The Shadow Ministry of
Luke Foley
Luke Aquinas Foley (born 27 July 1970) is a former Australian Labor Party politician who served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of New South Wales from 2015 to 2018. Foley was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Counci ...
was the
Labor
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* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
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** Organized labour and the labour ...
opposition from December 2014 to November 2018, opposing the
Baird and
Berejiklian coalition
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Formation
According to ''A Gui ...
governments in the
Parliament of New South Wales
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. The shadow ministry comprised 'spokespeople' or 'shadow
ministers
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' who aim to hold the government of the day to account.
Second arrangement (2016–2018)
The shadow ministry was made up of 22 members of the
NSW Labor
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caucus. This arrangement commenced in March 2016.
First arrangement (2014–2016)
The shadow ministry was made up of 22 members of the
NSW Labor
The New South Wales Labor Party, officially known as the Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) and commonly referred to simply as NSW Labor, is the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party. The parliamentary leader is elect ...
caucus.
See also
*
2015 New South Wales state election
A general election for the 56th Parliament of New South Wales (NSW) was held on Saturday 28 March 2015. Members were elected to all 93 seats in the Legislative Assembly using optional preferential voting. Members were also elected to 21 of th ...
References
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