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Roderick Gilmore Amon is an Australian politician who served as the member for Pittwater in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from March 2023 until he was charged with child sex offences and resigned from parliament on 30 August 2024. He previously served as a councillor on Northern Beaches Council from 2017 to 2023.




Early life and education


Roderick Gilmore Amon was born to Alexe and Guy Amon, who operated a Mona Vale small business for nearly twenty years. He has five siblings, including a twin sister. Amon attended Covenant Christian School in Belrose, and Knox Grammar School, before studying commerce and law at Macquarie University, graduating with first class honours in Law.




Career


Amon worked as a paralegal during university and was admitted as a solicitor in New South Wales. As a solicitor, he has specialised in family law.
Amon has been a volunteer firefighter since 2013 and was the president of the Davidson Volunteer Rural Fire Brigade from 2015 to 2018.
A rugby union referee, Amon was due to officiate in the Shute Shield grand final on 31 August 2024 but was replaced on the day of his arrest for alleged child sex offences.




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Amon was preselected as the Liberal Party's lead candidate for Narrabeen Ward on the newly-formed Northern Beaches Council for the 2017 local government elections. He was successful at being elected, with the Liberal ticket in Narrabeen Ward receiving 31.8% of the vote.
He moved to Pittwater Ward for the 2021 local elections, where he was re-elected.
In December 2022, Amon was preselected as the Liberal candidate for Pittwater at the 2023 state election, to replace retiring MP Rob Stokes. Stokes and then-premier Dominic Perrottet did not support Amon's preselection for the seat, preferring a female candidate and concerned about a possible large swing to teal independent candidate Jacqui Scruby.
Despite a 20.2% two-candidate-preferred vote swing against the Liberals and towards Scruby, Amon was elected on 25 March 2023. He resigned as a councillor two months later on 16 May, and was replaced via countback by Karina Page.
On 11 May 2023, he was appointed as the Shadow Assistant Minister for Youth, Housing, and Planning and Public Spaces.




Child sex charges


On 30 August 2024, Amon was charged with ten child sex offences, relating to the alleged sexual assault of a 13-year-old boy at Mona Vale in July 2017. The charges were "five counts of sexual intercourse with a person aged over 10 and under 14, two counts of attempted sexual intercourse with a child over 10 and under 14, two counts of indecent assault on a person under 16, and committing an act of indecency with a person under 16".
After being charged, Amon resigned as a member of the Liberal Party. Several hours later, he was asked by Opposition Leader Mark Speakman to resign from parliament, which he did on the same day. His seat was won by Independent Jacqui Scruby in the 2024 Pittwater state by-election.
Amon is listed to appear at Manly Local Court on 24 October 2024.




References






External links


Rory Amon's official website (archived 30 August 2024)
Rory Amon on the Liberal Party website (archived 26 August 2024)

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