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Encyclopedia > Robert Knight

Daniel Robert Knight is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly since June 2005, representing the remote electorate of Daly. He is almost always referred to as either Robert or Rob; the name Daniel is virtually never used. The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australias oldest political party. ... The Legislative Assembly is the only chamber of parliament in the Northern Territory in Australia. ... June is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Daly is an electoral division of the Legislative Assembly in Australias Northern Territory. ...


Knight was a park ranger by trade, but made the decision to enter politics before the 2001 election, gaining Australian Labor Party pre-selection to challenge sitting Country Liberal Party member Tim Baldwin in the newly-created seat of Daly. Baldwin held the seat by a significant margin and ultimately retained the seat with little difficulty, with both Baldwin and Knight suffering slight swings against them in favour of minor party candidates. In Australian politics, the Country Liberal Party (CLP) is the Northern Territory equivalent to the Liberal and National parties - the Country part of the partys name is a relic of when the National Party was called the Country Party. ...


Knight continued to maintain an interest in a political career after his 2001 defeat, and visited the remote communities that make up the Daly electorate many times over the next four years. He once again attempted to gain pre-selection to contest Daly in the lead-up to the 2005 election against new Country Liberal Party candidate Debbi Aloisi (Baldwin having retired at the election) and was ultimately successful. While most commentators did not write him off entirely, he was not widely expected to win the seat. However, Knight defied all expectations on election day, receiving a massive and nearly unprecedented electoral swing in his favour of more than 30%. This saw Knight comfortably defeat Aloisi and become one of the first non-incumbent members to claim victory on election night. Despite the size of his victory, however, Knight has been a somewhat low-profile backbencher since his election. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Legislative elections will be held in the Northern Territory of Australia on June 18, 2005. ...


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During a time of uncertainty, Sir Robert Bell, valiantly challenged, corruption, and tyranny; advocated hope for the poor, and, bridged hearts and minds; while striving to tear down the walls and strongholds of arrogance, greed and hate.
The 'unknown' parentage, ancestry and origins of Sir Robert Bell, could be considered, perhaps, one of the more enigmatic issues concerning a public figure of his stature, that can be found during the last three centuries.
12.17.2001 - Neurologist Robert Knight named director of neuroscience center at UC Berkeley (761 words)
Knight, a professor of psychology in the College of Letters & Science at UC Berkeley, is one of few brain physicians in an academic psychology department.
Knight's primary research interest lies in the functions of the brain's prefrontal cortex, the lobes directly behind the forehead which are the seat of higher cognitive functions and which play a primary role in controlling emotion, attention and creativity.
Knight said that with new technologies for scanning the brain, research that was deemed unapproachable 10 years ago, such as studying the neurobiology of creativity or attention focusing, now can be pursued.
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