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Ms Jenny LEONG, MP

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Member of the Legislative Assembly
Member for Newtown
Member of The Greens
Contact Details
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Newtown Electorate Office
A Ms Jenny Leong, MP
383 King Street
NEWTOWN NSW 2042
P (02) 9517 2800
F (02) 9517 2200
E [email protected]

Parliamentary Activity
Current Positions
Position Start Notes
Chair, Legislative Assembly Select Committee on the Residential Tenancies Amendment (Prohibiting No Grounds Evictions) Bill 2024 16 May 2024
Member, Legislative Assembly Select Committee on the Residential Tenancies Amendment (Prohibiting No Grounds Evictions) Bill 2024 16 May 2024
Deputy Chair, Modern Slavery Committee 03 Aug 2023
Member, Modern Slavery Committee 22 Jun 2023
Member, Public Accounts Committee 22 Jun 2023
Member for Newtown 28 Mar 2015
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly 28 Mar 2015
Prior Positions
Position Start End Period Notes
Member, Legislative Assembly Select Committee on the Residential Tenancies Amendment (Rental Fairness) Bill 2023 23 May 2023 09 Jun 2023 18 days
Member, Joint Select Committee on the Anti-Discrimination Amendment (Religious Freedoms and Equality) Bill 2020 18 Jun 2020 31 Mar 2021 9 months 14 days
Member, Legislative Assembly Committee on Community Services 18 Jun 2019 03 Mar 2023 3 years 8 months 14 days
Member, Legislative Assembly Committee on Law and Safety 28 May 2015 01 Mar 2019 3 years 9 months 2 days
Parliamentary Record
Ms Leong's speeches in Hansard
Ms Leong's questions published in the Question & Answer Paper
Ms Leong's Notices of Motion given in Parliament
About the Newtown Electorate

Includes partially or wholly the following localities and postcodes.

Localities: Alexandria, Camperdown, Chippendale, Darlington, Dulwich Hill, Enmore, Erskineville, Eveleigh, Haymarket, Lewisham, Marrickville, Newtown, Petersham, Redfern, Stanmore, Sydney University, Waterloo.

Postcodes 2000, 2006, 2008, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2042, 2043, 2048, 2049, 2050, 2203, 2204

Area: 10.8208 square kilometres

Enrolment: 58,549


For more detailed information see - https://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/District-profiles/Newtown
Biography
Political Party Activity

Community Activity

President, Sydney University Postgraduate Representative Association 2006 to 2007. Postgraduate Fellow, University of Sydney Senate 2007 to 2008. Member, Australian Human Rights Steering Committee 2009 to 2010. Member, Human Rights Law Centre Advisory Committee 2010 to 2013.

Local Government Activity

Military Service

Honours Received

Personal

Qualifications, Occupations and Interests

Bachelor of Arts (Honours) (BA Hons), University of Sydney, 2000.

Manager, Community Arts and Cultural Development, Australia Council for the Arts. 2013 Federal Election Campaign Manager, NSW Greens. Global Campaign Coordinator, Amnesty International - International Secretariat (London, Hong Kong). Crisis Campaign Coordinator, Amnesty International Australia.

Additional Information

Inaugural Speech, 5 May 2015:

The Parliament of New South Wales acknowledges and respects the traditional lands of all Aboriginal people, and pays respects to all Elders past and present. We acknowledge the Gadigal people as the traditional custodians of the land on which the Parliament of New South Wales stands.