A further tribute to Eddie Jaku and a meaningful memento

NSW State MP Gabrielle Upton has paid tribute to The Happiest Man on Earth Eddie Jaku who passed away recently at 101. Read more

Secord welcomes election of Scott Farlow as new chair of the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel

NSW Labor frontbencher and deputy chair of the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel Walt Secord has welcomed the election of Liberal MP Scott Farlow as the new chair of the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Israel. Read more

$15,000 for Moriah Early Learning Centre

State Liberal Member for Vaucluse, Gabrielle Upton has announced that Moriah College Early Learning Centre, Saunders Family Campus will get $15,000 from the NSW Government toward a new play space and play equipment. Read more

Remembering Remembrance Day

Liberal member for Vaucluse has told the NSW Parliament of three Remembrance events she attended last month and their connection to the Jewish community within her electorate. Read more

$200,000 community grant for Friendship Circle

NSW Liberal MP Gabrielle Upton has congratulated The Friendship Circle as the winner of the My Community Project in the Vaucluse electorate. Read more

MPs join Friendship Walk

NSW State Liberal Member for Vaucluse Gabrielle Upton joined local residents, volunteers, family and friends of Sydney Friendship Circle for the 10^th anniversary annual Walk. Read more

Dave Sharma takes Wentworth

Former Australian ambassador to Israel Dave Sharma has been declared the Liberal member of the Sydney electorate of Wentworth following Saturday’s election. Read more

$90,000 grants for Jewish institutions in the seat of Vaucluse

Member for Vaucluse, Gabrielle Upton has announced that the Vaucluse Electorate has secured $330,000 for a total of 16 projects through the NSW Government’s 2018 Community Building Partnership Program with $90,000 earmarked for Jewish projects. Read more

NSW joins Israel to launch R&D innovation program

NSW businesses will have access to grants of up to $250,000 to support joint Research and Development (R&D) projects between NSW and Israel, under a new innovation program. Read more

Racial vilification on the NSWJBD plenum agenda

NSW Attorney General Gabrielle Upton MP will discuss ’Racial vilification’ and the options for legislative reform when she addresses this month’s NSW Jewish Board of Deputies plenum.  Read more

Addressing NSW’s hate laws

The NSW Jewish Board of Deputies is working closely with NSW Attorney-General Gabrielle Upton on the need to amend the state’s hate-speech legislation. Read more

Carnival gets a $7,500 gift

NSW Attorney-General and MP for Vaucluse Gabrielle Upton has announced NSW Government funding of $7,500 for Maccabi NSW as part of the 2014/15 Sport and Recreation Events Program. Read more

NSW Carer of the Year nominations

Coogee MP Bruce Notley-Smith and Vaucluse MP Gabrielle Upton have called for nominations for the NSW Carers Awards 2015 and asked the local community to nominate outstanding unpaid carers and carer-friendly organisations carers they know.  Read more

Upton honours community workers

NSW State member for Vaucluse Gabrielle Upton has honoured four recipients in the local area who have made outstanding contributions to their local community or to services for seniors as part of 2015 NSW Seniors Week Celebrations. Read more

Second Bite guaranteed

Second Bite, an organisation which rescues supermarket food which has reached its use by date has joined Sydney’s Our Big Kitchen in a new initiative to get that food to those who need it. Read more

$40,000 for Sydney care organisation

The NSW Government has awarded a $40,ooo grant to Sydney care and refuge facility Jewish House Read more

Remembering the vote

Worlds and generations apart they assembled at the 10^th Anniversary of NCJWA ‘Celebrating Israel’ event recently at Council House in Sydney’s Woollahra, to share their personal accounts of ‘The Vote’ by UN General Assembly of Resolution 181 on 29 November 1947. Read more

In praise of community…writes Gabrielle Upton

There is no darker nightmare for a parent than having your 11-year daughter disappear into the night. Read more

90th Anniversary of the Jewish War Memorial

The NAJEX annual Communal Wreath Laying and Remembrance Day Service has been held at the NSW Jewish War Memorial, Darlinghurst, with over 140 people attending, many being Jewish ex-servicemen and women. Read more

Gabrielle Upton at NCJWA NSW

Local State Member of Parliament Gabrielle Upton was guest speaker at the National Council of Jewish Women NSW’s 90th anniversary. Read more

Rap for Jewish House in State Parliament

NSW State member for Vaucluse Gabrielle Upton has told the NSW Parliament of the latest initiative of Bondi’s Jewish House. Read more

$45,000 grant for FREE

More than 200 guests, mainly young adults from Sydney’s Russian Jewish community in Sydney have attended the 2013 FREE Gala Dinner. Read more

Meet your political leaders

Residents will have the opportunity to meet Premier Barry O’Farrell and the NSW Cabinet to talk about local issues when a Community Cabinet forum is held in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs later this month. Read more