Multiculturalism

Lou Bacchiella has dedicated the last decade of his life to supporting new migrants, refugees, and the CALD community here in the inner west.

I am delighted to wish everyone in the Summer Hill electorate a very Happy Lunar New Year. 2021 is the Year of the Metal Ox.

The Marrickville Road precinct is now known as "Little Greece" in honour of the invaluable and ongoing contribution the Greek community has made to Marrickville and the Inner West.

Inner West residents will have welcomed 40 new street signs installed across our suburbs with the simple message, #RacismNotWelcome.

Settlement Services International (SSI) in Ashfield is celebrating 20 years of supporting and advocating for refugees, migrant and asylum seeker communities across the inner west. 

The Bilingual Support Program from Ethnic Community Services in Marrickville helps inner west kids from CALD and indigenous communities settle into preschool with the help of a trained bilingual early childhood educator. 

The Greek Orthodox Parish of Saint Nicholas in Marrickville has been at the centre of the Greek community life in the inner west for almost 60 years.

This World Refugee Day, I acknowledge the inner west activists and groups who are fighting for a more just and humane immigration system in Australia.

Sunday October 20th marked the 43rd Annual Walkthon for the Greek Welfare Centre, hosted by St Nicholas Greek Orthodox Parish in Marrickville.

I spoke on the Inner West Council's renaming of a prominent section of Petersham to 'Little Portugal'.