A (Non-Exhaustive) List of The Cowards in NSW Parliament That Are Undecided About Abortion Rights
By Madeline Ward
There’s no two ways about it: if you are in any sense pro-life in the year of our lord 2019, you are an absolute drip of a human being. The following NSW State MPs lack both a backbone and the moral fibre to have a public stance on the issue, and instead many have told the media that they’ll be guided by the wishes of their electorate. If you believe that your fellow citizens are entitled to reproductive autonomy and accessible healthcare, read on for a fun fact and a phone number for each of these undecided idiots.
Kevin Anderson
Party: Nationals
Electorate: Tamworth
Phone Number: 6766 1422
Kevin Anderson supports the use of medicinal marijuana, but is basing his vote in the decriminilisation of abortion on the results of this google form.
Stephen Bali
Party: Labor
Electorate: Blacktown
Phone Number: 6766 1422
There is not a single interesting thing about this man to be found anywhere on the internet. He joins fellow Labor Politician Greg Donnelly in having deeply questionable abortion politics.
Steph Cooke
Party: Nationals
Electorate: Cootamundra
Phone Number: 02 6382 2399
Steph has a particularly evil backstory: before entering politics in 2017, she “frequently found herself before the Industrial Relations Commission fighting to clear the names of small business owners whom she represented against unfair dismissal claims.” In 2012 she won NSW Florist of the Year. Frightening.
Phil Donato
Party: Shooters, Fishers & Farmers
Electorate: Orange
Phone Number: 6362 5199
Philip Donato was a police prosecutor for 16 years, which says it all, really.
Melanie Gibbons
Party: Liberal
Electorate: Holsworthy
Phone Number: 9825 3653
Melanie once copped a 15 month good behaviour bond after pleading guilty to failing to lodge political donations on time, and later had her staff edit her wikipedia page to omit the incident. Naughty!
Eleni Petinos
Party: Liberal
Electorate: Miranda
Phone Number: 9525 6378
A little bit of a loose unit, Eleni is rumoured to have had a few too many drinks and thrown up after a State of Origin match in a ministerial car.
Hugh McDermott
Party: Labor
Electorate: Prospect
Phone Number: (02) 9756 4766
In complete seriousness, Hugh McDermott is not a good man. The MP has been accused of sexual harassment by a former staffer.
John Sidoti
Party: Liberal
Electorate: Drummoyne
Phone Number: (02) 9713 2999
John Sidoti came under fire in 2017 when he failed to declare that he is part owner of a commercial property which was likely to benefit from a rezoning decision by Canada Bay Council. Dodgy.
Mark Speakman
Party: Liberal
Electorate: Cronulla
Phone Number: (02) 9527 1477
Mark is the NSW Attorney General and broke colleague Victor Dominello’s arm in an office arm-wrestling match last september.
A full list of parliamentary fools has been compiled by Fair Agenda, who also have a handy online tool that will hold your hand as you call your MP and urge them to vote in favour of reproductive freedom.