The Hon. (Greg) Gregory John DONNELLY, BEc MIR MLC

Member of the Legislative Council
Member of the Australian Labor Party
Term of service expires 56th Parliament (1 March 2019)

Contact Details

A	The Hon. Greg Donnelly, MLC Parliament House Macquarie Street Sydney NSW 2000
P	(02) 9230 2280
F	(02) 9230 2585
E	greg.donnelly@parliament.nsw.gov.au

Parliamentary Activity

Current Positions

Position	Start	Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Council	23 Feb 2005	Elected for the balance of term of service of Hon. M R Egan (resigned).
Member, Standing Committee on Social Issues	12 May 2011
Member, General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5	18 May 2011
Member, Committee on Children and Young People	22 Jun 2011
Member, Privileges Committee	18 Mar 2013
Trustee of the Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Fund	23 Jun 2011

Prior Positions

Position	Start	End	Period	Notes
Member, Standing Committee on Social Issues	10 May 2007	4 Mar 2011	3yrs 9mths 23days
Member, Privileges Committee	10 May 2007	4 Mar 2011	3yrs 9mths 23days
Member, General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3	10 May 2007	4 Mar 2011	3yrs 9mths 23days
Member, Standing Committee on Law and Justice	10 May 2007	4 Mar 2011	3yrs 9mths 23days
Government Whip, Legislative Council	30 Mar 2007	4 Mar 2011	3yrs 11mths 3days
Opposition Whip in the Legislative Council	8 Apr 2011	3 May 2011	26days
Temporary Chair, Committees	23 May 2006	2 Mar 2007	9mths 8days
Temporary Chair, Committees	29 Mar 2006	19 May 2006	1mth 21days
Member, Procedure Committee	10 May 2007	4 Mar 2011	3yrs 9mths 23days
Member, Select Committee on the NSW Taxi Industry	18 Nov 2009	1 Jun 2010	6mths 15days
Member, General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2	10 May 2007	18 Mar 2010	2yrs 10mths 9days
Member, Select Committee on the Continued Public Ownership of Snowy Hydro Limited	7 Jun 2006	26 Oct 2006	4mths 20days
Member, Joint Select Committee on Tobacco Smoking	6 Jun 2006	29 Aug 2006	2mths 24days
Member, Joint Select Committee on Tobacco Smoking	9 Mar 2006	19 May 2006	2mths 11days
Member, General Purpose Standing Committee No. 4	2 May 2005	2 Mar 2007	1yr 10mths 1day	In place of Mr Roozendaal.
Member, Standing Committee on State Development	2 May 2005	2 Mar 2007	1yr 10mths 1day	In place of Mr Roozendaal.
Member, General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5	2 May 2005	2 Mar 2007	1yr 10mths 1day	In place of Ms Griffin.
Member, Standing Committee on Law and Justice	10 Aug 2005	2 Mar 2007	1yr 6mths 21days	In place of Mr Roozendaal.
Member, General Purpose Standing Committee No. 1	10 Aug 2005	8 Jun 2006	9mths 30days	In place of Mr Roozendaal.

Biography

Personal - Greg Donnelly is a Member of the NSW Legislative Council, entering the upper house in February 2005. He was re-elected at the March 2011 state election. He currently sits on three parliamentary committees, Social Issues, General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 and Committee on Children and Young People. He is also a Trustee of the Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Fund. Other committees he has served on include, Law and Justice, Independent Committee Against Corruption, Procedures, Privileges and General Purpose Standing Committees No. 2 and 3. He has also served as Government Whip in the Legislative Council in the 54th Parliament.

Prior to entering the NSW Legislative Council in February 2005, Greg was a full-time official of the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees' Association NSW Branch (Shop Assistants Union). He commenced with the union in 1986 and worked in a number of roles including branch secretary for nine years before entering Parliament. Greg graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Economics (1983) and a Master of Industrial Relations (1986). He completed the Harvard Trade Union Program in 1992.

He is currently Secretary of the ALP NSW Branch Australia and the World Policy Caucus and has served on a number of other policy committees including Health, Education, Employment and Industrial Relations and Community Welfare. He is President of the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees’ Association NSW Branch and a member of the University of Notre Dame Australia (Sydney) Arts & Science Advisory Board.

Greg's policy areas of interest are broad and include, family and life issues, genetics and biotechnology, economic development, drugs, children and young people, public health, law and order, employment and workplace relations, media and culture, human rights, elder care, education, disability services, defence and international relations.

Greg is married to Gaynor and they have three children, Matthew, Lucy and Joe. His sister Jane and her family, along with his parents Peter and Betty, live in Western Australia.

First speech, 06 April 2005:

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