INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY Ms PATTEN (Northern Metropolitan) (09:51): Yarra city’s International Women’s Day awards is a special event to celebrate the unique and important contribution that women make to our community and culture and to progressive social change. We celebrated it in its seventh year just last week. The awards are open to individuals…
Ms PATTEN (Northern Metropolitan) (10:00): Last week a wonderful celebration was held to celebrate the life of Patricia O’Donnell, an important and influential figure in the hospitality, culinary and cultural life of Victoria. Patricia was a restaurateur, hotel owner and publican and a facilitator of cultural events at the institutions she owned and managed….
Ms PATTEN: On another note, I want to extend an invitation to all members to attend the huge clash between the mighty Pascoe Vale Central and Tewantin-Noosa cricket clubs this Saturday, 7 March. It is a T20 match. It starts at 9.00 am on the front oval at Pascoe Vale, celebrating International Women’s Day. I…
Ms PATTEN (Northern Metropolitan) (09:53): I had the pleasure of touring the Brunswick workshop of KE Design last week. KE is a business making a real difference in my community, providing 14 jobs for people living with a disability. They make brilliant tea towels and homewares; however, it was their range of beach towels that were my…
Ms PATTEN (Northern Metropolitan) (17:59): Last Sunday I had the great pleasure of participating in the Midsumma Pride March. I think it was my seventh or eighth time marching. Hundreds of community groups across Melbourne marched in solidarity and support for our LGBTI+ community. I saw several members from this place, including Ms Taylor,…
Ms PATTEN (Northern Metropolitan) (09:52:04): I would like to recognise the Inner North Community Foundation, an independent community organisation based in Northern Metro. The foundation was established in 2007 as an initiative of IntoWork Australia and is supported by Moreland, Yarra and Darebin councils. They manage philanthropic dollars to provide funds for projects that…
Ms PATTEN (Northern Metropolitan) (09:46): I rise to acknowledge the incredible work of the Royal Melbourne Hospital and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. A friend of my office, at a very fit and healthy 38 years of age, recently went from feeling 100 per cent to the ICU at the Royal Melbourne in the…
Ms PATTEN (Northern Metropolitan) (09:43): It was an honour to attend the third Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians Australia Region Conference in Adelaide recently. The CWP conference is a non-partisan event for women parliamentarians and this year celebrated 125 years of women’s suffrage in South Australia. Unsurprisingly the conference had a key focus on gender equality…
Ms PATTEN (Northern Metropolitan) (10:05:15): I rise to speak to the tragic death of popular University of Melbourne Associate Professor Allison Milner. Allison was killed, in what was a freak accident, by a falling tree on the walking track near Princes Park earlier this week. A Reservoir resident, Allison was a much-loved wife and…
Ms PATTEN: On another matter, I would like to congratulate two Northern Metropolitan students—Freya Dobson from Princes Hill Secondary College and Mungo Sweeney from Fitzroy High School. They are the winners of the Parliament Prize for a members statement, so I thought it was very appropriate to mention them in my members statement. …