Mike Freelander (Macarthur, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The west and the south-west came back to Labor in the New South Wales state election on Saturday. Chris Minns will make a wonderful premier, and I congratulate him on his victory. I want to pay tribute to some really great new members of parliament: Sally Quinnell in Camden, Nathan Hagarty in Leppington, Charishma Kaliyanda in Liverpool, Karen McKeown in Penrith and Maryanne Stuart in Heathcote. They are wonderful local people who I know very well and who will do their electorates proud. They will be great representatives of the west and south-west in the New South Wales parliament, and they will make sure that we get what we need from the state government to make our areas prosper.

I'd also like to pay tribute to Judy Hannan, who's the new independent member for Wollondilly—it looks like she has won that seat. She's a local optometrist who I've known and worked with for many years, and I congratulate her on her victory. She will be a great member of parliament as well.

These are all wonderful new members of our New South Wales state parliament. They're part of the really great team that represents the west and south-west in the parliament. They know the local area, and they've lived and worked in the area for many years. They've worked hard to win, and I think they will be great representatives. I congratulate them all, and I look forward to working with them, together with the member for Werriwa, Anne Stanley, to represent the south-west in federal parliament and to make sure our area gets what it needs.