In April 2018, I was honoured to accept the request to be Patron of the newly launched Reds Volleyball Club, based at Aquinas College in Salter Point. The Reds Volleyball Club is the second volleyball club in the electorate of South Perth. I was delighted to join over 100 people at Aquinas Col
I am deeply honoured and humbled by the decision by the City of South Perth to name their new community facilities on Ernest Johnson Reserve the John McGrath Pavilion and John McGrath Hall. The Reserve, developed in the 1940s by the then-South Perth Road Board, has a rich history in South Perth a
On 5 December 2017, I attended the breakfast hosted by the City of South Perth to announce the winners of this year's Volunteer of the Year awards. Congratulations to Patricia Pinkus, recipient of the 2017 City of South Perth Volunteer of the Year Award, and Samantha Chisholm, recipient of the Jun
I was pleased to be able to witness an outstanding community effort at McDougall Park Community Kindergarten in Como. After receiving a $10,000 grant from Lotterywest, a group of parents decided to build a treehouse (by hand) to add to the kindergarten's play infrastructure. It took them five m
It was a pleasure to meet with the exceptional people working as chaplains in a number of primary and secondary schools in the South Perth electorate at St Augustine's Anglican Church in Como on 14 November 2017. School chaplains make a valuable contribution to the social, emotional and spiritual
As co-patron of South Perth Bowling Club - now in its 101st year - it was a pleasure to assist fellow patron Lesley Bandy and City of South Perth Councillor Cheryle Irons in officially opening the club's brand new green.
On the 10th of October we celebrated Diwali and Hindu New Year at Parliament House with the Hon. Paul Papalia and BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Sanstha. Diwali, the Indian Festival of Lights, is a significant festival in Hinduism, Sikhism and Jainism and symbolises the victory of good over evil and light o
I was honoured to attend Anzac Day activities at Manning Primary school on the 24th of April and Curtin Primary School on the 27th of April 2017