Duncan Gay is the NSW Leader of the Nationals and Deputy Opposition Leader in the NSW Upper House.

He is the Shadow Minister for Industry which includes the Primary Industries, Energy, Mineral Resources, Fisheries and non-Medical Science portfolios.

Duncan was born and raised in Crookwell, Goulburn and educated at Crookwell District Rural School. Because of the lack of a high school in Crookwell he completed his secondary schooling at Newington College in Sydney and went on to study accountancy and wool classing.

He served in the Army Reserve 12 Company Royal Australian Army Service Corp (Transport) at Marickville and the 19th Royal NSW Regiment (Infantry) at Holsworthy.

Prior to his life as a politician Duncan was the owner of a small trucking company and the manager of his family’s grazing property at Crookwell, where his home base remains today. 

As a Member of the Legislative Council of NSW, he is elected on a statewide basis and frequently travels around NSW to meet and keep up to date with the issues affecting constituents, business owners, local councils and community groups.

A country boy at heart Duncan is passionate about problems affecting regional NSW, particularly making sure landholders get a fair deal under the new Livestock Health and Pest Authority.

As Shadow Energy Minister Duncan is working hard to address the problems with infrastructure in the Energy sector. Labor neglected the problems in this area for more than a decade before attempting a fire sale of one of NSW's most valuable assets in the worst economic period in a quarter of a century. Now Labor's announcement of a delay in the sale of NSW's electricity retailers comes at a huge cost to the generators and is further evidence that Labor simply cannot be trusted to handle major transactions.

Duncan is the Duty MLC for Dubbo and he also very much enjoys visiting and working on the issues affecting the local community. The NSW Opposition successfully applied pressure on the Government to commit to redevelop Lourdes Hospital, which is currently taking place. The re-development of the Parkes and Forbes Hospitals as well as the upgrade of the Dubbo Base Hospital remain at the forefront of his agenda. 
 
On this site you will be able to access all of Duncan’s media releases, questions and speeches he has made in Parliament as well as information about his Shadow Ministerial Responsibilities.