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The New South Wales Parliament maintains many of the traditions of the original Parliament of the United Kingdom, from which the New South Wales Parliament was founded. [ 10 ] The governor, or occasionally the monarch , reads a prepared speech, known as the Speech from the Throne , outlining the government's agenda for the coming year.
The Legislative Assembly was created in 1856 with the introduction of a bicameral parliament for the Crown Colony of New South Wales, a process led in the Legislative Council by William Wentworth. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] [ 10 ] In the beginning, only men were eligible to be members of the Assembly, and only around one half of men were able to pass the ...
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. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Speaker was Shelley Hancock until May 2019 and then Jonathan O'Dea .
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly who served in the 58th Parliament hold their seats from 2023 to 2027. They were elected at the 2023 state election on 25 March 2023. [ 1 ]
Members of the New South Wales Legislative Council who served in the 57th Parliament were elected at the 2015 and 2019 elections. As members serve eight-year terms, half of the Council was elected in 2015 and did not face re-election in 2019, and the members elected in 2019 will not face re-election until 2027.
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.
In 1901, New South Wales became a state of the Commonwealth of Australia and many government functions were transferred to the new Commonwealth government. In 1902, women gained the right to vote and the current Constitution of New South Wales was adopted, [6] and in 1918, reforms permitted women to be members of parliament. [6]
James was elected to Parliament at the 2022 Willoughby state by-election on 12 February 2022. [8]In October 2022, he delivered a speech in the NSW Parliament stating his opposition to the government's planned infrastructure program's of the Western Harbour Tunnel, the Warringah Freeway Upgrade and the Beaches Link Tunnel. [9]