Rex Patrick

Quick Facts

Full Name	Rex Patrick
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	May 8, 1967(1967-05-08)
Age	57
Birthplace	Whakatane
Country	New Zealand
Birth City	Bay of Plenty
Horoscope	Taurus

Rex Patrick Biography

Rex Patrick is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on May 8, 1967 in Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. Rex Lyall Patrick, an Australian politician, was born 8 May 1967 and has served as a senator for South Australia since November 2017. To fill a temporary vacancy created by Nick Xenophon’s resignation, he was elected to the Senate. He is a member and a crossbench member of the Centre Alliance. Patrick was an entrepreneur and senior executive officer before he entered politics. He also served as a submariner with the Royal Australian Navy.

Patrick started writing articles in 2009 calling on Australia to purchase cheap, off the shelf submarines to replace its Collins-class submarine fleet. He believes that naval personnel tried to silence his criticisms about the Collins-class vessels. He spoke out about the Navy’s policy on freedom of speech and debate. “I presume that (the navy) views the public better if defence debates are free from any contributions from those who know the subject.” In 2012, he stated that Australian nuclear-powered submarines would be cheaper to buy and maintain, and that they would provide strategic advantages.

On inheriting the Quantum Ark Technologies’ files in 2013, Patrick discovered a mass data breach of classified documents from the French manufacturer DCNS related to the new Indian Navy’s Scorpène submarines. Patrick took the data on a disc to a senior Defence official who declined to take it and so Patrick retained the disc, even though he knew of the leak during the competition to select the international partner for the Future Submarine Project, and didn’t act on it until after the contract was awarded so as not to affect France’s chances in the contract. In 2016, after the contract was awarded, and the security breach became directly relevant to Australia from a national security perspective, Patrick, then an adviser to then Senator Nick Xenophon, provided some of the documents, carefully redacted, to The Australian newspaper after which Xenophon handed the disc to Defence Minister Marise Payne.

In 2013, Patrick took over a training contract with Quantum Ark Technologies, a company that trained members of the Royal Malaysian Navy.

Acoustic Force was founded by Patrick in 2008 to provide training in sonar, acoustics, and consulting services for domestic and international clients.

Rex Patrick Net Worth

Rex Patrick is one of the richest Politician from New Zealand. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Rex Patrick 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

From 1983 to 1994, Patrick was a member of the Royal Australian Navy. He was an electronic technician, and then volunteered to serve in submarine service. Before he was selected to be a member the trials crew for the Collins class submarine at Osborne, Adelaide, he served on several Oberon-class submarines.

He worked as a project manager at Sonartech Atlas from 1995 to 2008. Sonartech Atlas was a company that focused on the development and design of sonar systems.

Before joining the Xenophon team, Patrick had been a staffer for Liberal Senator David Johnston. Patrick assisted Johnston when he was the Shadow Defence Minister to expose the very high annual cost of Collins sustainment v the very low availability rates (well over $500 million per annum and at one stage, unable to put a single submarine to sea) and due to the pressure they were able to put on Defence, the Coles review was commissioned in 2012 and the problems associated with the Collins-class submarine were then rectified.

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Rex Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in New Zealand. Rex Patrick celebrates birthday on May 8 of every year.