A great afternoon at Optus Stadium supporting the Nedlands Rugby Union Football Club and Western Force players Harry Scoble, Heath Tessman and Captain Ian Prior at the Spirit of Rugby Long Lunch. Glad to be joined by my colleagues Liza Harvey MLA, Hon Michael Mischin MLC and Bill Marmion MLA.
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 was proud and excited to be part of the luncheon event at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre on 23 March 2018 to farewell the 2018 Commonwealth Games athletes from Western Australia (WA). The WA contingent includes athletes representing the athletics, hockey, netball and swimming. Best
On 19 June 2010, The West Australian published my opinion piece arguing that the Burswood peninsula is the place to build a stadium to replace Subiaco Oval. The Burswood site offered the chance to establish a precinct and avoid disruption to sport while it was being constructed. In July 2011, then
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
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