| Jason Costigan | |
| Office: | Leader of North Queensland First |
| President: | Richard Filewood |
| Term Start: | 18 November 2019[1] |
| Predecessor: | Position established |
| Office2: | Shadow Assistant Minister for North Queensland |
| Term Start2: | 10 May 2016 |
| Term End2: | 14 December 2017 |
| Leader2: | Tim Nicholls Deb Frecklington |
| Successor2: | Dale Last |
| Office3: | Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Whitsunday |
| Term Start3: | 24 March 2012 |
| Term End3: | 6 October 2020 |
| Predecessor3: | Jan Jarratt |
| Successor3: | Amanda Camm |
| Party: | North Queensland First (since 2019) |
| Birth Date: | 1971 6, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Mackay, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Rugby league commentator |
| Education: | St Mary’s Catholic Primary School Mackay State High School[2] |
Jason Noel Costigan (born 13 June 1971) is an Australian radio commentator and former politician who was a Member of Parliament in the Queensland Legislative Assembly and leader of the North Queensland First party. Costigan was previously an independent politician and rugby league commentator. He was a member of the Liberal National Party (LNP) until being expelled from the party in February 2019. He had been a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Whitsunday until 2020, first being elected in 2012 after defeating Jan Jarratt at that year's state election.[3]
Costigan's broadcasting career began in northern Queensland in the late 1980s and began calling rugby league in 1987 for regional television in Queensland.[4] He later joined New Zealand's SKY Network Television as their main NRL commentator and served in the role until the end of the 2010 season.[5] [6]
Costigan has also worked as a media manager for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and Bradford Bulls and was an advisor to the Central Queensland NRL bid. He left his role as project co-ordinator for the NRL bid team to spend more time with his family.[7]
Costigan worked as an adviser to the Sports Minister in the Howard Government and a media adviser to Senator Ian MacDonald.[8]
He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland for Whitsunday, having defeated Jan Jarratt at the 2012 state election.
Costigan was suspended from the LNP in January 2019 after a complaint alleged that he harassed a woman.[9] He denied the charges, but was formally expelled from the party by the executive on 1 February 2019.[10] In April 2020, the woman withdrew her complaint and offered an "unreserved apology" to Costigan.[11]
In September 2019, Costigan founded the North Queensland First party which aims for Northern Queensland statehood.[12]
He contested his Whitsunday seat in the 2020 Queensland state election as the sitting candidate but lost to Amanda Camm. He received 9.37% of the first preference votes.[13]