Speeches

This National Sorry Day Dulwich Hill Public School demonstrated what it truly looks like to move from sorry to action.

Just over 11 years ago, I stood in this Parliament and gave my inaugural speech. I spoke about the alarm I felt as a 15-year-old girl hearing Pauline Hanson's first speech to the Australian Parliament.

Sydney's inner west is well served by public transport.

I was excited to present Arthur Alepidis of Souvlaki Boys with the award for Business Person of the Year at the 2026 Inner West Local Business Awards.

I was delighted to present the award for Business of the Year at the 2026 Inner West Local Business Awards to Marrickville based Sydney Prop Specialists.

Congratulations to the team at Gleebooks Dulwich Hill, named Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) Bookshop of the Year for 2026, a well deserved recognition of its outstanding contribution to literature, culture and community life in Sydney's Inner West.

Congratulations to Dulwich Hill local Andrea James on winning the Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting at the 2026 NSW Literary Awards for her remarkable work, The Black Woman of Gippsland. 

Congratulations to Gavin (Gav) Andrews, owner of Miss Wolf in Marrickville, on his well-deserved nomination for Inner West Citizen of the Year 2026.

Nearly four decades ago, a young student volunteer walked into a Community Legal Centre and began what would become one of the most dedicated and impactful careers in the community legal sector.