Member of the Legislative Council
| Address | Ms Sue Higginson MLC, Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia |
|---|---|
| Phone | (02) 9230 2273 |
| sue.higginson@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 |
|---|---|---|
| Member, Select Committee on Youth Justice, Youth justice | Wed 12 November 2025 | |
| Member, Select Committee on Access Restrictions to Public Lands and Waterways, Access Restrictions to Public Lands and Waterways | Wed 04 June 2025 | Access Restrictions to Public Lands and Waterways |
| Member, Select Committee on the Relationship between the Dural Caravan Incident and the Passage of Relevant Bills through the Legislative Council, Relationship between the Dural Caravan Incident and the Passage of Relevant Bills through the Legislative Council | Wed 19 March 2025 | Relationship between the Dural Caravan Incident and the Passage of Relevant Bills through the Legislative Council |
| Member, Joint Standing Committee on Net Zero Future | Thu 20 June 2024 | |
| Member, Joint Select Committee on the NSW Reconstruction Authority | Wed 29 November 2023 | |
| Member, Committee on the Ombudsman, the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission and the Crime Commission | Thu 29 June 2023 | |
| Member, Legislation Review Committee | Thu 29 June 2023 | |
| Deputy Chair, Portfolio Committee No. 5 - Justice and Communities | Tue 06 June 2023 | |
| Chair, Portfolio Committee No. 7 - Planning and Environment | Wed 31 May 2023 | |
| Member, Privileges Committee | Tue 23 May 2023 | |
| Member, Selection of Bills Committee | Tue 23 May 2023 | |
| Member, Standing Committee on Law and Justice | Mon 15 May 2023 | |
| Member, Portfolio Committee No. 5 - Justice and Communities | Mon 15 May 2023 | |
| Member, Portfolio Committee No. 7 - Planning and Environment | Mon 15 May 2023 | |
| Member of the NSW Legislative Council | Thu 12 May 2022 | Elected for the balance of the term of service of Mr David Shoebridge |
Prior positions
| Position | Start | End | Period | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member, Select Committee on Rural Housing and Second Dwellings Reform, Rural housing and second dwellings reform | Wed 06 August 2025 | Mon 30 March 2026 | 7 months 25 days | |
| Substitute Member, Standing Committee on State Development | Wed 25 June 2025 | Fri 12 September 2025 | 2 months 19 days | Game and Feral Animal Legislation Amendment (Conservation Hunting) Bill 2025 |
| Substitute Member, Standing Committee on State Development | Thu 30 May 2024 | Mon 14 April 2025 | 10 months 18 days | Beneficial and productive post-mining land use |
| Substitute Member, Privileges Committee | Wed 17 August 2022 | Fri 03 March 2023 | 6 months 15 days | Special Report from the Public Accountability Committee concerning an unauthorised disclosure of in camera evidence |
| Chair, Portfolio Committee No. 7 - Planning and Environment | Wed 20 July 2022 | Fri 03 March 2023 | 7 months 12 days | |
| Deputy Chair, Portfolio Committee No. 5 - Regional NSW and Stronger Communities | Wed 20 July 2022 | Fri 03 March 2023 | 7 months 12 days | |
| Member, Portfolio Committee No. 5 - Regional NSW and Stronger Communities | Tue 28 June 2022 | Fri 03 March 2023 | 8 months 4 days | |
| Member, Portfolio Committee No. 7 - Planning and Environment | Tue 28 June 2022 | Fri 03 March 2023 | 8 months 4 days | |
| Substitute Member, Standing Committee on Law and Justice | Fri 17 June 2022 | Fri 03 March 2023 | 8 months 15 days | 2022 Review of the Workers Compensation scheme |
Biography
Personal information
Sue is an environmental law expert and has practiced as a public interest environmental lawyer. She is the former Principal Solicitor and CEO of the Environmental Defenders Office, Australia's leading public interest environmental law centre.
Sue has been responsible for high profile environmental litigation in Australia. She has represented communities challenging mining giants, proponents of environmentally harmful development and holding Governments to account for the environment. She has delivered environmental legal services to rural, remote and regional communities and First Nations communities across NSW.
Sue has operated her own legal practice where in addition to her environmental legal practice, she assisted environmental protestors who came into contact with the criminal justice system as a result of their activities to protect the environment. She has represented hundreds of people in relation to forestry, mining and coal seam gas and climate change protests in courts across Australia.
Sue has lectured and taught environmental law in universities across NSW. She holds a Bachelor of Laws, with First Class Honours and was awarded the University Medal upon graduation.
Sue has sat on a number of Boards of not for profit charitable environmental organisations in Australia where she advised on governance and compliance.
Sue is a farmer, she grows dry land rice, and other crops, with her partner on their farm on the Richmond Floodplain in the Northern Rivers. Central to her farming practice is biodiversity management and conservation. Her farm is home to koalas, where she has planted thousands of trees to try to secure their future.