Editing Fred Nile (section)

===Return to state politics===
At the [[2007 New South Wales state election]], Nile was re-elected for a further eight-year term and was appointed to the newly created position of Assistant President of the NSW Legislative Council.<ref name=ABC-2011-05-03>{{cite news |title=O'Farrell pledges loyalty to NSW |date=3 May 2011 |work=ABC News |location=Australia |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/05/03/3206365.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121231073219/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/05/03/3206365.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=31 December 2012 |access-date=21 June 2011}}</ref>

In 2007, he retired as the New South Wales director of the Australian Federation of Festival of Light. Nile served as the president of the [[Fellowship of Congregational Churches]], a group of Australian Congregationalists who declined to join the Uniting Church in 1977, for the years 2007 to 2012, and again for the 2013/14 year.<ref>{{cite book |title=Fellowship of Congregational Churches Year Book 2018}}</ref>

In November 2009, he stated his decision to retire in 2015,<ref name="SMH20091112">{{cite news |last=Nicholls|first=Sean |title=Father of the house, Rev Fred, to retire |url=http://www.smh.com.au/national/father-of-the-house-rev-fred-to-retire-20091111-ia02.html |access-date=1 September 2010 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=12 November 2009}}</ref> but later announced his decision to accept the [[Christian Democratic Party (Australia)|Christian Democratic Party]] (CDP) nomination for the NSW Legislative Council at the [[2015 New South Wales state election|New South Wales State Election]] on 28 March 2015.<ref name="cdp-fred=2015">{{cite web |title=Leadership Group: Rev. Fred Nile |url=https://www.christiandemocraticparty.com.au/team/leadership-group/ |publisher=Christian Democratic Party |access-date=6 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406150332/http://www.christiandemocraticparty.com.au/team/leadership-group/ |archive-date=6 April 2015 }}</ref> In 2014, Nile announced that he would be contesting the next state election in 2015 with his deputy, [[Ross Clifford]]. In 2015, Nile supported the [[Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division)|Liberal]] government's [[privatisation]] of the state's electricity poles and wires.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-30/public-float-considered-for-nsw-electricity-privatisation/6357882|title=NSW Election 2015: Public float considered for NSW poles and wires privatisation, Baird|work=ABC News|date=30 March 2015|access-date=21 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/nsw-premier-mike-bairds-power-sale-passes-christian-democratic-mp-fred-nile-roadblock-20150603-ghfrev.html|title=NSW Premier Mike Baird's power sale passes Christian Democratic MP Fred Nile roadblock|publisher=Sydney Morning Herald|date=3 June 2015|access-date=21 May 2019}}</ref>

In January 2017, Nile was denied entry to the United States where he had been invited to attend the [[First inauguration of Donald Trump|inauguration of Donald Trump]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Christopher Knaus |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/jan/25/conservative-mp-fred-nile-denied-us-visa-for-donald-trumps-inauguration |title=Conservative MP Fred Nile denied US visa for Donald Trump's inauguration &# |work=The Guardian |date=2017-01-25 |access-date=2017-07-02}}</ref> He was later granted a visa and an apology, though no reason was given for the initial refusal.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/fred-nile-offered-usa-visa-and-apology-after-previously-denied/news-story/9195115764c3954a2bb995eac2192162 |title=Fred Nile offered USA visa and apology after previously denied |url-access=subscription}}</ref>