Marjorie O'Neill

Dr Marjorie O'Neill MP
O'Neill at a Bring Back Our Buses Rally in 2019
Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Coogee
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 March 2019
Preceded by	Bruce Notley-Smith
Parliamentary Secretary for Transport
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 April 2023
Minister	Jo Haylen
Preceded by	Mark Taylor
Councillor of Waverley Council for Waverley Ward
In office 9 September 2017 – 16 March 2021
Personal details
Born	Marjorie Spooner O'Neill (1985-12-06) 6 December 1985 (age 39)[1] Sydney, Australia
Political party	Australian Labor Party
Residence	Bronte[2]
Alma mater	St Vincent's College, Potts Point
Occupation	Politician
Website	marjorieoneill.com.au

Marjorie Spooner O'Neill is an Australian politician. O'Neill was elected as a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Coogee at the 2019 state election.^[3][4] O'Neill was also a Councillor of Waverley Council from 2017 to 2021.^[5]

Born to Brian William O'Neill and Keri Spooner, O'Neill was raised in the Bronte area of Sydney.^[6] Marjorie attended St Vincent's College, Potts Point. Her father, Brian O'Neill, served as a member of the Industrial Relations Commission of New South Wales for over 20 years.^[7][8] She has a PhD in Management and Economics^[5] and has been an academic teaching in Australia and internationally.^[6][9]

O'Neill is a volunteer surf lifesaver at Clovelly Surf Life Saving Club.^[4] She also played rugby union for Sydney University Women's Rugby Club and coached at UNSW.^[6]

O'Neill was first elected to Waverley Council on 9 September 2017 in Waverley Ward representing the Labor Party. She served as the Chair of the Community Safety Advisory Committee and the Waverley Surf Life Saving Club Committee.^[10][5] She was later preselected to run as the Labor candidate in the Division of Coogee in the 2019 state election. Dr. O'Neill defeated Bruce Notley-Smith to become the Member for Coogee, in one of two victories for the Labor Party in the 2019 State Election.^{[3][4][7][11]}

O'Neill used her inaugural speech to discuss her heritage, her family, the history of the electorate of Coogee, and her priorities while she holds the seat.^[12] In her first term, she was a member of the Legislative Assembly Committee on Transport and Infrastructure and the Modern Slavery Committee.^[11] She was appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary for Transport in May 2023.^[11]

O'Neill is a regular contributor to The Beast magazine, with her own column each month.^[13][14]

• O'Neill, M. S.; Johns, R. E. (2009). "How a welfare approach to maternity has facilitated low workforce participation rates for Australian women of child-bearing age". International Employment Relations Review. 15 (1): 53–72. Retrieved 30 March 2019 – via University of Technology Sydney.
• O’Neill, M. S., & Jepsen, D. (2019). Women's desire for the kaleidoscope of authenticity, balance and challenge: A multi‐method study of female health workers’ careers. Gender, Work & Organization, 26(7), 962-982
• Spooner, K., & O’Neill, M. (2023). 170 years later can the northcote-Trevelyan report 1854 help address corruption in local government. International Journal of Employment Studies, 31(2), 67-87.
• Jepsen, D. M., & O'Neill, M. S. (2013). Australian hospital pharmacists reflect on career success. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, 43(1), 29-31.
• O'Neill, M. (2014). The new late life career: a mixed methods study of health workers: understanding the workforce issues of today's older workers (Doctoral dissertation, Macquarie University).
• O'Neill, B., & O'Neill, M. (2010). Termination in Australia: the implications of changing the unfair dismissal and termination law. International Employment Relations Review, 16(1), 82-94.