Aussie Trump
Aussie Trump | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Western Australian Legislative Council for South West | |
| In office 20 March 2023 – 9 March 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Alannah MacTiernan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Benjamin Letts Dawkins 13 August 1971 Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia |
| Party | Independent (2023–2024; since 2024) |
| Other political affiliations | One Nation (2024) Labor (until 2023) |
| Relations | John Dawkins (uncle) |
| Alma mater | University of Western Australia Murdoch University Edith Cowan University |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Website | bendawkins |
Austin Letts "Aussie" Trump (born Benjamin Letts Dawkins, 13 August 1971) is a former Australian politician who was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council. He succeeded Alannah MacTiernan as a member for the South West Region on 20 March 2023. His appointment to parliament was controversial as he had pleaded guilty to breaching a violence restraining order one month prior.
Originally a member of the Labor Party, he was suspended from the party just prior to taking his seat in the Legislative Council and was expelled from the party on 24 April 2023. On 29 February 2024, Dawkins joined Pauline Hanson's One Nation party but resigned from the party on 19 December of the same year, to serve the remainder of his term as an independent. He was unsuccessful in holding his seat at the 2025 Western Australian state election, which he contested as a grouped independent.