Member of the Legislative Council
| Address | Ms Cate Faehrmann MLC, Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia |
|---|---|
| Phone | (02) 9230 3771 |
| Fax | (02) 9230 3772 |
| Cate.Faehrmann@parliament.nsw.gov.au |
Contact details
Parliamentary activity
Information about members' parliamentary activity including links to speeches made in parliament, notice tracking, questions tracking, positions held and biography.
Current positions
| Position | Start | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Substitute Member, Standing Committee on Social Issues | Wed 08 October 2025 | State of live music in New South Wales |
| Substitute Member, Portfolio Committee No. 5 - Justice and Communities | Thu 08 May 2025 | Illegal tobacco trade |
| Member, Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters | Tue 12 September 2023 | |
| Chair, Portfolio Committee No. 6 - Transport and the Arts | Thu 08 June 2023 | |
| Member, Standing Committee on State Development | Tue 16 May 2023 | |
| Member, Portfolio Committee No. 2 - Health | Tue 16 May 2023 | |
| Member, Portfolio Committee No. 6 - Transport and the Arts | Tue 16 May 2023 | |
| Member of the NSW Legislative Council | Wed 15 August 2018 | Elected for the balance of term of Dr Mehreen Faruqi |
Prior positions
| Position | Start | End | Period | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member, Joint Select Committee on the Greater Sydney Parklands Trust, Review of the Greater Sydney Parklands Trust Act 2022 | Thu 26 September 2024 | Thu 26 June 2025 | 9 months 1 day | |
| Chair, Select Committee on PFAS Contamination in Waterways and Drinking Water Supplies Throughout New South Wales | Wed 25 September 2024 | Thu 11 September 2025 | 11 months 18 days | PFAS contamination in waterways and drinking water supplies throughout New South Wales |
| Member, Select Committee on the Proposal to Develop Rosehill Racecourse, Proposal to develop Rosehill Racecourse | Wed 15 May 2024 | Fri 06 December 2024 | 6 months 22 days | |
| Deputy Chair, Joint Select Committee on Protecting Local Water Utilities from Privatisation | Thu 21 September 2023 | Thu 28 March 2024 | 6 months 8 days | Joint Select Committee on Protecting Local Water Utilities from Privatisation |
| Member, Select Committee on the Feasibility of Undergrounding the Transmission Infrastructure for Renewable Energy Projects, Feasibility of undergrounding the transmission infrastructure for renewable energy projects | Wed 13 September 2023 | Thu 28 March 2024 | 6 months 16 days | |
| Chair, Select Committee on the Feasibility of Undergrounding the Transmission Infrastructure for Renewable Energy Projects, Feasibility of undergrounding the transmission infrastructure for renewable energy projects | Wed 13 September 2023 | Thu 28 March 2024 | 6 months 16 days | |
| Member, Joint Select Committee on Protecting Local Water Utilities from Privatisation | Thu 24 August 2023 | Thu 28 March 2024 | 7 months 5 days | Joint Select Committee on Protecting Local Water Utilities from Privatisation |
| Member, Select Committee on Barangaroo sight lines, Barangaroo sight lines | Wed 17 August 2022 | Mon 20 February 2023 | 6 months 4 days | |
| Chair, Public Accountability Committee | Thu 09 June 2022 | Fri 03 March 2023 | 8 months 23 days | |
| Member, Select Committee on the conduct of elections in New South Wales, Conduct of elections in New South Wales | Thu 19 May 2022 | Fri 28 October 2022 | 5 months 10 days | |
| Member, Public Accountability Committee | Tue 10 May 2022 | Fri 03 March 2023 | 9 months 22 days | |
| Substitute Member, Standing Committee on Law and Justice | Tue 10 May 2022 | Thu 11 August 2022 | 3 months 2 days | Road Transport Amendment (Medicinal Cannabis-Exemptions from Offences) Bill 2021 |
| Member, Portfolio Committee No. 5 - Regional NSW and Stronger Communities | Tue 10 May 2022 | Mon 20 June 2022 | 1 month 11 days | |
| Member, Select Committee on the Response to Major Flooding across New South Wales in 2022, Response to major flooding across New South Wales in 2022 | Sun 10 April 2022 | Tue 09 August 2022 | 4 months | |
| Deputy Chair, Select Committee on the coronial jurisdiction in New South Wales, Coronial jurisdiction in New South Wales | Thu 31 March 2022 | Fri 29 April 2022 | 1 month | |
| Member, Select Committee on the Government's management of the Powerhouse Museum and other museums and cultural projects in New South Wales, Government's management of Powerhouse Museum and other museums and cultural projects in New South Wales | Wed 30 March 2022 | Fri 30 September 2022 | 6 months 1 day | |
| Deputy Chair, Select Committee on the Government's management of the Powerhouse Museum and other museums and cultural projects in New South Wales, Government's management of Powerhouse Museum and other museums and cultural projects in New South Wales | Wed 30 March 2022 | Fri 30 September 2022 | 6 months 1 day | |
| Deputy Chair, Select Committee on the status of water trading in New South Wales, Status of water trading in New South Wales | Tue 29 March 2022 | Tue 20 December 2022 | 8 months 22 days | |
| Member, Select Committee on the status of water trading in New South Wales, Status of water trading in New South Wales | Tue 29 March 2022 | Tue 20 December 2022 | 8 months 22 days | |
| Substitute Member, Standing Committee on Law and Justice | Fri 18 March 2022 | Mon 11 April 2022 | 25 days | Road Transport Amendment (Medicinal Cannabis-Exemptions from Offences) Bill 2021 |
| Substitute Member, Standing Committee on Law and Justice | Thu 21 October 2021 | Tue 22 February 2022 | 4 months 2 days | Provisions of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021 |
| Chair, Select Committee on Floodplain Harvesting | Wed 23 June 2021 | Wed 15 December 2021 | 5 months 23 days | Floodplain harvesting |
| Substitute Member, Portfolio Committee No. 4 - Regional NSW | Thu 13 May 2021 | Thu 12 August 2021 | 3 months | Coal and Gas Legislation Amendment (Liverpool Plains Prohibition) Bill 2021 |
| Substitute Member, Select Committee on the | Wed 20 January 2021 | Thu 10 June 2021 | 4 months 22 days | Provisions of the Public Health Amendment (Registered Nurses in Nursing Homes) Bill 2020 |
| Member, Chairs' Committee, Chairs' Committee - 2020 meetings | Mon 02 November 2020 | Fri 03 March 2023 | 2 years 4 months 2 days | |
| Substitute Member, Standing Committee on Social Issues | Wed 11 March 2020 | Thu 15 October 2020 | 7 months 5 days | State Records Act 1998 and the Policy Paper on its review |
| Substitute Member, Delegated Legislation Committee | Mon 09 March 2020 | Tue 22 September 2020 | 6 months 14 days | Impact and implementation of the Water Management (General) Amendment (Exemptions for Floodplain Harvesting) Regulation 2020 |
| Substitute Member, Delegated Legislation Committee | Mon 26 August 2019 | Mon 21 October 2019 | 1 month 26 days | Local Land Services Amendment (Critically Endangered Ecological Communities) Regulation 2019 and Local Land Services Amendment (Allowable Activities) Regulation 2019 |
| Substitute Member, Delegated Legislation Committee | Wed 12 June 2019 | Wed 28 August 2019 | 2 months 17 days | Liquor Amendment (Music Festivals) Regulation 2019 and Gaming and Liquor Administration Amendment (Music Festivals) Regulation 2019 |
| Chair, Portfolio Committee No. 7 - Planning and Environment | Thu 06 June 2019 | Mon 20 June 2022 | 3 years 15 days | |
| Deputy Chair, Portfolio Committee No. 2 - Health | Wed 05 June 2019 | Mon 26 August 2019 | 2 months 22 days | |
| Member, Joint Select Committee on Sydney's Night Time Economy, Sydney's Night Time Economy | Wed 29 May 2019 | Mon 30 September 2019 | 4 months 2 days | |
| Member, Procedure Committee | Tue 28 May 2019 | Fri 03 March 2023 | 3 years 9 months 4 days | |
| Member, Privileges Committee | Tue 28 May 2019 | Fri 03 March 2023 | 3 years 9 months 4 days | |
| Member, Portfolio Committee No. 7 - Planning and Environment | Tue 28 May 2019 | Mon 20 June 2022 | 3 years 24 days | |
| Member, Portfolio Committee No. 2 - Health | Wed 15 May 2019 | Fri 03 March 2023 | 3 years 9 months 17 days | |
| Member, Privileges Committee | Tue 18 September 2018 | Fri 01 March 2019 | 5 months 12 days | |
| Substitute Member, Public Accountability Committee | Tue 04 September 2018 | Mon 17 December 2018 | 3 months 14 days | Impact of the WestConnex project |
| Member, Procedure Committee | Thu 30 August 2018 | Fri 01 March 2019 | 6 months 2 days | |
| Substitute Member, Public Accountability Committee | Thu 30 August 2018 | Fri 25 January 2019 | 4 months 27 days | Impact of the CBD and South East Light Rail Project |
| Member, Public Works Committee | Fri 24 August 2018 | Fri 01 March 2019 | 6 months 6 days | |
| Member, Staysafe (Joint Standing Committee on Road Safety) | Wed 22 June 2011 | Wed 01 May 2013 | 1 year 10 months 10 days | |
| Member, General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3 | Thu 26 May 2011 | Tue 18 June 2013 | 2 years 24 days | |
| Temporary Chair of Committees | Tue 24 May 2011 | Tue 18 June 2013 | 2 years 26 days | |
| Member, Standing Committee on Social Issues | Mon 16 May 2011 | Wed 21 November 2012 | 1 year 6 months 6 days | |
| Member, Procedure Committee | Mon 16 May 2011 | Tue 21 June 2011 | 1 month 6 days | |
| Member, General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 | Thu 09 September 2010 | Fri 04 March 2011 | 5 months 24 days | |
| Member, General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3 | Thu 09 September 2010 | Fri 04 March 2011 | 5 months 24 days | |
| Member of the NSW Legislative Council | Tue 07 September 2010 | Tue 18 June 2013 | 2 years 9 months 12 days | Elected for the balance of term of service of Ms Lee Rhiannon (resigned). |
Biography
Personal information
Cate Faehrmann was elected to the Legislative Council on 15 August 2018 and was previously a Member of the Legislative Council when she was elected in September 2010 to fill a casual vacancy. She resigned in June 2013 to contest the Senate as the lead candidate for The Greens NSW. Most recently Cate was Chief of Staff to Australian Greens Leader Senator Richard Di Natale.
Cate has been active in many environmental organisations, most recently as Chair of Sea Shepherd Australia from 2013-2014. Prior to entering parliament Cate was the Executive Director of the Nature Conservation Council of NSW from 2004-2010. She is a founding director of the online campaigning organisation GetUp! and a former Director of the Environmental Defenders Officer NSW.
Cate studied at Griffith University in Queensland and completed her studies at La Trobe University in Melbourne, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (Humanities).
Cate’s areas of policy interest are the environment, climate change, women’s rights, dying with dignity, drug law reform, mental health and animal rights.
Cate loves trekking remote places and spending time with nature.
Additional information
Inaugural speech, 21 September 2010: