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New South Wales Legislative Council
The New South Wales Legislative Council, often referred to as the upper house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, parliament of the Australian state of New South Wales. Along with the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly, it sits at Parliament House, Sydney, Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney. It is normal for legislation to be first deliberated on and passed by the Legislative Assembly before being considered by the Legislative Council, which acts in the main as a house of review. The Legislative Council has 42 members, elected by proportional representation in which the whole state is a single electorate. Members serve eight-year terms, which are staggered elections, staggered, with half the Council being elected every four years, roughly coinciding with elections to the Legislative Assembly. History The parliament of New South Wales is Australia's oldest legislature. It had its beginnings when Colony of New South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The New South Wales Legislative Council, 2023–2027
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council who served in the 58th Parliament were elected at the Results of the 2019 New South Wales state election (Legislative Council), 2019 and Results of the 2023 New South Wales state election (Legislative Council), 2023 elections. As members serve eight-year terms, half of the Council was elected in 2019 and did not face re-election in 2023, and the members elected in 2023 will not face re-election until 2031. The President of the New South Wales Legislative Council, President was Matthew Mason-Cox until May 2023 and Ben Franklin (Australian politician), Ben Franklin from May 2023. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council, 2023-2027 Members of New South Wales parliaments by term 21st-century Australian politicians New South Wales Legislative Council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shooters, Fishers And Farmers Party
The Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party (SFF) is a Conservatism, conservative List of political parties in Australia, Australian political party. It primarily advocates for increased funding and services for rural and regional Australia, protecting the right to farm, enhancing commercial and recreational fishing, and relaxing gun control for citizens. The party was formed in 1992, and was known simply as the Shooters Party. It initially operated only in New South Wales, but has since expanded into other states. It was registered with the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) in 2007, and contested its first Australian federal election, federal election the same year. In July 2009, the party changed its name to the Shooters and Fishers Party, and in April 2016, the name was changed to its current name. The party has also gradually broadened its policy focus, with water and regional health care being its main focus during the 2019 NSW state and federal election campaigns. The Sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Premier's Department
The New South Wales Premier's Department, a department of the New South Wales Government, is responsible for leading the New South Wales public sector to deliver on the Government's commitments and priorities. The department provides administrative support that enables the cabinet to identify, design and implement a coordinated policy, project and reform agenda that boosts the efficiency, productivity and effectiveness across the State. The department consults and work closely with other New South Wales government departments, the Commonwealth Government, local government, business and the community to ensure responses to community needs are effective. The Department is led by its Secretary, presently Simon Draper, who reports to the Premier, and in absence, the Deputy Premier. The Premier is assisted in administration of the portfolio by the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, the Minister for the Arts, and the Minister for Youth. On 1 July 2023, the Department of Premier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2027 New South Wales State Election
The 2027 New South Wales state election will be held on 13 March 2027 to elect the 59th Parliament of New South Wales, including all 93 seats in the Legislative Assembly and 21 of the 42 seats in the Legislative Council. The election will be conducted by the NSW Electoral Commission (NSWEC) The incumbent Labor minority government, led by Ppemier Chris Minns, will seek to win a second four-year term in office. They will be challenged by the Liberal/National coalition, led by opposition leader Mark Speakman. The Greens, the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party, other minor parties and several independents will also contest the election. New South Wales has compulsory voting, with optional preferential, instant runoff voting in single-member seats for the lower house, and single transferable voting with optional preferential above-the-line voting in the proportionally represented upper house. Background At the previous state election held in 2023, the Australian Labor Party (ALP), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 New South Wales State Election
The 2023 New South Wales state election was held on 25 March 2023 to elect the 58th Parliament of New South Wales, including all 93 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly and 21 of the 42 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Council, Legislative Council. The election was conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC). The incumbent Minority government, minority Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division), Liberal/National Party of Australia – NSW, National Coalition (Australia), Coalition Second Perrottet ministry, government, led by Premier of New South Wales, Premier Dominic Perrottet, sought to win a fourth successive four-year term in office, but was defeated by the Opposition (New South Wales), opposition Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch), Labor Party, led by Leader of the Opposition (New South Wales), Opposition Leader Chris Minns. The Greens New South Wales, Greens, the Shooters, Fishers and Far ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Single Transferable Vote
The single transferable vote (STV) or proportional-ranked choice voting (P-RCV) is a multi-winner electoral system in which each voter casts a single vote in the form of a ranked ballot. Voters have the option to rank candidates, and their vote may be transferred according to alternative preferences if their preferred candidate is eliminated or elected with surplus votes, so that their vote is used to elect someone they prefer over others in the running. STV aims to approach proportional representation based on votes cast in the district where it is used, so that each vote is worth about the same as another. STV is a family of multi-winner proportional representation electoral systems. The proportionality of its results and the proportion of votes actually used to elect someone are equivalent to those produced by proportional representation election systems based on lists. STV systems can be thought of as a variation on the largest remainders method that uses candidate-based so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tania Mihailuk
Tania Mihailuk (born 5 May 1976) is an Australian politician, currently serving as member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since 2023. She served as mayor of the City of Bankstown from 2006 to 2011. Mihailuk was the first woman to represent electoral district of Bankstown, Bankstown in the electoral district's history, serving in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 2011 to 2023. She initially served as a member of the Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch), Labor Party before resigning from the party in 2022. She joined Pauline Hanson's One Nation – New South Wales, One Nation in January 2023 and ran for the Legislative Council on the party's ticket at the March election, at which she was unsuccessful. Mihailuk was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council on 10 May 2023, filling a casual vacancy created by the resignation of Mark Latham, shortly before the 2023 New South Wales state election. Background and education Mihailuk attended M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taylor Martin
Taylor Mitchell Martin (born ) is an Australian independent politician. He is a former Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, being first appointed as a Liberal MLC on 3 May 2017, re-elected at the 2019 New South Wales state election, before being expelled from the party in April 2024 over allegations of bullying and abuse. Early life Martin grew up on the New South Wales Central Coast. He was the first member of his family to study at university, studying Finance, Commerce, and Economics at University of Newcastle. During his time there, Martin became the Treasurer of the University Finance Club. Martin got his start in politics after a chance meeting with then candidate for the Federal Division of Robertson, Lucy Wicks, becoming a member of the Liberal Party soon after. Martin has previous worked at the firm Mercer Financial Services, his family's kitchen fabrication business, and as an advisor to Federal MP Lucy Wicks. Political career Martin wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Latham
Mark William Latham (; born 28 February 1961) is an Australian politician and media commentator who is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. He previously served as the leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and Leader of the Opposition (Australia), leader of the opposition from December 2003 to January 2005, leading the party to defeat at the 2004 Australian federal election, 2004 federal election. He left the ALP in 2017 and joined Pauline Hanson's One Nation in 2018, gaining a seat for that party in the New South Wales Legislative Council at the 2019 New South Wales state election and winning re-election 2023 New South Wales state election, in 2023. Latham was born in Sydney and studied economics at the University of Sydney. He joined the Labor Party at a young age and worked as a research assistant to Gough Whitlam and Bob Carr. He was elected to the City of Liverpool (New South Wales), Liverpool City Council in 1987 and became List of mayors of Liverpool ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ruddick
John Raymond Nettleton Ruddick is an Australian politician. He has been a Libertarian member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since 20 April 2023, and is the first member of the party to be elected to the NSW Parliament. Before entering Parliament, Ruddick was a member of the Liberal Party. Career Liberal Party Ruddick was a member of the Liberal Party for over twenty-five years. He worked as a member of staff to former Federal Member for Parramatta, Ross Cameron and served as a member of the NSW Liberal Party state executive. In 2011, Ruddick first contested the presidency of the NSW Liberal Party on a platform of democratisation. He unsuccessfully contested the presidency again the following year, increasing his vote to 40%. In 2013, he appeared on '' 7.30'', calling for further restrictions on lobbyists holding positions in the Liberal Party. For this, he faced suspension from the party for between two and five years. He was subsequently suspended for the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Libertarian Party (Australia)
The Libertarian Party (LP), formerly known as the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), is an Politics of Australia, Australian political party founded in Canberra in 2001. The party espouses smaller government and a philosophy stated in 2013 to be "broadly described as classical liberal or libertarian", such as lower taxes, opposing restrictions on civil liberties, decentralisation, uranium mining, and the relaxation of smoking laws. The party is also socially conservative. As of February 2025, the party is registered in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria (state), Victoria, and Western Australia as well as for federal elections with the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC). History Formation The Liberal Democratic Party was founded in 2001 as a political party registered in the Australian Capital Territory. It first contested elections in the 2001 Australian Capital Territory election, 2001 ACT election, receiving 1 percent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Buckingham
Jeremy Buckingham (born 22 November 1973) is an Australian politician who has served as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since 2023, having previously held the same office from 2011 until 2019. Buckingham was a member of the Greens until he resigned from the party in 2018. He returned to parliament at the 2023 election as a member of the Legalise Cannabis Party. Early life and education Buckingham was born in Launceston, Tasmania and spent his early life living in the historic homestead 'Hillgrove', adjacent to the Taroona Shot Tower site south of Hobart. Growing up in this historic setting, he developed a strong sense of place and history, which later influenced his commitment to preserving the environment and cultural heritage. He attended Taroona Primary, Taroona High School and graduated from The Hobart College. Early career and personal interests After school he spent two years working as a benchman in a small country sawmill run by Kim Booth (la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
