Lord Mayoral Meetings and Engagements

Meetings

• BlueScope CEO
• Yours & Owls update
• Wollongong RSL
• Quantum Impact
• Friends of MacCabe Park
• Saul Griffith and Alison Byrnes - E-Bike Education
• LG8
• City of Wollongong Award Presentation to Dr Sharad Tamhane and Rob Battocchio
• NSW Youth Parliament 2026 representative
• Ryan Park MP
• Destination Wollongong
• Wollongong Wolves.

Engagements and events

• World’s Greatest Shave Leukaemia Fundraiser, Portuguese Society
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Gwynneville Workshop Theatre
• NSW Women’s Ford Open 2026
• Wollongong City Libraries – Bridgerton Inspired High Tea
• IRT Diment Start of Major Works Ceremony
• Need a Feed – Food Truck Launch
• MCCI Seniors Fiesta Event
• Iftar Dinner – Amity College – Year 12 Students
• International Women’s Day Lunch
• International Women’s Day Charity Choir – Nan Tien Temple
• Well Behaved Women, Arcadians Theatre
• Jackson State Community College, Tennessee, Student Delegation Visit Program
• Lord Mayor’s Afternoon Tea Dance event, Seniors Festival
• BlueScope Board and CEO Community Event
• Illawarra Outlook, Property Council
• Citizenship Ceremony
• Destination Wollongong Partner Function
• “Welcome to Wollongong” – UOW International Students
• One Door Mental Health Illawarra Clubhouse Open Day Tour
• Bulli Junior Football Club Season Launch
• Australian Philippine Association – 47th Founding Anniversary Celebration
• 60th Anniversary of the Founding of Fo Guang Shan
• Illawarra Yacht Club – Lord Mayor’s Regatta Presentation
• Keira Laneways Festival
• Keira Collective Networking Event
• ALGWA Conference
• Through our Lens Exhibition Launch – Youth Centre
• Community Iftar Night – Represented by Cr Thomas Quinn
• Bulli Community Impact Breakfast – Represented by Cr Richard Martin
• Official Opening of Stanwell Park Early Learning – Represented by Cr Richard Martin
• Bonegilla Migrant Hospital – Represented by Cr Deidre Stuart
• 2026 Commemoration of 1887 Bulli Mine Disaster – Represented by Cr Dan Hayes.

Deputy Lord Mayor attendance

• 2026 FSC Season Launch
• Illawarra Telugu Association Event
• Vox FM Easter Raffle Draw
• Film Festival – Screen Illawarra.

Meetings

• Donut Eating Llamas Robotics presentation (Paul Scully MP + Alison Byrnes MP)
• Big Fat Smile update
• Carol Berry MP
• Illawarra Shoalhaven Joint Organisation
• Serve Robotics
• Karen Hendricks – Children’s Author.

Engagements and events

• The Illawarra Connection
• Site visit to West Dapto roadworks
• Illawarra Sports and Community Precinct rebrand launch
• Rugby World Cup Wheelchair launch
• Lunar New Year's Celebration, Nan Tien Temple
• Dragons NRL Season Launch
• Citizenship Ceremony
• City of Wollongong Awards Ceremony
• Lunar New Year at Crown Street Markets
• Wollongong Regional Tennis Centre Official Opening
• The Illawarra Hawks NBL26 MVP Ball
• Official Opening of Illawarra Stingrays new ground
• Helensburgh Community Centre and Library – presentation
• National Skin Check Day at Coledale Beach
• Lord Mayor’s Lunch, Wollongong Golf Club supporting Women Illawarra
• Japanese Consulate reception
• Hockey NSW Regional Challenge Event
• 2026 Project Bucephalus Robot Unveiling
• Iftar Night at Bilal Mosque
• Tet Festival, Vietnamese Community in Wollongong.

Deputy Lord Mayor attendance

• Illawarra Film Society
• Tet Festival, Vietnamese Community in Wollongong.

Meetings

• Electrify Illawarra

Engagements and events

• Austinmer SLSC – Clubhouse reopening
• Wollongong Youth Services Open Day
• Matilda Jnr – Protege Project
• Australia Day Citizenship Ceremony
• Illawarra Delegation to Disney Studios, Moore Park
• Diabetes Awareness and Fundraising Event Wollongong – Represented by Cr Dan Hayes.

Meetings

• Infrastructure NSW
• Neighbourhood Forum 5 - address
• Alison Byrnes MP and Yours & Owls
• ISJO Board Meeting.

Engagements and events

• Wollongong Hospital Garden Opening Ceremony, Rotary Wollongong
• Wollongong Rotary Christmas Party
• International Day of People with Disability community celebration at Disability Trust
• Women for Election conversation series - guest speaker
• Wollongong Local Studies Library photo exhibition 170 years
• Mission to Seafarers Christmas Lunch
• Community Project Christmas Port Kembla Community Centre
• Student Leadership Program Visit – Hayes Park Public School
• UDIA Illawarra Luncheon
• Wollongong Art Prize – Wollongong Art Gallery
• Biker’s Toy Run
• VOX FM Christmas Party
• Ken Habak – Retirement dinner – MCCI
• Aunty May Button Cultural Shell Art
• ASCF Regional Skin Check Initiative
• Peak Bodies End of Year Event
• UOW End of Year Event
• Keira High School Presentation Evening
• Libraries Volunteer Luncheon
• Carols in MacCabe Park
• Wollongong Art Gallery Friends Christmas get together
• Kuradji 25^th Anniversary Event
• Warrawong High School Presentation Day Annual Assembly
• Lighthouse Community Kitchen Christmas Party
• Let’s Chat Windang (Deputy Lord Mayor)
• Wollongong Meals on Wheels Volunteer Celebration (Deputy Lord Mayor)
• Wollongong Memorial Gardens Christmas Service (Deputy Lord Mayor)
• Grand Opening Kemblawarra Public School Edible Wonderland and Mini Botanical Garden (Deputy Lord Mayor)
• Chabad of RARA + Jewish Community of Wollongong (KEVA) - Menorah Lighting (Deputy Lord Mayor).

Meetings

• Mission to Seafarers
• Coal Coast Magazine
• Business Illawarra
• Destination Wollongong
• Consul General of China
• Carol Berry MP
• Consul General of Japan, Osamu Yamanaka.

Engagements and events

• Local Government NSW Conference, Penrith
• Launch Community Engagement Art Project – Nan Tien Art Gallery
• Rotary Club Dapto – Don’s Farm Celebration
• Early Career Researcher Conference - panellist
• Merrigong Season Launch
• Onsite visit to PosAbilities, Unanderra
• Southern Pathology National Pathology Week – visit Southern Pathology
• Community Industry Group - Community Service Awards
• Address Trans and Friends Festival (TAFFI) 2025
• Kannada Rajyotsava Celebrations and Proclamation
• Wollongong West Public School Centenary Celebrations
• Older & Bolder Inc group visit – speech and morning tea
• Project Bucephalus Wollongong - robotics competition and meet USA delegation
• 2025 International Men’s Day Lunch – Healthier Illawarra Men
• South Coast Labour Council Annual Dinner
• World Diabetes Day Awareness Walk
• NSWJP State Conference – attended by NSW Governor, keynote address
• UOW 50th Birthday party - speech
• True Story Festival, Coledale
• Poem Forest winners announcement, Berkeley
• Work Inspiration Program – visit from Warrawong High School
• One Door Neurodiversity and Mental Health in the Workplace
• Launch of the MMJ Aquathon 2026
• Inspirational Women’s Morning Tea at Wollongong Botanic Garden
• Unveiling of Paralympic Tiles, Lang Park Wollongong
• SYFS Youth and Family Awards 2025
• Symbio Wildlife Park 50 Year Celebration
• Destination Wollongong Partner Function
• IWIB Networking Lunch with Jelena Dokic, vote of thanks
• Australian Junior Surfing Titles Opening Ceremony
• Wollongong City Council Volunteer Christmas Party - thank you to volunteers
• Domestic Violence Awareness Walk – Rotary.

Meetings

• Keira Collective
• ISJO Board Meeting
• BESIX Watpac
• Paul Scully MP
• Berkeley Community Centre AGM
• LG8 Workshop.

Engagements and events

• Official delegation to Kawasaki City, Japan as part of Sister City relationship
• World Triathlon, Host City duties, medal presentations
• Open World Triathlon Congress
• Host Tauranga City Council delegation, visiting for World Triathlon
• UOW TV address future media students
• Kawasaki Online Exchange – Junior art and cultural prize
• Keira Collective – address networking event
• War Widows Day commemoration at Wollongong Cenotaph
• Regional Architecture Awards
• 100 years celebration of Anita’s Theatre, Thirroul
• Corrimal Rotary - keynote address
• Dapto Public School Visit to Year 5
• Wollongong Central 50th birthday celebrations
• BlueScope – Clean Energy Showcase
• Open Wollongong Camera Club photography exhibition
• Islamic Cultural Centre Mosque Open Day
• Lord Mayor’s School Starter Picnic 2025
• IMB Bank Community Foundation Grants Announcement
• Building Commission Regional Forum
• Allcare High Tea
• Let’s Chat with the Lord Mayor – Port Kembla
• Let’s Talk – Port Kembla
• Illawarra Indigenous Business Expo
• Housing Trust Topping Out Ceremony, Dudley Street, Wollongong
• Illawarra Relay for Life (Councillors Hayes and Quinn)
• Chinese Social Seniors Support Group (Deputy Lord Mayor)
• Origin Australian Diamonds vs South Africa’s SPAR Proteas (Deputy Lord Mayor).

Meetings

• Anna Watson MP
• The Hon Ryan Park MP
• The Hon Paul Scully MP
• Wollongong Wolves and The Hon Paul Scully MP
• Australian Institute of Architects Regional Awards
• University of Wollongong – Vice Chancellor
• David Borger, Business Western Sydney re LG8
• Business View Magazine
• Alison Oyston, Illawarra Advocacy
• 2025 City of Wollongong Giving Tree Committee
• Illawarra Passionate Cricketers Club

Engagements and events

• Illawarra Regional Volunteer of the Year Award Ceremony
• Illawarra Academy of Sport 40th Anniversary Celebrations
• Order of Australia Awards Reception
• Child Protection Week Event – Family Fun Day
• Site Visit – Svitzer Port Kembla
• 20th Latin American Film Festival Opening
• MCCI 50^th Anniversary Gala Dinner
• Nature Shake Environmental Festival
• NRL – Dragons vs Panthers – WIN Stadium
• Tour of Rhododendron and Rainforest Gardens Annual Spring Spectacular
• i3net Expo Showcase and Dinner
• Illawarra Schools Excellence in Vocational Education & Training Awards
• Korimul Gang Show
• NSW / ACT Chaplaincy Annual Conference
• University of Wollongong 50^th Anniversary Dinner and Awards
• Opening of Atchison Street Bus Layover
• State Family History Conference
• Matinee Performance of Rome Sweet Rome, VOX FM
• Fairy Meadow SLSC 75^th Anniversary Celebration
• Bulli SLSC “Hour of Pollie Power” Challenge for Gotcha4Life
• MND Walk
• Illawarra Hawks Season Launch
• Healthy Cities Movement Steering Committee Meeting Event
• Illawarra Future Leaders Committee, Property Council
• Illawarra Shoalhaven Dementia Public Forum
• Citizenship Ceremony
• St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Bulli, with Alison Byrnes MP
• Unveiling of Blue Plaque at Wollongong Botanic Garden
• Start of works at Southern Suburbs Community Centre and Library
• Business Illawarra Awards
• Culture Mix 2025
• Malta Independence Day and Regatta
• Need a Feed Swim Challenge
• Keira High School Year 12 Graduation Ceremony
• Young Eyes Festival of Innovation Event
• RDIAS Regional Briefing on priorities, projects and partnerships
• Presentation of DIAP Info from Wollongong City Preschool
• Turning of the Sod – The Works, Corrimal
• Launch of swim season, flags raised, Austinmer Beach
• Phoenix Community Project grand opening of new Wollongong premises
• Wollongong Wolves Presentation Night
• Opening of Pilates Haus Wellness Centre
• Figtree Grove 60^th Birthday Celebrations
• Illawarra Filipino & Multicultural Women’s Group 40^th Anniversary
• Illawarra Hawks Keys to the City presentation
• Illawarra Advocacy Fundraiser High Tea
• NSW Police National Remembrance Day Ceremony
• Yindyamarra Leadership and Wellbeing Camp Visit.

Meetings

• Keira Collective
• LG8 - Strategic Workshop
• Regional Architecture Awards
• Australian International Trade Association (AITA)
• The Hon Jenny Aitchison MP
• The Hon Stephen Kamper MP
• The Hon Chris Minns MP, Premier, Hon Ryan Park MP, Hon Paul Scully MP
• The Hon John Graham MP & Hon Paul Scully MP
• West Dapto Tour with Carol Berry MP
• Dot Hennessy re Illawarra Inspirational Women
• RDA Illawarra and Shoalhaven
• ISJO Board Meeting
• Hon Paul Scully MP
• Wollongong Future Freight Executive Roundtable
• Australian Cruise Association & Cruise Lines International Association
• IRT - CEO Ross Gallagher
• Doug Vickers re Rodeo 4 Life 2026
• Keira Collective
• Anti-Discrimination NSW – LGBTQA Conversation Practices Ban
• Wollongong RSL & Hon Paul Scully MP re proposed MEAO Memorial
• Business Forum with NSW Premier – The Hon Chris Minns MP & Hon Daniel Mookey MLC
• South West Sydney Development Forum - Western Sydney Dialogue
• NSW Ports
• Balgownie Junior Football Club re Judy Masters Oval Lights Upgrade Project
• MCCI
• Cruise Wollongong Taskforce and Launch of Prospectus.

Engagements and events

• Masters Builders NSW Luncheon
• Illawarra Connection Dinner
• Panelist – Julia in Conversation at IPAC
• Southern Mine Rescue Presentation Dinner
• Missing Persons’ Week Event
• Hiroshima Day Lantern Parade
• Aunty Barb’s 90^th Birthday Celebrations
• Medal Presentation - Basketball State Cup Finals – U14s and U12s
• Guest Speaker - Hearing Voices Support Group
• Launch of Creative Wollongong Short Film Competition and Festival
• Let’s Chat Dapto at Dapto Mall
• Paint the GONG REaD Annual Reading Day
• Unveiling of new murals at Rex Jackson Oval water tanks
• Site Visit - Opening of Mt Kembla Mountain Bike Trails
• Meet and Greet with Bishop Brian Mascord
• Wakakirri Dance Festival - Win Entertainment Centre
• Opening of Crown Medical Skin Clinic
• 56^th Anniversary Battle of Long Tan, Vietnam Veterans Day Service
• Citizenship Ceremony
• Illawarra Public High School Victor Change Science Award Ceremony
• Unveiling of new Bonacina Walk
• Bellambi Neighbourhood Centre Coffee Cart Opening
• A Place in the Sultan’s Kitchen - IPAC
• Official Opening BYD Wollongong Dealership
• Wollongong Wolves vs Marconi Stallions FC
• Port Kembla Skate Park Opening
• Legacy Lunch
• Leadership Illawarra Program Visit
• Southern Stars
• Illawarra Malayalee Assoc Onam Multicultural Harvest Festival
• Ganesh Visarjan Event, Helensburgh
• Australian Shortboard Titles, Sandon Point, medal presentation.

Meetings

• Delegation from South Korea
• UOW Vice Chancellor
• Aged Stakeholder Forum
• Hon Paul Scully MP
• Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District and Wollongong City Council
• Yitai Coal
• Wilkinson Butler
• ITSOWEL Board of Directors
• Dapto Baseball Club
• SolarCloud
• Licia Heath re Women for Election
• West Dapto Review Committee
• Elders Morning Tea
• PCYC - Ben Hobby and Dot Hennessy
• ISJO Workshop Planning Session
• Regional Talks – Wollongong and NSW Chapter Update
• Mentor Walks
• Community Industry Group
• Wollongong City Centre Planning Proposal

Engagements and events

• Dapto Rotary Changeover Dinner
• Refugee Challenge – Figtree High School
• Illawarra & South Coast Local Business Awards
• Illawarra Police Charity Ball
• South Coast Portuguese Association 50th Anniversary
• NAIDOC Family Fun Day Warrawong
• Community Cancer Link Inc Christmas in July Luncheon
• Destination Wollongong Partner Function
• BlueScope Eisteddfod
• Koonawarra Community Centre NAIDOC Celebrations
• Bellambi Neighbourhood Centre NAIDOC Family Fun Day
• Decky Robonson Memorial Indigenous Day
• Hawks vs Sutherland Sharks, NBL1– Wear Pink game
• Sea Sunday Service and Celebration of Mission to Seafarers
• Project Bucephalus presentation of certificates
• New Gravitas Technologies Facility opening
• Figtree Evening VIEW Club 56th Birthday
• UOW Graduation Ceremony – Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health
• UOW Pool renaming in honour of Emma McKeon AM
• Local Red Cross Zone 28 Annual Conference
• Citizenship Ceremony
• NAIDOC Elders Morning Tea
• Business Retreat Wombarra
• Peter Newell OAM Memorial Race Day
• Local Government Regional NAIDOC Awards
• UDIA Luncheon
• 96 Candles - Mt Kembla Memorial Mining Disaster.

Meetings

• NSW Greyhound Breeders and Trainers, Daniel Weizman CEO
• Ted Tobin Hall - met with community representatives
• Illawarra Shoalhaven Joint Organisation Dinner with Telstra Executive
• City of Wollongong Awards Committee
• Let's Chat with Lord Mayor - Lower Crown Street Businesses
• Ryan Park MP, Member for Keira
• North Dalton Park Regional Sports Facility
• 2026 City of Wollongong Awards Committee
• Yours & Owls
• Anna Watson MP, Member for Shellharbour
• Wests Illawarra – on site visit
• Natalie Godward NSW Tourism Association
• Lake Illawarra / Merinda Wharf - on site visit with Wollongong City Council work crews
• Paul Scully MP, Member for Wollongong
• Economic Development Reference Group
• Bike City SteerCo
• NSW Police re Police Ball Promotion
• Let’s Chat with Lord Mayor - Keira Street Businesses
• Illawarra Shoalhaven Joint Organisation Meeting
• Neighbourhood Forum 5 Executive catch up
• Illawarra Hawks – new COO Nicole Walker
• MKUD Makedonski Biseri
• Screen Illawarra
• Buckaroo – briefing with Ward 3 Councillors.

Engagements and events

• i3NET
• Wollongong Police District Awards ceremony
• Celebrating Pride Month: Bows and Badges
• Illawarra Connection Dinner - Guest Speaker Matthew Hyder, CEO Legacy Property
• Rotary Club Citizenship Ceremony
• Philippine Flag Raising Ceremony to commemorate 127th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence Day
• Illawarra South East NSW Training Awards - Department of Education
• Pride Market Day
• 50th Anniversary of the Vietnamese Refugee Journey and their settlement in Australia
• Rodeo4Life
• Citizenship Ceremony
• Rotary Club of Wollongong Changeover Dinner
• 2025 Apartment Report Launch - Colliers
• Vietnamese Exhibition Launch – Wollongong Library
• Surf Lifesaving Illawarra Awards of Excellence
• National General Assembly of Local Government 24 – 27 June 2025
• Fire and Rescue Balgownie Centenary
• Through the Decades – Trivia Night, Aspect South Coast School.
• Wollongong World Cup - Celebrating Refugee Week
• Wollongong Running Festival – Deputy Lord Mayor
• Australian Philippine Association Illawarra 44th Annual June Ball (Deputy Lord Mayor)

Meetings

• Cruise Wollongong Taskforce
• Warrawong Community Centre - on site visit
• RoboFit – on site visit
• Property Council Regional Director - Matthew Wales
• Telstra - Introduction to Regional Engagement Manager
• Quality Green Group
• Illawarra Sports Stadium – on site visit
• Illawarra Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) roundtable
• Illawarra United Stingrays
• Housing Trust - Address staff development day
• Disability Trust Self Advocacy Group

Engagements and events

• Buckaroo - on site visit
• Illawarra Women in Business - Business Awards Day
• Vigil with Indian community
• Ride4 Rotary
• Volunteer Recognition Celebration - Environmental Programs
• Wear Orange Wednesday (WOW Day) SES Volunteer Award Ceremony
• Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal
• Citizenship Ceremony
• Multicultural Communities Council Illawarra - National Volunteer Week Function
• Entrepreneurial Women’s Breakfast - iAccelerate
• Alex Volkanovski – Keys to the City presentation
• ComicGong
• Illawarra Choral Society Concert
• Bulli SLSC Presentation
• Coniston Football Club 70th Anniversary
• Visit Balgownie School – address Yr 5/6 and interview for School Newspaper
• ArtConnect Dinner
• Ngalambay Reconciliation Walk
• Blessing and Opening of the Catholic Care Premises
• Completion of the Bellambi Gully flood mitigation works
• Property Council Illawarra Event - The Future of Regional Tourism
• Reconciliation & Truth Telling Conference 2025 (Deputy Lord Mayor)
• Holy Consecration of the newly built Church - St Osthathiose Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church (Deputy Lord Mayor)
• Cricket Illawarra Presentation and Hall of Fame Dinner (Deputy Lord Mayor)
• No More: Rally Against Violence (Deputy Lord Mayor)
• Dinner with Australia Post Board of Directors (Deputy Lord Mayor)
• Media launch of 2025 Vinnies CEO Sleepout (Deputy Lord Mayor)
• Paint the Gong REaD Bright Sparks Birthday (Deputy Lord Mayor)
• Liberty Equality Luncheon, The Australian Way with Craig Foster (Deputy Lord Mayor).

Meetings

• Business Illawarra
• KRAG Public Meeting - Gwynneville Irvine Precinct Proposed Development
• Paul Scully MP, Member for Wollongong
• Ryan Park MP, Member for Keira
• Justice of the Peace Wollongong Branch
• Peak Bodies Meeting
• Deputy Consul General – British Government
• Illawarra Shoalhaven Joint Organisation Board Meeting
• City of Wollongong Awards Committee
• A Drug Court for the Illawarra and South Coast - roundtable
• Young Eyes Festival meeting
• Longyan delegation visit
• Port Kembla War Memorial committee
• Balgownie Junior Football Club
• Ryan Park MP and TfNSW
• Mayors / GMs / CEO Camden, Campbelltown, Wollongong and Wollondilly
• Ted Tobin Sports Hall – met with community representatives.

Engagements and events

• The Illawarra Connection Dinner
• Illawarra Academy of Sport - Wollongong Scholarship Reception
• Multicultural Communities Council Illawarra Book handover
• St Vincent de Paul Society's Wollongong Central Council - reopening of Support Office
• Destination Wollongong Partner Function
• Interchange Illawarra – Grand Opening
• Bulli Junior Football Club Renovations opening
• Dapto Anglican Church - Induction of Reverend Mark Boyley to the Ministry of the Parish of Dapto
• Coomaditchie Open Day
• Sculpture in the Garden Exhibition Launch and Acquisitive Prize Announcement
• Forty-Fourth 25 Year Club event - Wollongong City Council
• Illawarra Passionate Cricketers Club - Presentation Ceremony
• Wollongong Youth Week Awards Ceremony
• The Figtree Lions 60 Years of Service to the Illawarra Community
• Bundaleer Saltwater Festival
• VOX FM - on air to draw Easter Hampers
• Nan Tien Temple - Enlighten Film Festival
• Mass for passing of Pope Francis
• ANZAC Day March and Service Wollongong Cenotaph
• Vietnam War Monument Special ANZAC Tribute
• Anzac Day ceremony – Figtree Sports
• Launch of start of demolition of The Globe (former David Jones site)
• Citizenship Ceremony.