Pauline Hanson's One Nation,also known as One Nation or One Nation Party,is a right-wing populist political party in Australia. It is led by Pauline Hanson.
Mark William Latham 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 from December 2003 to January 2005,leading the party to defeat at the 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 in 2023.
The New South Wales Legislative Council,often referred to as the upper house,is one of the two chambers of the parliament of the Australian state of New South Wales. Along with the Legislative Assembly,it sits at 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 Parliament of New South Wales,formally the Legislature of New South Wales,is the bicameral legislative body of the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW). It consists of the monarch,the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and the New South Wales Legislative Council. Each house is directly elected by the people of New South Wales at elections held approximately every four years. The legislative authority of the parliament derives from section 5 of the Constitution Act 1902 (NSW). The power to make laws that apply to New South Wales is shared with the Federal Parliament. The houses of the New South Wales Parliament follow the Westminster parliamentary traditions of dress,green–red chamber colours and protocols. The houses of the legislature are located in Parliament House on Macquarie Street,Sydney.
The Unity Party was a small multiculturist party in Australia,formed in 1997 and primarily active in the state of New South Wales. It was formed with the aim of opposing the rise of the controversial anti-immigration politician Pauline Hanson. Although initially billed as a party to unite Australians of all ethnicities against racism,Unity failed to draw significant support outside Australia's East Asian ethnic communities. After the demise of Pauline Hanson as a political force,Unity shifted focus onto ethnic community affairs at a local government level.
Branch stacking is a term used in Australian politics to describe the act of recruiting or signing up members for a local branch of a political party for the principal purpose of influencing the outcome of internal preselection of candidates for public office,or of inordinately influencing the party's policy.
Gregory John Donnelly is an Australian politician,a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since 2005,representing the Labor Party.
Bankstown is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in Sydney's West. It has historically been one of the safest Labor seats in New South Wales. It is currently represented by Jihad Dib,a member of the Labor party,who was previously the member for the abolished seat Lakemba.
Anthony Paul Stewart,a former Australian politician,was a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing the electorates of Bankstown and Lakemba between 1995 and 2011 for the Labor Party.
The Shadow Ministry of John Robertson was the Labor opposition from March 2011 to December 2014,opposing the O'Farrell and Baird coalition governments in the Parliament of New South Wales. Robertson's shadow ministry was initially made up of 15 members of the NSW Labor Party caucus,later expanding to 18 members. The shadow cabinet was made up of 'Spokesman/women' or 'Shadow Ministers' whose jobs are to hold the government of the day to account.
Trisha Lee Doyle is an Australian politician who was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Blue Mountains for the Labor Party at the 2015 New South Wales state election.
The 2019 New South Wales state election was held on Saturday 23 March 2019 to elect the 57th 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 was conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC).
Canterbury-Bankstown Council,trading as the City of Canterbury Bankstown and stylised as CBCity,is a local government area in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney,New South Wales,Australia. The council was formed on 12 May 2016 from a merger of the City of Canterbury and the City of Bankstown,after a review of local government areas by the NSW Government.
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 57th Parliament hold their seats from 2019 to 2023. They were elected at the 2019 state election on 23 March 2019. The Speaker was Shelley Hancock until May 2019 and then Jonathan O'Dea.
An election for the leadership of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party was held between 7 and 29 June 2019. The election was triggered by the resignation of Leader Michael Daley on 25 March 2019. The election was a combined vote by the party membership and the Labor members of the Parliament of New South Wales,with each component weighted equally. The party members were sent their ballots on 7 June and had until 21 June to return them,while the parliamentary caucus met on 29 June to cast their votes.
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 Legislative Assembly and 21 of the 42 seats in the Legislative Council. The election was conducted by the New South Wales Electoral Commission (NSWEC).
Khaldoun Asfour is an Australian politician and former Mayor of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown,the largest local government area in New South Wales by population,and fourth most-populous local government in Australia. He previously served as a councillor for the City of Bankstown from 2004 to 2016,serving as its mayor from 2011 to 2014 and again from 2015 to 2016.
An election for the leadership of the New South Wales Labor Party was held in June 2021,following the resignation of leader Jodi McKay on 28 May 2021.
Christopher Dennis Rath is an Australian politician who currently serves as the Opposition Whip in the New South Wales Legislative Council.
One Nation –New South Wales,also known as Pauline Hanson's One Nation –New South Wales or simply One Nation NSW,is the New South Wales branch of Pauline Hanson's One Nation.
