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Ms Cate FAEHRMANN, MLC

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Member of the Legislative Council
Member of The Greens
Term of service expires 57th Parliament (03 Mar 2023)
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Member of the Legislative Council
A Ms Cate Faehrmann, MLC
Parliament House
Macquarie Street
SYDNEY NSW 2000
P (02) 9230 3771
F (02) 9230 3772
E Cate.Faehrmann@parliament.nsw.gov.au

Parliamentary Activity
Current Positions
Position Start Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Council 15 Aug 2018 Elected for the balance of term of service of Dr Mehreen Faruqi (resigned).
Member, Portfolio Committee No. 2 - Health 15 May 2019
Member, Procedure Committee 28 May 2019
Member, Privileges Committee 28 May 2019
Chair, Public Accountability Committee 09 Jun 2022
Member, Public Accountability Committee 10 May 2022
Deputy Chair, Select Committee on the Government's management of the Powerhouse Museum and other museums and cultural projects in New South Wales 30 Mar 2022
Member, Select Committee on the Government's management of the Powerhouse Museum and other museums and cultural projects in New South Wales 30 Mar 2022
Deputy Chair, Select Committee on the coronial jurisdiction in New South Wales 31 Mar 2022
Chair, Select Committee on Floodplain Harvesting 23 Jun 2021
Member, Select Committee on the Response to Major Flooding across New South Wales in 2022 23 Mar 2022
Deputy Chair, Select Committee on the status of water trading in New South Wales 29 Mar 2022
Member, Select Committee on the status of water trading in New South Wales 29 Mar 2022
Member, Select Committee on the conduct of elections in New South Wales 19 May 2022
Substitute Member, Standing Committee on Law and Justice 10 May 2022 Road Transport Amendment (Medicinal Cannabis-Exemptions from Offences) Bill 2021
Prior Positions
Position Start End Period Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Council 07 Sep 2010 18 Jun 2013 2 years 9 months 12 days Elected for the balance of term of service of Ms Lee Rhiannon (resigned).
Temporary Chair of Committees 24 May 2011 18 Jun 2013 2 years 26 days
Substitute Member, Select Committee on the provisions of the Public Health Amendment (Registered Nurses in Nursing Homes) Bill 2020 20 Jan 2021 10 Jun 2021 4 months 22 days
Member, General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3 26 May 2011 18 Jun 2013 2 years 24 days
Member, Staysafe (Joint Standing Committee on Road Safety) 22 Jun 2011 01 May 2013 1 year 10 months 10 days
Member, Standing Committee on Social Issues 16 May 2011 21 Nov 2012 1 year 6 months 6 days
Member, Select Committee into the closure of the Cronulla Fisheries Research Centre 21 Jun 2012 23 Oct 2012 4 months 3 days
Member, Select Committee on the Kooragang Island Orica chemical leak 06 Sep 2011 23 Feb 2012 5 months 18 days Deputy Chair
Member, Procedure Committee 16 May 2011 21 Jun 2011 1 month 6 days
Member, General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 09 Sep 2010 04 Mar 2011 5 months 24 days
Member, General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3 09 Sep 2010 04 Mar 2011 5 months 24 days
Deputy Chair, Portfolio Committee No. 2 - Health 05 Jun 2019 26 Aug 2019 2 months 22 days
Member, Procedure Committee 30 Aug 2018 01 Mar 2019 6 months 1 day
Member, Privileges Committee 18 Sep 2018 01 Mar 2019 5 months 12 days
Member, Portfolio Committee No. 5 - Regional NSW and Stronger Communities 10 May 2022 20 Jun 2022 1 month 11 days
Member, Public Works Committee 24 Aug 2018 01 Mar 2019 6 months 6 days
Chair, Portfolio Committee No. 7 - Planning and Environment 06 Jun 2019 20 Jun 2022 3 years 15 days
Member, Portfolio Committee No. 7 - Planning and Environment 28 May 2019 20 Jun 2022 3 years 24 days
Member, Joint Select Committee on Sydney's Night Time Economy 29 May 2019 30 Sep 2019 4 months 2 days
Substitute Member, Standing Committee on Law and Justice 18 Mar 2022 11 Apr 2022 25 days Road Transport Amendment (Medicinal Cannabis-Exemptions from Offences) Bill 2021
Substitute Member, Standing Committee on Law and Justice 21 Oct 2021 22 Feb 2022 4 months 2 days Provisions of the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021
Substitute Member, Portfolio Committee No. 4 - Customer Service and Natural Resources 13 May 2021 12 Aug 2021 3 months Coal and Gas Legislation Amendment (Liverpool Plains Prohibition) Bill 2021
Substitute Member, Standing Committee on Social Issues 11 Mar 2020 15 Oct 2020 7 months 5 days State Records Act 1998 and the Policy Paper on its review
Substitute Member, Regulation Committee 09 Mar 2020 22 Sep 2020 6 months 14 days Impact and implementation of the Water Management (General) Amendment (Exemptions for Floodplain Harvesting) Regulation 2020
Substitute Member, Regulation Committee 26 Aug 2019 21 Oct 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, Regulation Committee 12 Jun 2019 28 Aug 2019 2 months 17 days Liquor Amendment (Music Festivals) Regulation 2019 and Gaming and Liquor Administration Amendment (Music Festivals) Regulation 2019
Substitute Member, Public Accountability Committee 30 Aug 2018 25 Jan 2019 4 months 27 days Impact of the CBD and South East Light Rail Project
Substitute Member, Public Accountability Committee 04 Sep 2018 17 Dec 2018 3 months 14 days Impact of the WestConnex project
Parliamentary Record
Ms Faehrmann's speeches in Hansard
Ms Faehrmann's questions published in the Question & Answer Paper
Ms Faehrmann's Notices of Motion given in Parliament
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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.

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Inaugural speech, 21 September 2010: