The Greens NSW,also known as the NSW Greens,is a green political party in New South Wales and a member of the Australian Greens. First formed in 1991,the Greens NSW began as a state-level party before joining with other green parties in Australia to create the current federated structure.
The New South Wales Liberal Party,officially called the Liberal Party of Australia,New South Wales Division,and colloquially known as the NSW Liberal Party,is the state division of the Liberal Party of Australia in New South Wales. The party is currently in Opposition in New South Wales in a coalition with the National Party. The party is part of the federal Liberal Party which is in opposition on the mainland of Australia,with Tasmania being the exception.
Penelope Gail Sharpe is an Australian politician. She has served as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since 2005,representing the Labor Party. Since March 2023,Sharpe is the Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council and the Vice-President of the Executive Council since Labor's election victory in March 2023,having previously served as leader of the opposition in the Legislative Council between 2021 and 2023.
Lee Rhiannon is a former Australian politician who was a Senator for New South Wales between July 2011 and August 2018. She was elected at the 2010 federal election,representing the Australian Greens. Prior to her election to the Federal Parliament,Rhiannon was a Greens NSW member of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 1999 and 2010.
Belinda Jane Neal is a former Australian federal politician. She was a Member of the House of Representatives representing the electorate of Robertson between 2007 and 2010;and representing the state of New South Wales in the Senate from 1994 to 1998,both on behalf of the Australian Labor Party.
Linda Jean Burney is an Australian politician who is an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives,representing Barton since the 2016 federal election. She is Minister for Indigenous Australians in the Albanese ministry,and the first woman who identifies as Aboriginal to serve in that position.
Katrina Ann Hodgkinson is an Australian former politician. She is the former Federal Vice President of the National Party of Australia and a former Australian Member of Parliament. She was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly,representing Cootamundra for The Nationals from 28 March 2015 to 1 September 2017,and Burrinjuck from 27 March 1999 to 27 March 2015.
Verity Helen Firth is an Australian university executive and former politician. She is the Pro Vice-Chancellor at the University of Technology Sydney. She was the chief executive officer of the Public Education Foundation in Australia.
Catherine Eileen Cusack is a former Australian politician who was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council,representing the Liberal Party. She was first elected as an opposition member on 22 March 2003 and was re-elected in 2011 and 2019 when her party won government.
Robyn Mary Parker,is a former Australian politician,and was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Maitland for the Liberal Party from 2011 to 2015 and was previously a member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales between 2003 and 2011. Parker was the New South Wales Minister for the Environment and the Minister for Heritage in the O'Farrell government from 2011 until April 2014. Parker was succeeded by Rob Stokes in the Baird cabinet.
The Bowraville murders is the name given to three deaths that occurred over five months from September 1990 to February 1991 in Bowraville,New South Wales,Australia. All three victims were Aboriginal,and all disappeared after parties in Bowraville's Aboriginal community,in an area known as The Mission. A local labourer,who was regarded by police as the prime suspect,was charged with two of the murders but was acquitted following trials in 1994 and 2006. On 13 September 2018,the New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal decided that the man could not be retried for the murders. On 22 March 2019,the High Court of Australia refused an application by the Attorney General of New South Wales to bring an appeal against that decision.
Gabrielle Cecelia Upton,an Australian politician,is the member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly,representing the seat of Vaucluse for the Liberal Party from 2011 until her retirement at the 2023 New South Wales state election.
David Martin Shoebridge is an Australian politician and former barrister. He is a member of the Australian Greens and was elected to the Senate as the party's lead candidate in New South Wales at the 2022 federal election,to a term beginning on 1 July 2022. He previously served in the New South Wales Legislative Council from 2010 to 2022 and on the Woollahra Municipal Council from 2004 to 2012.
Janette Louise Barham is an Australian politician who was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 2011 and 2017.
Sarah Ann Mitchell,an Australian politician,is the former Minister for Education and Early Childhood Learning in the second Berejiklian ministry and in the Perrottet ministry. She has been a Nationals member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since March 2011.
Gerardine Mary "Ged" Kearney is an Australian politician and trade unionist who is the Labor member for the federal division of Cooper and the current assistant minister for health and aged care. She has been a member of the House of Representatives since March 2018,first representing the division of Batman. Prior to politics,Kearney served as president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) from 2010 to 2018.
Mehreen Saeed Faruqi is a Pakistani-born Australian politician and former engineer who has been a Senator for New South Wales since 15 August 2018,representing the Greens. She was chosen to fill a casual vacancy caused by the resignation of Lee Rhiannon,before being elected in her own right in 2019. She had previously served in the New South Wales Legislative Council between June 2013 and August 2018. Since June 2022,Faruqi has served as Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens.
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).
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council who served in the 56th Parliament were elected at the 2011 and 2015 elections. As members serve eight-year terms,half of the Council was elected in 2011 and did not face re-election in 2015,and the members elected in 2015 will not face re-election until 2023. The President was Don Harwin until 30 January 2017 and then John Ajaka.
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).
