New South Wales

Senators for New South Wales

Each of these Senators represents you - and the whole State. That means each of them is directly responsible to you and the other voters of New South Wales. We've made it easier to keep in contact with them, follow them in the media and the parliament, and make your own comments on their performances.

Click on any Senator below to find out more about them, or look in the sidebar for statewide news and blogposts.

Mark Arbib

Senator Mark Arbib

Australian Labor Party Senator for New South Wales
Entered the Senate on the 1st July 2008. Does not have a personal website.

Mark Victor Arbib (born 9 November 1971) is an Australia politician. He has been a Labor member of the Australian Senate since July 2008, representing the state of New South Wales. He was the Australian Labor Party State Secretary of the New South Wales branch from 2004 to 2007. Arbib was elected General Secretary of the Australian Labor Party (NSW Branch) in June 2004. In 2007, Arbib was...

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Doug Cameron

Senator Doug Cameron

Australian Labor Party Senator for New South Wales
Entered the Senate on the 1st July 2008. Does not have a personal website.

Douglas Niven Cameron (born 27 January 1951) is an Australian politican and trade unionist. He has been a Labor member of the Australian Senate since July 2008, representing the state of New South Wales. Cameron was born in Bellshill, Scotland. He was first elected to the Senate at the 2007 federal election. He won Labor preselection by mounting a successful challenge to then incumbent Senator...

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Helen Coonan

Senator the Hon. Helen Coonan

Liberal Party Senator for New South Wales
Entered the Senate on the 1st July 1996. Does not have a personal website.

Helen Lloyd Coonan (born 29 October 1947), Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian Senate since July 1996, representing New South Wales.In 1996, Helen Coonan was elected to the federal Senate as a Liberal senator for New South Wales. She was re-elected in 2001 and appointed Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer (2001 - 2004). Coonan was appointed Minister for...

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John Faulkner

Senator the Hon. John Faulkner

Australian Labor Party Senator for New South Wales
Entered the Senate on the 4th April 1989. Does not have a personal website.

John Philip Faulkner (born 12 April 1954), has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate since April 1989, representing the state of New South Wales. Faulkner was born in Leeton, New South Wales, and was educated at Macquarie University, Sydney, where he graduated in arts and education. He worked as a teacher in government schools before entering politics. He was Assistant...

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Concetta Fierravanti-Wells

Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells

Liberal Party Senator for New South Wales
Entered the Senate on the 5th May 2005. Does not have a personal website.

Concetta Anna ("Connie") Fierravanti-Wells (born 20 May 1960), Australian politician, is a member of Australian Senate for the state of New South Wales. She was elected at the 2004 federal election, representing the Liberal Party. She was educated at the Australian National University, Canberra, and was a senior government lawyer and ministerial advisor before entering politics....

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Michael Forshaw

Senator Michael Forshaw

Australian Labor Party Senator for New South Wales
Entered the Senate on the 10th May 1994. Has a personal website.

Michael George Forshaw (born 11 January 1952), Australian politician, has been a member of the Australian Senate for the state of New South Wales since May 1994, representing the Australian Labor Party. Forshaw was born in Sydney. He was educated at the University of Sydney, where he graduated in arts, and the University of New South Wales, where he graduated in law. He was admitted as a...

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Bill Heffernan

Senator the Hon. Bill Heffernan

Liberal Party Senator for New South Wales
Entered the Senate on the 18th September 1996. Has a personal website.

William Daniel Heffernan (born 3 March 1943), Australian politician, has been a Liberal Party member of the Senate, representing the state of New South Wales, since September 1996. Heffernan was appointed to the Senate in September 1996 to replace the long-serving Liberal Senator Michael Baume. He had been a long-time friend and supporter of then Prime Minister John Howard in the NSW Liberal...

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Steve Hutchins

Senator Steve Hutchins

Australian Labor Party Senator for New South Wales
Entered the Senate on the 14th October 1998. Does not have a personal website.

Stephen Patrick Hutchins (born 22 April 1956), Australian politician, has been a member of the Australian Senate for the state of New South Wales since October 1998, representing the Australian Labor Party. Hutchins was born in Sydney. He worked as a forklift driver and waste collector before attending Sydney University, where he graduated in arts, and then Harvard University, where he was...

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Fiona Nash

Senator Fiona Nash

National Party Senator for New South Wales
Entered the Senate on the 1st July 2005. Has a personal website.

Fiona Joy Nash (born 6 May 1965), Australian politician, has been a National Party of Australia member of the Australian Senate since 1 July 2005, representing the state of New South Wales. Nash was born in Sydney and was educated at Mitchell College in Bathurst, New South Wales, where she graduated in arts. Between 1999 and 2004 she worked as staff member for National Party federal ministers,...

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Marise Payne

Senator Marise Payne

Liberal Party Senator for New South Wales
Entered the Senate on the 9th April 1997. Has a personal website.

Marise Ann Payne (born July 29, 1964) is a Liberal Senator for the state of New South Wales in Australia. Senator Payne was appointed to the Senate on April 4, 1997, and elected in 2001 for a full term, and again in 2007. A member of the Australian Liberal Party since 1982, Senator Payne was the National Young Liberal Movement's first, and to date only, female President (from 1989 to 1991)...

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Ursula Stephens

Senator the Hon. Ursula Stephens

Australian Labor Party Senator for New South Wales
Entered the Senate on the 1st July 2002. Has a personal website.

Ursula Mary Stephens (born July 7, 1954) is an Australian politician. She was elected to the Australian Senate for New South Wales in November 2001, representing the Australian Labor Party. She began her term on 1 July 2003. Ursula Stephens has been an active ALP member since joining after the dismissal of the Whitlam government in 1975. She has been a member of several NSW and National Policy...

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John Williams

Senator John Williams

National Party Senator for New South Wales
Entered the Senate on the 1st July 2008. Does not have a personal website.

John Reginald Williams (born 16 January 1955) is an Australian politician. He has been a National Party member of the Australian Senate since July 2008, representing the state of New South Wales. Williams was first elected to the Senate at the 2007 federal election. This followed his victory over incumbent Senator Sandy Macdonald in preselection for the National Party's one winnable spot on...

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