The Rev. The Hon. Fred Nile MLC ED., L.Th., Member of the Legislative Council Deputy Chair, Privileges Committee Parliamentary Leader, Christian Democratic Party Parliament House, Macquarie Street, SYDNEY NSW 2000 Telephone: (02) 9230 2478 Facsimile: (02) 9230 2098 Email: [email protected] MEDIA RELEASE ABORTION BILL VOTE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL For immediate circulation Last night the New South Wales Legislative Council voted on the Second Reading Speech for the so-called “Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill 2019”. The Bill passed by a vote of 26 to 15. This means that the Bill will now be rescheduled for debate on its amendments on 17 September later this year. Below is a breakdown of those who voted for and against the abortion bill last night: For the Abortion Bill Nial Blair (Nat.) Abigail Boyd (Green) Mark Buttigieg (ALP) Anthony D'Adam (ALP) Cate Faehrmann (Green) Wes Fang (Nat.) Justin Field (Ind.) Ben Franklin (Nat) John Graham (ALP) Don Harwin (Lib.) Emma Hurst (Animal J.) Rose Jackson (ALP) Trevor Khan (Nat.) Shane Mallard (Lib.) Sarah Mitchell (Lib.) Daniel Mookhey (ALP) Tara Moriarty (ALP) Mark Pearson (Animal J.) Peter Primrose (ALP) Adam Searle (ALP) Walt Secord (ALP) Penny Sharpe (ALP) David Shoebridge (Green) Bronnie Taylor (Nat.) Mick Veitch (ALP) Natalie Ward (Lib) Against the Abortion Bill Lou Amato (Lib.) Mark Banasiak (SFF) Robert Borsak (SFF) Catherine Cusack (Lib) Greg Donnelly (ALP) Scott Farlow (Lib.) Courtney Houssos (ALP) Mark Latham (ONP) N. Maclaren-Jones (Lib.) Taylor Martin (Lib.) M. Mason-Cox (Lib.) S. Moselmane (ALP) Rev Nile (CDP) Rod Roberts (ONP) Damien Tudehope (Lib.) As a reminder, the following is a list of the Members of the Legislative Assembly who voted for and against the abortion bill on 8 August 2019, which passed on the Third Reading by 59 to 31: For the Abortion Bill Jenny Aitchison (ALP) Kevin Anderson (Nat.) Stuart Ayres (Lib.) John Barilaro (Nat.) Clayton Barr (ALP) Gladys Berejiklian (Lib.) Roy Butler (SFF) Prue Car (ALP) Yasmin Catley (ALP) A. Chanthivong (ALP) Justin Clancy (Lib.) Andrew Constance (Lib.) Steph Cooke (Nat.) Sophie Cotsis (ALP) Tim Crakanthorp (ALP) Adam Crouch (Lib.) Michael Daley (ALP) Helen Dalton (SFF) Victor Dominello (Lib.) Philip Donato (SFF) Trish Doyle (ALP) Lee Evans (Lib.) Alex Greenwich (Ind.) James Griffin (Lib.) Christopher Gulaptis (Nat.) Shelly Hancock (Lib.) David Harris (ALP) Jodie Harrison (ALP) Jo Haylen (ALP) Brad Hazzard (Lib.) Alister Henskens (Lib.) Ron Hoenig (ALP) Matt Kean (Lib.) Jenny Leong (Green) Paul Lynch (ALP) Adam Marshall (Nat.) Jodi McKay (ALP) David Mehan (ALP) Chris Minns (ALP) Marjorie O'Neill (ALP) Ryan Park (ALP) Jamie Parker (Greens) Melinda Pavey (Lib.) Greg Piper (Ind.) Geoff Provest (Nat.) Janelle Saffin (ALP) Dugald Saunders (Nat.) Paul Scully (ALP) Gurmesh Singh (Nat.) Tamara Smith (Green) Liesl Tesch (ALP) Paul Toole (Nat.) Lynda Voltz (ALP) Gareth Ward (Lib.) Greg Warren (ALP) Kate Washington (ALP) Anna Watson (ALP) Leslie Williams (Nat.) Felicity Wilson (Lib.) Against the Abortion Bill Edmond Atalla (ALP) Stephen Bali (ALP) Stephen Bromhead (Nat.) Kevin Conolly (Lib.) Tanya Davies (Lib.) Jihad Dib (ALP) David Elliott (Lib.) Julia Finn (ALP) Melanie Gibbons (Lib.) Michael Johnsen (Nat.) Stephen Kamper (ALP) Nick Lalich (ALP) Geoff Lee (Lib.) Wendy Lindsay (Lib.) Hugh McDermott (ALP) Joe McGirr (Ind.) Tania Mihailuk (ALP) Dominic Perrottet (Lib.) Eleni Petinos (Lib.) Robyn Preston (Lib.) Anthony Roberts (Lib.) Peter Sidgreaves (Lib.) John Sidoti (Lib.) Nat Smith (Lib.) Mark Speakman (Lib.) Rob Stokes (Lib.) Mark Taylor (Lib) Wendy Tuckerman (Lib) Gabrielle Upton (Lib.) Ray Williams (Lib.) Guy Zangari (ALP) 2 Reminder: There is a NSW Parliamentary Petition to stop the latest push to legalise abortion in NSW, a copy of which is attached. Originals should be returned as soon as possible to the address listed on the petition. There is also an online petition to oppose abortion in NSW, which will be used in future parliamentary debates concerning the Bill in the Legislative Council. That petition is located here (http://chng.it/SgfTHWjm) END Media inquiries: Rev. Hon. Fred Nile MLC (02) 9230 2478 22 August 2019 3 .