Member of the Legislative Council
| Address | The Hon. Natalie Ward MLC, Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000 |
|---|---|
| Phone | (02) 9230 2186 |
| office.ward@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, Portfolio Committee No. 3 - Education | Thu 05 February 2026 | |
| Shadow Minister for Sport | Tue 06 January 2026 | |
| Shadow Minister for Transport and Infrastructure | Tue 06 January 2026 | |
| Member, Joint Standing Committee on Road Safety | Thu 29 June 2023 | |
| Member, Portfolio Committee No. 6 - Transport and the Arts | Tue 16 May 2023 | |
| Deputy Leader of the Liberals | Mon 08 May 2023 | |
| Deputy Leader of the Liberals in the Legislative Council | Fri 21 April 2023 | |
| Member of the NSW Legislative Council | Thu 16 November 2017 | Elected for the balance of the term of the Hon. Greg Pearce |
Prior positions
| Position | Start | End | Period | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member, Procedure Committee | Thu 27 August 2026 | Wed 07 October 2026 | 1 month 11 days | |
| Acting Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council | Fri 03 July 2026 | Wed 07 October 2026 | 3 months 5 days | |
| Substitute Member, Public Accountability and Works Committee | Fri 01 December 2023 | Thu 16 May 2024 | 5 months 16 days | Appointments of Josh Murray to the position of Secretary of Transport for NSW and Emma Watts as NSW Cross-Border Assistant Commissioner, and Senior Executives and Department Liaison Officers in 2023 |
| Substitute Member, Public Accountability and Works Committee | Thu 24 August 2023 | Thu 30 November 2023 | 3 months 7 days | Appointments of Josh Murray to the position of Secretary of Transport for NSW and Emma Watts as NSW Cross-Border Assistant Commissioner, and Senior Executives and Department Liaison Officers in 2023 |
| Shadow Minister for Transport and Roads | Tue 09 May 2023 | Tue 06 January 2026 | 2 years 7 months 29 days | |
| Shadow Minister for Infrastructure | Tue 09 May 2023 | Tue 06 January 2026 | 2 years 7 months 29 days | |
| Shadow Minister for the Illawarra and South Coast | Tue 09 May 2023 | Tue 21 October 2025 | 2 years 5 months 13 days | |
| Minister for Metropolitan Roads | Tue 21 December 2021 | Tue 28 March 2023 | 1 year 3 months 8 days | |
| Minister for Women's Safety and the Prevention of Domestic and Sexual Violence | Tue 21 December 2021 | Tue 28 March 2023 | 1 year 3 months 8 days | |
| Minister for Sport, Multiculturalism, Seniors and Veterans | Thu 27 May 2021 | Tue 21 December 2021 | 6 months 25 days | |
| Member, Select Committee on the coronial jurisdiction in New South Wales, Coronial jurisdiction in New South Wales | Thu 06 May 2021 | Wed 23 June 2021 | 1 month 18 days | |
| Chair, Joint Select Committee on Coercive Control | Mon 09 November 2020 | Wed 30 June 2021 | 7 months 22 days | Coercive control in domestic relationships |
| Member, Select Committee on the High Level of First Nations People in Custody and Oversight and Review of Deaths in Custody | Tue 23 June 2020 | Thu 15 April 2021 | 9 months 24 days | High level of First Nations people in custody and oversight and review of deaths in custody |
| Member, Public Accountability Committee | Fri 31 January 2020 | Wed 16 June 2021 | 1 year 4 months 20 days | |
| Chair, 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, Privileges Committee | Tue 28 May 2019 | Thu 27 May 2021 | 2 years | |
| Member, Standing Committee on Social Issues | Wed 15 May 2019 | Wed 16 June 2021 | 2 years 1 month 2 days | |
| Member, Portfolio Committee No. 5 - Legal Affairs | Wed 15 May 2019 | Wed 16 June 2021 | 2 years 1 month 2 days | |
| Member, Portfolio Committee No. 1 - Premier and Finance | Wed 15 May 2019 | Thu 03 June 2021 | 2 years 20 days | |
| Member, Standing Committee on Law and Justice | Wed 15 May 2019 | Fri 31 January 2020 | 8 months 17 days | |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Attorney General | Wed 24 April 2019 | Thu 27 May 2021 | 2 years 1 month 4 days | |
| Substitute Member, Standing Committee on Social Issues | Wed 26 September 2018 | Tue 26 February 2019 | 5 months 1 day | Gay and Transgender hate crimes between 1970 and 2010 |
| Member, Public Accountability Committee | Wed 28 March 2018 | Fri 01 March 2019 | 11 months 2 days | |
| Deputy Chair, Select Committee on the State Senate Bill 2015 | Wed 14 March 2018 | Wed 04 July 2018 | 3 months 21 days | State Senate Bill 2015 |
| Chair, Standing Committee on Law and Justice | Tue 13 February 2018 | Fri 01 March 2019 | 1 year 17 days | |
| Member, Standing Committee on Law and Justice | Tue 13 February 2018 | Fri 01 March 2019 | 1 year 17 days | |
| Member, Regulation Committee | Thu 30 November 2017 | Fri 01 March 2019 | 1 year 3 months 2 days | |
| Member, Portfolio Committee No. 3 - Education | Thu 30 November 2017 | Fri 01 March 2019 | 1 year 3 months 2 days | |
| Member, Select Committee on the State Senate Bill 2015 | Thu 30 November 2017 | Wed 04 July 2018 | 7 months 7 days | State Senate Bill 2015 |
| Member, Standing Committee on State Development | Thu 30 November 2017 | Tue 13 February 2018 | 2 months 15 days | |
| Member, Joint Standing Committee on the Office of the Valuer-General | Thu 23 November 2017 | Fri 01 March 2019 | 1 year 3 months 7 days |
Biography
Political party activity
Mrs Ward has been a member of the Liberal Party since 1991 and served in various capacities including on the NSW State Executive.
Community activity
Mrs Ward has served as a Director of various boards including the Australian Rugby Foundation Board (now Rugby Australia Foundation), Women Lawyers, Deputy President of The Scots College Foundation and Director of the Rotary Club of Sydney, where she is a current member. She is a congregant of St Andrews Presbyterian Church Manly.
Personal information
Mrs Ward loves sport and fitness, fashion, music and her local beaches community. She is a Mum to two teenagers, whom she is busy raising together with her husband David.
Qualifications, occupations and interests
Mrs Ward graduated from the University of Adelaide in 1996 with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and a Bachelor of Arts (Jurisprudence) (BA Juris).
She was admitted to the South Australian Supreme Court and the Australian High Court in 1996 and the NSW Supreme Court in 1997.
Prior to entering Parliament in 2017 Mrs Ward has practised law for twenty years as a commercial litigation solicitor and holds a current practising certificate.
Outside of professional legal practice, Mrs Ward has worked in Financial Services and Government.
Mrs Ward entered the Legislative Council of NSW Parliament filling a casual vacancy in 2017 and was subsequently elected in her own right as a Liberal MLC in 2019.
She is passionate about law and justice, finance, sport and women's participation.
In 2019 Mrs Ward chaired the Joint Select Committee Inquiry into Sydney's Night Time Economy.
In 2020-21 she chaired the Joint Select Committee inquiry into Coercive Control.
Both Inquiries have led to substantial legislative reform being pursued by the NSW Liberal Nationals Government.
She is a member of the Parliamentary Friends of Israel and Chair of the Parliamentary Friends of France.