My Diary
It was wonderful to see such a great turn out at the Victory Memorial Gardens yesterday for the ANZAC Day commemorative service, following the march down Baylis Street.
It is always an honour and a privilege to join The Rock community for their ANZAC Day Dawn Service.
I’ve met with Lockhart Shire Council, including Cr Fran Day (pictured) and local parents to investigate ways of bringing new day care services to the town when the current provider closes down.
From Chris Roe’s exhibition, Rogue Thoughts. A courageous reretelling of Australian stories, I encourage people to see it.
It was wonderful to be at the opening of the Snowy Valleys Sculpture Trail, Bago State Forest, Laurel Hill earlier this week.
It was a great privilege to honour our dedicated State Emergency Service volunteers at the recent Riverina Cluster Awards presentation.
I had a great opportunity to join the Minister for Regional Transport and Roads, Jenny Aitchison, with leaders from Wagga Wagga City Council last week for a productive meeting on the electorate’s transport needs.
I’d like to thank the legendary Nabiha Koriaty for inviting me to celebrate a very special occasion this morning – 35 years of kindness, culture, care and amazing food!
It was a pleasure and a privilege to be present yesterday, alongside Wagga Wagga Mayor, Cr Dallas Tout, Aunty Mary Atkinson, Miss Wagga Velika Hayes and Community Princess, Jess Barclay, as we welcomed Wagga Wagga’s newest Australian citizens.
It was a great honour to launch Juanita McLauchlan’s “Standing at the Heart of Seven Generation's” exhibition at Parliament House in Sydney this week.
It was great to meet with leaders from the NRMA during last week's debate in parliament about the organisation’s petition to increase the number of random breath tests on NSW roads.
I thoroughly enjoyed the CanAssist High Tea at Lillier Lodge over the weekend.
I was delighted to meet Healthy Harold when he came to parliament with Life Education this week!
I welcomed the chance to speak at a protest rally in Sydney this morning when a passionate crowd gathered outside Parliament to demand the demerger of amalgamated councils across NSW.
It was great to join member for Goulburn, Wendy Tuckerman, yesterday at the HumeLink Alliance rally at Bookham.
I had the pleasure of hosting an International Women's Day event, alongside the Riverina Group, Country Women’s Association, during which I presented Lynne Graham with The Wagga Wagga Local Woman of the Year award for 2024.
It was a pleasure to welcome the Minister for Emergency Services and Youth Justice, Jihad Dib, to Wagga Wagga this week when he announced a recruitment campaign for emergency services volunteers across the state.
The Minister for TAFE, Skills and Tertiary Education, Steve Whan, made a very welcome visit to Wagga Wagga this week to announce a $2.6m funding package for new facilities and maintenance at Wagga TAFE.
It was extraordinary last night to hear expert Hetty Johnston speak about the very really issues around child sexual assault in our society.
Great to be with NSW Teachers Federation President, Henry Rajendra, and Wagga Wagga members of the federation this morning to call on the Federal government to increase their share of funding for local public schools to 25%.
Running is certainly not everyone’s thing, but I take my hat off to Hugo Currie and James Boetto who are running 4 miles, every 4 hours, for the next 48 hours, raising money for SANE for complex mental health.
This is a huge achievement, I’d like to congratulate the guys and wish them all the best for the 48 hours ahead.
I had the pleasure of attending the 2024 combined Rotary Clubs of Wagga Wagga Peace Day Ceremony yesterday, and presenting the School Community Service Awards.
It was a great pleasure to attend an event celebrating the 25th anniversary of the declaration of Lockhart as a Rotary Peace Town on Friday.
It was wonderful to join the celebration of culture and community at the 2024 Sri Sri Saraswati Puja celebration over the weekend.
Great to meet with some local fire fighters over the weekend to promote and support John Tonkin in the 'Beat the Burn' ride.
Older Men New Ideas (OM:NI) is a great way for older men to connect, and it was great to be part of the OM:NI Forum held in Wagga earlier this week.
Fantastic to be at the Wagga Wagga PCYC yesterday with Police Minister, Yasmin Catley, and Brad Fittler and the HOGS NRL team.
It was great to be a part of of the Mental Health forum held in Griffith, hosted by my Parliamentary Colleague, Member for Murray Helen Dalton.
It was a privilege to speak at the National Apology Day commemoration yesterday.
Earlier this week I attended the unveiling of a new sculpture at Batlow, as part of the Snowy Valleys Sculpture Trail.