Speeches

The Water Supply (Critical Needs) Bill 2019 aims to protect water supply to drought-ravaged towns by declaring developments to Wyangala, Mole River and Dungowan dams to be critical State significant infrastructure.

I warmly congratulate Cynthia Bacon, proud mum of Sophia and Olivia at Marrickville West Public School, who has been named Public School Parent of the Year at this year's Public Education Foundation Awards.

This Thursday marks the Cancer Council's Pink Ribbon Day, dedicated to raising awareness and funds to tackle breast and gynaecological cancers.

The recent revelations from the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission's review into police actions at last year's Splendour in the Grass festival are appalling. We have learned that seven minors were strip searched at the event and only one in the presence of a parent or guardian, as is required by law. We have learned that just 8.4 per cent of people strip searched at the Splendour in the Grass were found to be in possession of illicit drugs.

The Music Festivals Bill 2019 seeks to require organisers of "high-risk" festivals, identified as such by the Liquor & Gaming Authority, to comply with approved safety management plans. These safety management plans are related to the medical, emergency and harm reduction measures laid out by the NSW Health music festival guidelines.

I congratulate Summer Hill's One Penny Red on recently being awarded A Good Food Guide chef's hat in the Sydney Morning Herald's Good Food Guide awards.

I was pleased to speak in debate on the petition about Sydney's lockout laws tabled by the member for Sydney.

The Plastic Shopping Bags (Prohibition on Supply by Retailers) Bill 2019 will end the shameful situation in which New South Wales remains the only State or Territory not to have banned single-use plastic bags.

I spoke to acknowledge the sad passing of Ms Terry Hare of Dulwich Hill, a respected and deeply valued member of the Inner West community and former alderman of Marrickville council during the 1980s.

I spoke on SDN Marrickville Children's Education and Care Centre as it celebrated its seventy-fifth birthday.