treasurer of Western Australia from March 2014 until March 2017, during which time he supervised the loss of the state's triple-A credit rating. BiographyNahan was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1950 as one of 13 children and grew up on a small farm, later graduating with a bachelor's degree in economics from Western Michigan University. After arriving in Australia in the late 1970s, he received a doctorate in economics from the Australian National University having previously completed a master's degree in agricultural economics.[1][2] Nahan arrived in Western Australia in July 1982. He joined the Institute of Public Affairs, a libertarian think tank, as a policy director. Between 1995 and 2005 he was Executive Director of the IPA.[3] State politicsNahan entered politics at the 2008 Western Australian state election when he defeated incumbent Labor MP Tony McRae for the seat of Riverton in southern Perth. Nahan served as the Trustee of the Parliamentary Superannuation Board and was Chairman of the Economics and Industry Standing Committee in State Parliament from November 2008 to August 2012.[2][4] As part of the Economics and Industry Standing Committee, Mike Nahan presided over the Kimberley Ultramarathon Inquiry, an Inquiry set up to understand why five individuals received extensive burns. It was later determined that the fire was caused by an out of control prescribed burn being conducted by FESA, El Questro, the WA Police and the Salerno family. After the Liberal/National government was reelected at the 2013 Western Australian state election, Nahan was promoted to cabinet as Minister for Energy, Finance, and Citizenship and Multicultural Interests by Premier Colin Barnett.[4] Treasurer of Western AustraliaNahan was appointed as the Treasurer of Western Australia on 14 March 2014 following the resignation of Troy Buswell.[5] His first budget as Treasurer was delivered in May 2014.[6] As Treasurer of Western Australia, Nahan presided over the loss of the state's AAA credit rating in August 2014 when state debt was downgraded to AA1 (further downgraded to AA2 in February 2016),[7] and an unemployment rate of 6.5% in March 2017.[8] Leader of the OppositionThe Liberal government was roundly defeated at the 2017 state election, suffering the worst defeat of a sitting government in Western Australian history. Notably, the Liberals' support in Perth almost melted. The Liberals were cut down to only nine seats in the capital, including Nahan's. Following the defeat, Barnett resigned as WA Liberal leader and returned to the backbench. Two days after the election, outgoing minister Bill Marmion indicated that Nahan had the most support in the much-reduced Liberal party room to succeed Barnett.[9] He was elected unopposed as Liberal leader, and hence Leader of the Opposition, on 21 March, with outgoing Deputy Premier Liza Harvey remaining deputy leader.[10] Nahan has been compared to Ned Flanders, a character from The Simpsons, with The West Australian cartoonist Dean Alston drawing him in the style of the animated television show.[11][12][13] IRS & Citizenship issuesIn 2018 it was revealed the Mike Nahan had a substantial disputed liability believed potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Internal Revenue Service. Despite being a member of the Western Australian legislative Assembly since September 2008 and Treasurer for Western Australia in the Barnett Government for 3 years this potential liability was only disclosed in 2018 during a debate over eligibility of dual citizens.[14] During the debate Mike Nahan said he no longer held a US passport but was unable to renounce his US citizenship until the debt was resolved. The issue arose in 2010 when the US tax department changed the way in which it calculated liability from Australian Superannuation recipients. Nahan is reported to be one many thousands of US citizens caught up in the changes and is awaiting the outcome of several court case in the US where lawyers are confident that if successful his liability will be expunged.[15][16] For Liberal Party colleagues the issue raise further consternation about his ability to lead the decimated Party in parliament to the next Western Australia election expected in 2021.[17] See also
References1. ^{{cite hansard |jurisdiction=Western Australia|title=Maiden Speech| url=http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/Hansard%5Chansard.nsf/0/fa86f93f4f4903f1c8257584001f5bfb/$FILE/A38%20S1%2020081113%20p272d-308a.pdf | house=Legislative Assembly | date=13 November 2008 | pages=35–38 |speaker=Mike Nahan |position=Member for Riverton}} 2. ^1 {{cite web | url=http://www.mikenahan.com.au/mdn-mikenahan-bio.php | title=About Mike Nahan | work=mikenahan.com.au | accessdate=3 May 2012}} 3. ^{{cite web | url=http://ipa.org.au/people/mike-nahan | title=People & associates - Mike Nahan | publisher=Institute of Public Affairs | accessdate=3 May 2012}} 4. ^1 {{cite web | url=http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament%5CMemblist.nsf/AllDocs/E73092562ED391E9C82574D00025C8B1?opendocument | title=Current Members - Hon. Dr Michael (Mike) Dennis Nahan MLA BEc, MS, PhD | publisher=Parliament of Western Australia | accessdate=21 March 2013}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-14/wa-cabinet-reshuffle/5321416|title=Cabinet reshuffle: Nahan and Nalder the winners after resignation of Troy Buswell|work=ABC News|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=14 March 2014}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-08/wa-budget-2014-handed-down/5439454|title=WA budget 2014: Households set for financial pain as Government delivers slim surplus|work=ABC News|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=8 May 2014|last1=O'Connor|first1=Andrew}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-02-08/moodys-downgrades-wa-credit-rating-aa1/7149196|title=Moody's downgrades WA credit rating as commodities prices plunge; fears of debt blowout|work=ABC News|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=8 February 2016}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-04/wa-election-iberals-fiscal-attack-on-labor-opens-own-record/8324134|title=WA Liberals wield double-edged sword as they target Labor's election promise costings|work=ABC News|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=4 March 2017|last1=O'Connor|first1=Andrew}} 9. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-16/mike-nahan-firms-as-wa-opposition-leader/8359310|title=Mike Nahan firms as WA opposition leader|last=Perpitch|first=Nicholas|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|work=ABC News|date=16 March 2017}} 10. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.skynews.com.au/news/politics/state/2017/03/21/nahan-elected-new-wa-liberal-leader.html|title=Nahan replaces Barnett as WA Liberal leader|work=Sky News Australia|date=21 March 2017}} 11. ^{{Cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-18/liberals-sell-own-ned-flanders-in-mike-nahan-to-wa-voters/9161346 |title=The challenge of selling 'Ned Flanders' |last=Strutt |first=Jessica |date=18 November 2017 |work=ABC News |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=26 February 2018 |language=en-AU}} 12. ^{{Cite news |url=https://www.pressreader.com/australia/the-west-australian/20171208/281500751586919 |title=Ned's final cut |date=8 December 2017 |work=The West Australian |publisher=Seven West Media|access-date=26 February 2018}} 13. ^{{Cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/was-flanders-jokes-amid-budget-gloom/news-story/8cf23355be9c3b959ddd079845fe9df7 |title=WA's 'Flanders' jokes amid budget gloom |date=9 May 2014 |work=news.com.au |publisher=News Corp Australia|access-date=26 February 2018}} 14. ^{{Cite news|url=https://thewest.com.au/politics/state-politics/opposition-leader-mike-nahan-claims-to-be-victim-of-us-tax-grab-ng-b88915081z|title=Nahan says US tax bill may be wiped|date=2018-08-01|work=The West Australian|access-date=2018-11-28|language=en-GB}} 15. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/liberal-party-unrest-as-leader-admits-us-tax-battle/news-story/dde21750bd28be11b9f7023145c6de5f|title=Subscribe to The Australian {{!}} Newspaper home delivery, website, iPad, iPhone & Android apps|website=www.theaustralian.com.au|language=en|access-date=2018-11-28}} 16. ^{{Cite news|url=https://mikenahan.com.au/mediarelease/personal-explanation-by-opposition-leader-mike-nahan/|title=Personal explanation by Opposition Leader Mike Nahan|date=2018-08-01|work=Mike Nahan|access-date=2018-11-28|language=en-US}} 17. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-04/mike-nahan-dual-citizenship-irs-tax-dispute/10067274|title=Attack of the 'white ants' exposes a lack of guts among the Opposition ranks|date=2018-08-04|work=ABC News|access-date=2018-11-28|language=en-AU}} External links
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