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Shadow Ministry Of Jodi McKay
The shadow ministry of Jodi McKay was the Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch), Labor opposition from July 2019 to May 2021, opposing the Second Berejiklian ministry, Berejiklian government in the Parliament of New South Wales. It was led by Jodi McKay following her election as leader of the party and Leader of the Opposition (New South Wales), NSW Leader of the Opposition on 29 June 2019. The shadow ministry was announced on 3 July 2019. The shadow cabinet was made up of 27 members of the NSW Labor caucus. 3 of the shadow ministers quit the shadow ministry in May 2021, culminating in the resignation of McKay as Leader of the Opposition on 28 May 2021. One of the shadow ministers who quit, Chris Minns, became the new Leader of the Opposition the following week, and the McKay shadow ministry was replaced by the Shadow Ministry of Chris Minns, Minns shadow ministry. Shadow cabinet See also *2019 New South Wales state election *Second Berejiklian ministry *Shadow Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)
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 (ALP). The branch is the current ruling party in the state of New South Wales and is led by Chris Minns, who has served concurrently as premier of New South Wales since 2023. The parliamentary leader is elected from and by the members of the Caucus#In Commonwealth nations, party caucus, comprising all party members in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly and New South Wales Legislative Council, Legislative Council. The party factions have a strong influence on the election of the leader. The leader's position is dependent on the continuing support of the caucus (and party factions) and the leader may be deposed by failing to win a vote of confidence of parliamentary members. By convention, the premier sits in the Legislative Assembly, and is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walt Secord
Walter Secord (born 25 December 1964) is a Canadian-born former Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from May 2011 to March 2023. Secord was previously chief of staff to former NSW Premier, Kristina Keneally. He is the NSW patron of thLabor Israel Action Committee Early life and education Secord was born in Hamilton, Ontario, and grew up on the Mississaugas of the Credit (Indian reserve) First Nation in Southern Ontario, Canada. He is a Mohawk-Ojibwe man whose father is a status Indian. He spent the first 17 years of his life on an Indian reserve. He states he is "fiercely proud of isaboriginal ancestry" and "that it shapes issocial justice." He has two siblings. His brother, Dan, is a budding native rights leader in Canada and conducts annual Ojibway language camp ceremonies for native prisoners in Canada's toughest prisons. He was the first member of his father's family to complete high school and the first to fly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clayton Barr
Clayton Gordon Barr (born 1971) is an Australian politician who was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Cessnock for the Labor Party at the 2011 state election. Before entering parliament he had a career as a secondary education teacher and an employee of the children's cancer charity Canteen, and worked in local government administration. Background and education Barr was born in Cessnock, New South Wales to Margaret and Gordon Barr. The youngest of four, Barr spent his early years in Cessnock and completed his secondary education at All Saints College, Maitland. Barr then matriculated to the University of Newcastle, where he studied in the Faculty of Education and Arts, graduating in 1994 with a Bachelor of Education in Physical Education and Health. He taught in the PDHPE faculty at Mount View High School for nine years, before seeking a change in vocation where he became a manager at the young people's cancer charity, Canteen. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Harris (Australian Politician)
David Robert Harris (born 24 February 1966) is an Australian politician. He has served as the New South Wales Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Treaty, Gaming and Racing, Veterans, Medical Research and the Central Coast since April 2023. He has been a Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly since 2015, representing the electorate of Wyong. He previously represented the same electorate from 2007 to 2011. Personal life and early career Harris is one of three children and grew up in Greenacre in Sydney. His parents later moved to the New South Wales Central Coast. Harris attended Woy Woy South Public School and Woy Woy High School, where became school captain. In 1987, Harris joined the Umina branch of the Labor Party, eventually becoming the president of the Wyong branch, and then secretary of Dobell Federal Electoral Council. Harris gained a Diploma of Teaching and began work in the public school system, starting his career at Griffith Public ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynda Voltz
Lynda Jane Voltz (born 1965) is an Australian politician. She is a Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing Auburn since 2019. Career Voltz joined the Australian Army Reserve in 1984, and in 1987 she became one of the first women to the join the regular Australian Army as one of the second group of women to train alongside men at Army Recruit Training Centre at Kapooka. She joined the Royal Australian Corps of Military Police, as it was one of the few field force units women were allowed to join. After leaving the army, she worked as a political staffer for state MP Sandra Nori, federal member for Sydney Peter Baldwin, and then as an electoral officer for Senator John Faulkner. At the 1995 New South Wales state election, she contested the district of North Shore but was defeated by the Liberal candidate, Jillian Skinner. Voltz was elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council in 2007 and re-elected in 2015. In 2016, V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Mookhey
Nitin Daniel Mookhey (born 1982) is an Australian politician and current Treasurer of New South Wales. He has been a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since 6 May 2015. Political career Mookhey was appointed to the Legislative Council of New South Wales in 2015 to fill a vacancy caused by Steve Whan's resignation. Following the election of Michael Daley as the Leader of the Opposition in 2018, Mookhey was appointed as opposition cabinet secretary. In 2019 following the election of Jodi McKay as leader after Labor's defeat in the 2019 New South Wales state election, Mookhey was elevated to the opposition front bench and appointed the Shadow Minister for Finance and Small Business and Shadow Minister for the Gig Economy. On 11 June 2021, following Chris Minns' election as leader, Mookhey was appointed as the Shadow Treasurer, while retaining the portfolio for the Shadow Minister for the Gig Economy in Minns' Shadow Ministry. He was sworn in as Treasurer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mick Veitch
Michael Stanley Veitch (born 19 December 1962) is an Australian politician who served as a Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council. Veitch was a member of the council from 2007 to 2023. Early life Veitch was born at Gundagai, New South Wales to parents Bob and Val. He is the oldest of five children. He attended Adelong Central School in his primary school years. His secondary studies were undertaken at Tumut High School. Early career Leaving high school, he worked as a shearer, a train station assistant and a disability worker. He finished his railway career as an Assistant Station Master at Rydalmere and Toongabbie train stations. He completed further studies at TAFE. He became the Executive Officer of the Wiradjuri Country Community Group Limited and then the General Manager (Growth and Strategy) of Job Centre Australia Limited. Political career He joined the Labor Party in March 1989 He became the Secretary of the Young Branch of the Labor Party. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophie Cotsis
Sophie Cotsis (; born 19 November 1973) is an Australian politician and current New South Wales Government, New South Wales Minister for Industrial Relations and Minister for Work Health and Safety in the Minns ministry since April 2023. She was a Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch), Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 7 September 2010 to 16 September 2016, when she resigned in order to contest a 2016 Canterbury state by-election, by-election for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly seat of Electoral district of Canterbury, Canterbury. Early life The daughter of Greek migrants, Cotsis grew up in the St George (Sydney), St George district together with her brother. She was educated at Canterbury South Public School and at Kingsgrove High School before matriculating to Macquarie University, where Cotsis became a member of the university's Hellenic Studies Foundation and established a program that preserved the Greek la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairfax Media
Fairfax Media was a media (communication), media company in Australia and New Zealand, with investments in newspaper, magazines, radio and digital properties. The company was founded by John Fairfax as John Fairfax and Sons, who purchased ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' in 1841. The Fairfax family retained control of the business until late in the 20th century. The company also owned several regional and national Australian newspapers, including ''The Age'', ''Australian Financial Review'' and ''Canberra Times'', majority stakes in property business Domain Group and the Macquarie Radio Network, and joint ventures in streaming service Stan (company), Stan and online publisher HuffPost, HuffPost Australia. The group's last chairman was Nick Falloon and the CEO was Greg Hywood. On 26 July 2018, Fairfax Media and Nine Entertainment Co. announced it had agreed on terms for a merger between the two companies. Shareholders in Nine Entertainment Co. took a 51% of the combined entity and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Washington
Kate Rebecca Washington (born 1970) is an Australian politician who has served as Minister for Disability Inclusion and Minister for Families and Communities, Families and Communities in the Minns ministry, Minns Government of New South Wales since 2023. She was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Electoral district of Port Stephens, Port Stephens for the New South Wales Labor Party at the 2015 New South Wales state election. Before entering parliament, Washington worked as a health lawyer. She has three children and lives in Lemon Tree Passage, New South Wales, Lemon Tree Passage. Political career Washington first contested the seat of Port Stephens for the New South Wales Labor Party, Labor Party at the 2011 New South Wales state election, 2011 election. She was not elected, with Labor losing the seat after a 12.4-point two-candidate swing against the party. Four years later, she won the seat with a two-candidate swing toward her of 19.5 point ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Graham (Australian Politician)
John Edward Graham is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since October 2016 and has been Special Minister of State and Minister for Roads, the Arts, Music, the Night-time Economy, Jobs and Tourism since 2023. He has also been the Minister for Transport since 6 February 2025. Career 1991–2017: Early political career and party involvement Graham joined the Labor Party in 1991. He worked in the higher education sector and for the Finance Sector Union. He also worked as an adviser to NSW and Queensland state governments, including as the Deputy Chief of Staff to then-NSW Premier Nathan Rees in 2009. He is a founder of Labor Loves Live Music. Graham became assistant general secretary of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party in the early 2010s, serving for six years. Graham was considered for preselection for the Canterbury state by-election, and was confident he had the support of the rank-and-fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prue Car
Prue may refer to: People Given name Prue is a feminine given name, sometimes a short form of Prudence Prudence (, contracted from meaning "seeing ahead, sagacity") is the ability to govern and discipline oneself by the use of reason. It is classically considered to be a virtue, and in particular one of the four cardinal virtues (which are, ... or Prunella. * Prue Acton, Australian fashion designer * Prue Barron (1917–2014), British surgeon and geriatrician * Prue Car, Australian politician * Prue Hyman, New Zealand feminist economist and former cricketer * Prue Leith, South African chef living in the UK * Prue MacSween, Australian journalist * Prue O'Donovan, Australian priest * Prue Sibree, Australian politician * Prue Watt, Australian Paralympic swimmer Surname * Jarrad Prue, Australian basketball player * Michael Prue (born 1948), Canadian politician * Sally Prue, British novelist * Terry Prue, Australian Test umpire Other uses * Prue, Oklahoma, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
