Natasha Maclaren-Jones

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Australian politician

The Honourable Natasha Maclaren-Jones MLC

Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 April 2023
In office 26 March 2011 – 6 March 2023
Succeeded by	Scott Farlow
Minister for Families and Communities
In office 21 December 2021 (2021-12-21) – 28 March 2023 (2023-03-28)
Preceded by	Alister Henskens
Succeeded by	Kate Washington
Minister for Disability Services
In office 21 December 2021 (2021-12-21) – 28 March 2023 (2023-03-28)
Preceded by	Alister Henskens
Succeeded by	Kate Washington

Personal details
Born	(1976-03-11) 11 March 1976 (age 50) Sydney, Australia
Party	Liberal Party
Spouse	Damien Jones
Education	SCECGS Redlands
Alma mater	University of Sydney University of Technology, Sydney
Profession	Nurse

Natasha Marianne Maclaren-Jones (born 11 March 1976^{[citation needed]}) is an Australian politician, and is a Liberal Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council since March 2011.^[1] Maclaren-Jones has served as the Minister for Families and Communities and the Minister for Disability Services from December 2021 until March 2023.^[2]

Before Parliament, Maclaren-Jones was a senior advisor to Helen Coonan and Bronwyn Bishop and was the state Liberal Party President that presided over the largest Coalition win in NSW political history in the 2011 state election.^[3]

Maclaren-Jones was nominated as the Liberal candidate for the President of the New South Wales Legislative Council in March 2021 after the resignation of John Ajaka.^[4] The Labor Opposition nominated Peter Primrose. Maclaren-Jones received 20 votes and Primrose 14, with eight informal votes. The clerk ruled that a majority of the 42 available votes was required for election, although the Liberal Party presented advice from the Crown Solicitor that a plurality of the votes was sufficient and congratulated Maclaren-Jones on her election.^[5] As the dispute over the presidency continued, Maclaren-Jones assumed the chair without being declared elected by the clerk on the night of 4 May 2021, before losing a vote of no confidence less than 90 minutes later. On the subsequent ballot to elect a new president, fellow Liberal Matthew Mason-Cox nominated for the role and won the election with 23 votes to Maclaren-Jones's 18 with the support of the opposition and the crossbench.^[6]

On 27 May 2021, Maclaren-Jones was appointed as Cabinet Secretary.^[1] In December 2021, she was appointed to the cabinet as Minister for Families and Communities and as Minister for Disability Services in the Perrottet ministry.

In December 2022, it was announced that Maclaren-Jones would resign mid-term and recontest the Legislative Council for a new 8-year term at the 2023 state election.^[7]^[8] On 6 March 2023, she resigned from the Legislative Council and resumed her seat on 20 April.^[1] She was subsequently appointed Shadow Minister for Families and Communities, Shadow Minister for Disability Inclusion, Shadow Minister for Homelessness and Shadow Minister for Youth in the Shadow ministry of Mark Speakman.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 "The Hon. Natasha MACLAREN-JONES, BN, MHSM MLC". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
↑ "Parliament, Ministerial, Courts and Police (662)" (PDF). Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. 21 December 2021.
↑ "NSW Liberals president resigns". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 28 June 2010. Archived from the original on 2 July 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
↑ "NEW PRESIDENT OF THE NSW LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL". NSW Liberal Party. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
↑ Smith, Alexandra (29 March 2021). "NSW government says Berejiklian's pick has scored coveted position". The Sydney Morning Herald.
↑ Smith, Alexandra (4 May 2021). "90 minute presidency: Upper house chaos as NSW MPs bicker over plum role". The Sydney Morning Herald.
↑ "New South Wales Liberals avoid messy preselection fight, strike deal on women-focused upper house ticket". ABC News. 28 December 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
↑ Smith, Alexandra; Chrysanthos, Natassia (27 December 2022). "Perrottet's plan to install two new Liberal women passes with party vote". The Sydney Morning Herald. Nine Publishing. Retrieved 27 December 2022.

Political offices

Preceded by

Alister Henskens

as Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services

Minister for Families and Communities
2021–2023

Succeeded by

Kate Washington

Minister for Disability Services
2021–2023

Current members of the New South Wales Legislative Council

Labor (15)

Mark Buttigieg
Anthony D'Adam
Greg Donnelly
John Graham
Courtney Houssos
Rose Jackson
Sarah Kaine
Stephen Lawrence
Daniel Mookhey
Tara Moriarty
Cameron Murphy
Bob Nanva
Peter Primrose
Penny Sharpe
Emily Suvaal

Coalition (14)

Liberal (9)	Susan Carter Scott Farlow Aileen MacDonald Natasha Maclaren-Jones Rachel Merton Jacqui Munro Chris Rath Damien Tudehope Natalie Ward
Nationals (5)	Scott Barrett Wes Fang Ben Franklin Sarah Mitchell Nichole Overall

Greens (4)

Abigail Boyd
Amanda Cohn
Cate Faehrmann
Sue Higginson

SFF (2)

Mark Banasiak
Robert Borsak

Other (7)

Jeremy Buckingham (LCP)
Emma Hurst (AJP)
Mark Latham (IND)
Taylor Martin (IND)
Tania Mihailuk (IND)
Rod Roberts (IND)
John Ruddick (LBT)

v t e (←Baird) Berejiklian and Perrottet ministries (Minns→)
2017–2019 arrangement 2019–2021 arrangement 2021 arrangement 2021–2023 arrangement
Gladys Berejiklian (Premier) Dominic Perrottet (Premier) John Barilaro (Deputy) Paul Toole (Deputy) Kevin Anderson Stuart Ayres Niall Blair Andrew Constance Steph Cooke Mark Coure Tanya Davies Victor Dominello David Elliott Sam Farraway Ben Franklin Pru Goward Troy Grant James Griffin Shelley Hancock Don Harwin Brad Hazzard Alister Henskens Matt Kean Geoff Lee Natasha Maclaren-Jones Adam Marshall Sarah Mitchell Melinda Pavey Eleni Petinos Anthony Roberts John Sidoti Mark Speakman Dugald Saunders Rob Stokes Bronnie Taylor Wendy Tuckerman Damien Tudehope Gabrielle Upton Gareth Ward Natalie Ward Ray Williams		Gladys Berejiklian

Authority control databases: People	Trove Australian Women's Register

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