June 26, 2026
Pictured: the Hon. Natalie Peta WARD, MLC, NSW Shadow Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, speaking at a Shipping Australia luncheon in 2024. Photo by Jim Wilson.

NSW Deputy Minister for Transport to speak at Shipping Australia’s September luncheon!

By Jim Wilson

The Hon. Natalie Ward, NSW Member of the Legislative Council and the NSW Shadow Minister for Transport and Infrastructure, will speak at the forthcoming Shipping Australia Luncheon!

Mrs Ward has been a member of the Liberal Party since 1991 and served in various capacities including on the NSW State Executive. Mrs Ward entered the Legislative Council of NSW Parliament filling a casual vacancy in 2017 and was subsequently elected in her own right as a Liberal MLC in 2019.

Outside of political life, she graduated from the University of Adelaide in 1996 with a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and a Bachelor of Arts (Jurisprudence) (BA Juris). Mrs Ward was admitted to the South Australian Supreme Court and the Australian High Court in 1996 and the NSW Supreme Court in 1997. Prior to entering Parliament in 2017 Mrs Ward has practised law for twenty years as a commercial litigation solicitor and holds a current practising certificate. Mrs Ward has also worked in financial services and government.

She has has served as a director of various boards including the Australian Rugby Foundation Board (now Rugby Australia Foundation), Women Lawyers, Deputy President of The Scots College Foundation and Director of the Rotary Club of Sydney, where she is a current member.

Thank you to our main sponsor: Thompson Clarke! 

We would also like to thank our generous sponsor, Thompson Clarke, without whose support this event simply could not take place.

Thompson Clarke was founded in Australia in 1981 and has since grown to become Australia’s premier maritime consultancy firm.

It specialises in the provision of prompt and expert operational, commercial and executive recruitment advice to all maritime consultancy enquiries. It offers a range of services including maritime recruitment, commercial and operational reviews, feasibility studies, management consulting, and more. Thank you Thompson Clarke!

 

EVENT DETAILS

Date: Thursday, 3 September 2026

Time: 12:00 onwards for a sharp 12:30 start. 

Venue: the Henry Lawson Room of Sydney Harbour Marriott on Pitt Street, Sydney CBD.

 

SAVE THE DATE AS BOOKINGS OPEN SOON !!!

 

 

 

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