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The Hon. (Greg) Gregory John DONNELLY, BEc MIR MLC

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Member of the Legislative Council
Member of the Australian Labor Party
Term of service expires 58th Parliament (05 Mar 2027)
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Member of the Legislative Council
A The Hon. Greg Donnelly, MLC
Parliament House
Macquarie Street
SYDNEY NSW 2000
P (02) 9230 2280
F (02) 9230 2585
E [email protected]

Parliamentary Activity
Current Positions
Position Start Notes
Member, Committee on the Health Care Complaints Commission 29 Jun 2023
Member, Select Committee on Birth Trauma 28 Jun 2023
Chair, Standing Committee on Law and Justice 23 May 2023
Member, Modern Slavery Committee 17 May 2023
Member, Portfolio Committee No. 2 - Health 17 May 2023
Member, Portfolio Committee No. 4 - Regional NSW 17 May 2023
Member, Portfolio Committee No. 5 - Justice and Communities 17 May 2023
Member, Regulation Committee 17 May 2023
Member, Standing Committee on Law and Justice 17 May 2023
Member of the NSW Legislative Council 23 Feb 2005 Elected for the balance of term of service of Hon. M R Egan (resigned).
Prior Positions
Position Start End Period Notes
Chair, Modern Slavery Committee 13 Oct 2022 03 Mar 2023 4 months 19 days
Member, Modern Slavery Committee 21 Sep 2022 03 Mar 2023 5 months 11 days
Member, Committee on the Health Care Complaints Commission 25 Jun 2021 03 Mar 2023 1 year 8 months 7 days
Member, Select Committee on the provisions of the Public Health Amendment (Registered Nurses in Nursing Homes) Bill 2020 28 Oct 2020 10 Jun 2021 7 months 14 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
Substitute Member, Standing Committee on Social Issues 17 Sep 2019 25 Mar 2020 6 months 9 days Modern Slavery Act 2018 and associated matters
Substitute Member, Standing Committee on Social Issues 07 Aug 2019 27 Aug 2019 21 days Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill 2019
Member, Committee on Children and Young People 19 Jun 2019 03 Mar 2023 3 years 8 months 13 days
Chair, Portfolio Committee No. 2 - Health 05 Jun 2019 03 Mar 2023 3 years 8 months 27 days
Member, Privileges Committee 28 May 2019 03 Mar 2023 3 years 9 months 4 days
Deputy Chair, Standing Committee on Law and Justice 15 May 2019 03 Mar 2023 3 years 9 months 17 days
Member, Portfolio Committee No. 2 - Health 15 May 2019 03 Mar 2023 3 years 9 months 17 days
Member, Regulation Committee 15 May 2019 03 Mar 2023 3 years 9 months 17 days
Member, Standing Committee on Law and Justice 15 May 2019 03 Mar 2023 3 years 9 months 17 days
Member, Public Accountability Committee 21 Mar 2018 01 Mar 2019 11 months 9 days
Deputy Chair, Regulation Committee 15 Feb 2018 01 Mar 2019 1 year 15 days
Member, Regulation Committee 30 Nov 2017 01 Mar 2019 1 year 3 months 1 day
Member, Select Committee on Human Trafficking in New South Wales 16 Nov 2016 19 Oct 2017 11 months 4 days
Member, Select Committee on the closure of public schools in New South Wales 01 Jul 2015 22 Oct 2015 3 months 22 days
Member, Select Committee on the Legislative Council committees system 24 Jun 2015 28 Nov 2016 1 year 5 months 5 days
Member, Committee on Children and Young People 02 Jun 2015 01 Mar 2019 3 years 9 months
Chair, Portfolio Committee No. 2 - Health and Community Services 14 May 2015 01 Mar 2019 3 years 9 months 16 days
Deputy Chair, Standing Committee on Social Issues 14 May 2015 01 Mar 2019 3 years 9 months 16 days
Member, Portfolio Committee No. 2 - Health and Community Services 14 May 2015 01 Mar 2019 3 years 9 months 16 days
Member, Standing Committee on Social Issues 14 May 2015 01 Mar 2019 3 years 9 months 16 days
Member, Privileges Committee 12 May 2015 01 Mar 2019 3 years 9 months 18 days
Deputy Opposition Whip in the Legislative Council 05 May 2015 02 Jul 2019 4 years 1 month 28 days
Member, Select Committee on the Planning Process in Newcastle and the Broader Hunter Region 14 Oct 2014 18 Dec 2014 2 months 5 days
Member, Privileges Committee 18 Mar 2013 26 Nov 2013 8 months 9 days
Trustee of the Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Fund 23 Jun 2011 08 Sep 2023 12 years 2 months 17 days
Member, Committee on Children and Young People 22 Jun 2011 06 Mar 2015 3 years 8 months 13 days
Member, General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 18 May 2011 06 Mar 2015 3 years 9 months 17 days
Member, Standing Committee on Social Issues 12 May 2011 06 Mar 2015 3 years 9 months 23 days
Opposition Whip in the Legislative Council 08 Apr 2011 03 May 2011 26 days
Member, Select Committee on the NSW Taxi Industry 18 Nov 2009 01 Jun 2010 6 months 15 days
Member, General Purpose Standing Committee No. 2 10 May 2007 18 Mar 2010 2 years 10 months 9 days
Member, General Purpose Standing Committee No. 3 10 May 2007 04 Mar 2011 3 years 9 months 23 days
Member, Privileges Committee 10 May 2007 04 Mar 2011 3 years 9 months 23 days
Member, Procedure Committee 10 May 2007 04 Mar 2011 3 years 9 months 23 days
Member, Standing Committee on Law and Justice 10 May 2007 04 Mar 2011 3 years 9 months 23 days
Member, Standing Committee on Social Issues 10 May 2007 04 Mar 2011 3 years 9 months 23 days
Government Whip, Legislative Council 30 Mar 2007 04 Mar 2011 3 years 11 months 4 days
Member, Select Committee on the Continued Public Ownership of Snowy Hydro Limited 07 Jun 2006 26 Oct 2006 4 months 20 days
Member, Joint Select Committee on Tobacco Smoking 06 Jun 2006 29 Aug 2006 2 months 24 days
Temporary Chair, Committees 23 May 2006 02 Mar 2007 9 months 8 days
Temporary Chair, Committees 29 Mar 2006 19 May 2006 1 month 21 days
Member, Joint Select Committee on Tobacco Smoking 09 Mar 2006 19 May 2006 2 months 11 days
Member, General Purpose Standing Committee No. 1 10 Aug 2005 08 Jun 2006 9 months 30 days In place of Mr Roozendaal.
Member, Standing Committee on Law and Justice 10 Aug 2005 02 Mar 2007 1 year 6 months 21 days In place of Mr Roozendaal.
Member, General Purpose Standing Committee No. 4 02 May 2005 02 Mar 2007 1 year 10 months 1 day In place of Mr Roozendaal.
Member, General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 02 May 2005 02 Mar 2007 1 year 10 months 1 day In place of Ms Griffin.
Member, Standing Committee on State Development 02 May 2005 02 Mar 2007 1 year 10 months 1 day In place of Mr Roozendaal.
Parliamentary Record
Mr Donnelly's speeches in Hansard
Mr Donnelly's questions published in the Question & Answer Paper
Mr Donnelly's Notices of Motion given in Parliament
About the Electorate

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Greg Donnelly is a Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, entering the upper house in February 2005. He was re-elected at the March 2019 state election. He is the Chair of Portfolio Committee No. 2 - Health and Deputy Chair of the Standing Committee on Law and Justice. He is also a member of the Regulation Committee, Privileges Committee, and the Committee on Children and Young People. He has served on a number of Select Committees including the Select Committee on Human Trafficking in New South Wales and the Joint Select Committee on the Anti-Discrimination Amendment (Religious Freedoms and Equality) Bill 2020. Greg was Government Whip in the Legislative Council between March 2007 to March 2011 and Deputy Opposition Whip between May 2015 to July 2019.

 

Prior to entering the NSW Legislative Council in February 2005, Greg was a full-time official of the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees' Association NSW Branch (Shop Assistants Union). He commenced with the union in 1986 and worked in a number of roles including branch secretary for nine years before entering Parliament. Greg graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Economics (1983) and a Master of Industrial Relations (1986). He completed the Harvard Trade Union Program in 1992.

 

He has been a member of the ALP NSW Branch since 1986. He has served on a number of policy committees and the Administrative Committee. He has been a delegate to several ALP NSW Branch and National Conferences. Greg serves as a delegate from NSW to the National Council of the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees’ Association. He is also a member of the University of Notre Dame Australia (Sydney) Arts & Science Advisory Board.

 

Greg’s policy areas of interest include family and life issues, children and young people, employment and workplace relations, occupational health and safety, human rights, biotechnology, palliative care and education.

 

Greg is married to Gaynor and they have three children, Matthew, Lucy and Joe. His sister Jane and her family live in Western Australia.

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Additional Information

First speech, 06 April 2005:

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.