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Chris Bombolas (born 12 May 1960) (known often just as Bomber) is an Australian politician and television presenter. A former sports reporter for the Nine Network in Brisbane, he served as the Labor member for Chatsworth in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 2006 to 2009.

Bombolas was born in Newcastle, New South Wales and moved to Brisbane in 1970. He completed his secondary education at Brisbane State High School before attending the Queensland University of Technology, where he gained a Bachelor of Business degree in Communications, majoring in journalism and public relations. He became a radio host and worked for 4BC, 4BK and Triple M before joining Channel Nine, Queensland in 1985. Bombolas reported on sport, read the sport news on weekends and occasionally commentated for Brisbane Broncos games that were broadcast in Brisbane. He has been criticised for bias against the Brisbane Broncos whilst commentating on rugby league matches. He was one of many on-air staff at the network to accept voluntary redundancies in June 2006, ending a 21-year association with the Nine Network.

Several weeks later, Bombolas announced his intention to run for the Australian Labor Party in the seat of Chatsworth in the 2006 election. This saw him challenge the incumbent member, Liberal shadow treasurer and leadership aspirant Michael Caltabiano. The campaign was amongst the most high-profile of the election, due to the high name recognition of both Bombolas and Caltabiano, but Bombolas ultimately emerged successful, narrowly winning the seat.

On 9 July 2007, Bombolas became Parliamentary Secretary for the Minister for Sport and Local Government, Andrew Fraser. Citing poor health, Bombalas withdrew from the 2009 state election on 19 February 2009.

In early April 2009, Seven Network announced that Bombalas had signed with them as a weekend sports reporter starting April 12. Before accepting a position as Chairman of the Brisbane Roar, Bombolas appeared in television advertisements for Zupps (a well-known Brisbane car dealership).

Bombolas is now the Chairman of the Brisbane Roar (a soccer club in the Australian A-League). On becoming Chairman, Bombolas said in a widely reported press statement that "I know a lot of members of Government, I know many bureaucrats and I'll be leaning on some of those to try to work out some deals for the club." That comment landed him in hot water as it appeared to be in contravention of the Queensland Government's Ministerial Code of Conduct which prevents Bombolas from lobbying the Government for 18 months on any issue he dealt with as parliamentary secretary for sport. After the issue of Bombolas' statement was raised in the Queensland Parliament, the Minister of Sport indicated that neither he nor anyone in his office would be meeting Bombolas.

Bombolas is married with a young son and he and his family live in Carina. He has two children from a previous marriage.

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