Speeches

I congratulate the local clubs and organisations that received funding in the 2020 Summer Hill Community Building Partnership grants.

I acknowledge the sad passing of Karl‑Heinz Fusting, long‑serving president of the Concordia German Club in South Marrickville.

Notes a bill to ban harmful gay conversion therapy has passed the Victorian Legislative Council.

As development intensifies across Sydney, Canterbury Racecourse has become something rare and exceptional: thirty‑five hectares of precious open green space.

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

Notes the development application to rezone the carpark at Canterbury Racecourse on the corner of King Street and Princess Street as surplus land.

The bill before the House today tips the balance even further towards a law and order approach to  illicit drugs.

When managing complex health questions, it is critical that we bring all the voices to the table and chart an approach that gives frontline workers security, while also continuing our good work in stemming the spread of bloodborne viruses and ensuring that those in our community who live with a bloodborne disease are treated with dignity, compassion and respect.

I am hopeful that this moment in the New South Wales Parliament signals a new chapter in climate policy when true optimistic and genuine bipartisanship help us turn the page and gets us moving when it really counts.

Radio Skid Row has been broadcasting for 37 years, providing an important media platform for marginalised communities including the indigenous community, migrant workers, incarcerated and young people.