Susai Benjamin ready to hit Seven Hills campaign trail
Blacktown Councillor and local solicitor Susai Benjamin has been preselected unopposed as Labor’s candidate for the new seat of Seven Hills for the March...
Rowland praises community opposition to 18C, 18D
Shadow Minister for Citizenship and Multiculturalism, Michelle Rowland, recently congratulated the multicultural groups, individuals, and communities across Australia who fought hard against the Government’s...
Government must appoint an inclusive CRC chair: Mehreen Faruqi
NSW Greens MP and spokesperson on multiculturalism Dr Mehreen Faruqi has called on the NSW government to appoint a Community Relations Commission chair who...
Premier hosts Iftar dinner; Muslim groups demand sacking of CRC chief
NSW Premier Mike Baird last night hosted an Iftar dinner for those in the NSW Muslim community observing Ramadan. Mr Baird hosted the NSW...
Bilingual teachers, community associations may benefit from new proposals
Minister for Education Adrian Piccoli recently announced a number of initiatives designed to improve and extend languages education in NSW.
“Last year I commissioned the...
Changes to visa laws another ‘stolen generation blunder’
Tony Abbot's policy of scrapping non-contributor parent visa is cruel and is a second 'Stolen Generation Blunder'. This negates the apology publicly extended in 2007...
Vivid Lights Up Sydney, and 10-Year Driving Licences
The biggest festival of light, music and ideas in the Southern Hemisphere has once again transformed Sydney’s most iconic buildings into a kaleidoscope of...
Fighting for the best interests of NSW
Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey inherited a mighty fiscal mess from Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard, just like the NSW Liberals & Nationals Government...
Owens, Shorten voice concerns on GP tax at Harris Park clinic
Julie Owens, Member for Parramatta, and Bill Shorten, Leader of the Opposition, visited Priority Medical Centre on 21 May to talk about the effects...
Standing Up for the People of NSW
As the former state Treasurer I know what it is like to inherit a fiscal mess from Labor.
Three years ago we started on a...