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16 December 2011
![]() Peter Garrett today congratulated Eloïse Hamilton, from the Lycée Condorcet (French School of Sydney) at Maroubra, for her extraordinary achievement in the French Baccalaureate.
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11 November 2011
![]() Congratulations to the St Therese school community for their terrific new multi-purpose school hall.
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04 November 2011
![]() It was terrific go to St Andrews School at Malabar this morning to attend the Building the Education Revolution (BER) recognition ceremony.
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21 October 2011
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Thanks to our first fulltime Age Discrimination Commissioner, the Hon Susan Ryan AO, who was a special guest at my recent seniors morning tea at Randwick.
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18 September 2011
![]() I had a great day on Sunday 18 September visiting the Randwick Eco Living fair at Randwick Community Centre - a free event reflecting the environmental achievements and aspirations of our community.
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16 September 2011
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I was delighted to be on hand to help launch the new Medicare service counter at the Maroubra Centrelink office on Friday 16 September.
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16 September 2011
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Thanks to the school community at Maroubra Junction Primary School for their thoughtful and entertaining BER recognition ceremony. The new facilities, built under the Federal Government's Building the Education Revolution program, gives teachers and students the 21st Century facilities that they deserve.
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04 September 2011
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The Father’s Day Classic was a great day out for the whole family with food stalls, live music and other family entertainment to help raise funds for Eastern Respite and Supported Living Network.
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24 July 2011
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Thanks to everyone who joined me this morning at Coogee Beach and helped drum up support for a Clean Energy Future.
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17 June 2011
![]() I enjoyed visiting Brigidine College in Randwick and being taken on a tour of the school.
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17 June 2011
![]() Lifestart is terrific organisation which runs parent-led early childhood intervention programs for children with intellectual disabilities or developmental delays.
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27 May 2011
![]() It was terrific to have a cup of tea and chat with Coogee locals about the Gillard Government's recent budget and other matters of interest to our seniors.
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27 May 2011
![]() Thanks to the school community at Claremont College, Coogee, for their thoughtful and entertaining BER recognition ceremony.
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14 May 2011
![]() Learn Earn Legend! at the SCG Young Indigenous Australians are the stars at the match between Sydney Swans and Port Adelaide at the SCG.
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10 April 2011
![]() Well done Frederick St Randwick for their enthusiastic particpation in the first national Garage Sale Trail.
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06 March 2011
![]() I was pleased to join volunteers at Bare Island and Malabar Headland to help Clean Up Australia.
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27 February 2011
![]() I was very pleased to attend the signing of the official documents
transferring 70 hectares of Malabar Headland from the Federal
Government to the State Government for national park and conservation
area.
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27 February 2011
![]() Well done again to the participants of the Yarra Bay Fun Run and Walk –
I was pleased to present prizes to some of the finishers.
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27 January 2011
![]() Welcoming new Australian citizens on Australia Day is a great pleasure. After the formalities, it's always terrific to meet new citizens including 93-year-old Mrs May Condon.
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14 December 2010
![]() It was terrific to attend the end of year awards assembly at South Sydney High School.
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01 December 2010
![]() The wet weather didn't stop me having a terrific day out and about in Kingsford Smith.
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30 November 2010
![]() Peter Garrett today
attended the official opening of the new multipurpose hall and covered outdoor
learning area at Chifley Public School.
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03 November 2010
![]() The Australian Children's Music Foundation holds a National Songwriting
Competition and I enjoyed participating in the judging of this year's
entries from talented students from schools Australia-wide.
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29 October 2010
![]() It was terrific to celebrate World Teachers Day at a school in Kingsford Smith - Our Lady of Sacred Heart College in Kensington.
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12 October 2010
![]() Family and friends of the victims of the 2002 Bali bombings attended a
ceremony this morning at the Bali Memorial to mark the 8th anniversary
of this tragedy.
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22 September 2010
![]() This week, in my new role as School Education Minister, I have enjoyed
attending some Year 12 presentation ceremonies around Kingsford Smith.
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14 September 2010
![]() Ministers and parliamentary secretaries of the second Gillard Government were sworn in at Government House, Canberra, on Tuesday 14 September 2010.
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17 August 2010
![]() At Eastgardens shopping centre, it was good to join Labor members
handing out how-to-vote cards to voters who aren't able to vote in
Kingsford Smith on election day.
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12 August 2010
![]() Eastern Respite and Recreation is a not-for-profit organisation based in Maroubra which provides respite services for carers.
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11 August 2010
![]() I enjoyed getting my hands dirty with the Labor candidate for Ryan, Steven Miles, when we planted some trees with Save Our Waterways Network.
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04 August 2010
![]() It was terrific to visit Maroubra Bay Public School on their open day. I was also pleased to officially open the school's Building the Education Revolution facilities.
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30 July 2010
![]() For the third year, I attended a voice masterclass with first-year acting students at NIDA. The masterclass covers pitch, phrasing and performance.
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30 July 2010
![]() A candidate's forum at Kooloora Community Centre was a good opportunity to talk about the achievements of the Gillard Labor Government in health and education ...
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27 July 2010
![]() The Gillard Labor Government will increase its investment in the
Queensland Wetlands Program to help protect and manage Queensland
wetlands.
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24 July 2010
![]() On Saturday, I caught up with people in the
electorate - in Randwick, South Maroubra and Coogee - and talked about
issues important to them locally and nationally
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22 July 2010
![]() Maroubra-based Eastern Respite and Recreation will receive more
than $1 million over three years to continue providing services from
the Gillard Government
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04 July 2010
![]() NAIDOC Week is a week when
the nation recognises and celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
culture and I was pleased to attend a number of events around the nation
including two in Kingsford Smith.
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03 July 2010
![]() A sunny Saturday morning visiting KU Peter Pan Child Care Centre at La Perouse and the Clovelly Community Bank's 8th birthday party.
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18 June 2010
![]() Annette Ellis, the Federal Member for Canberra, has set up a Sydney Swans Supporters Club at Parliament House and I was pleased to support Annette's initiative and catch up with Swans co-captain, Craig Bolton.
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17 June 2010
![]() It's always good to catch up with Kingsford Smith schools when they visit Parliament House on a school excursion.
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05 June 2010
![]() With
just weeks to go before the next International Whaling Commission
meeting in Morocco, National Whale Day is a reminder of the threats
that the world’s whales.
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01 June 2010
![]() Kingsford Smith local, Bob
Wu, has been selected in the Australian Olympiad Team to represent Australia at
the Asian Physics Olympiad.
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28 May 2010
![]() The
aim of the researchers at the Lowy Cancer Research Centre is to learn
how adult and childhood cancers develop, and discover treatments to
save lives.
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14 May 2010
![]() There’s nothing like
meeting a group of happy neighbours and that was the case when I attended the
opening of some affordable housing units at Matraville with Tanya Plibersek.
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14 May 2010
![]() It was great to visit the
Cardiology Unit at Prince of Wales Hospital.
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12 May 2010
![]() It was great to meet
past recipients of the Federal Government’s Local Sporting Champions program.
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27 April 2010
![]() It was a delight to open
the balcony garden in the Aged Care Precinct at Prince of Wales Hospital.
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26 April 2010
![]() Little Bay resident,
Tony Rafty, has been drawing well-known people for decades and I enjoyed sitting
for him and hearing about his encounters with politicians, golfers, entertainers
and many others.
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20 April 2010
![]() UNSW is one of
the great institutions in Kingsford Smith and recently I was pleased to spend an
afternoon hearing about the work being done.
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18 April 2010
![]() Along with thousands of others, I went to La Perouse for the last performance of the Snake Man, John Cann.
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