In early August, Mary visited the Kingsford Smith School to meet the new principal, Mr Stephen Gniel, to discuss the School’s restorative justice program, which Mary has been supporting.

Restorative justice is an approach to dealing with harmful behaviour that focuses on repairing the...

Mary recently joined over 200 other volunteers from the ACT and region to take part in tree planting at the Lower Cotter Catchment. The event was organised by Greening Australia as part of National Tree Day.

Throughout the day over 3,000 seedlings were planted in the Cotter. Volunteers...

Mary is pleased to announce that she has recently added video blogs to her website, which she says she will be able to upload fairly frequently. The blog will explain an aspect of her work to the community.

The new video blogs are in addition to information about Mary’s Mobile Office,...

Recently, Mary officially opened the School Sport Australia National Soccer Championship, at Hawker Oval.

While welcoming the participants, most of whom were from interstate, Mary pointed out that participation in soccer was very strong in Canberra and that it was the fastest growing...

Mary recently opened the 2011 School Sports Association Cross Country Championship which brought more than 500 young athletes from all over Australia to race at the Rob De Castella-designed-cross country course at Stromlo Forest Park.

“It’s the first time that the Championships have been...

Recently, Mary joined the President of the Australian Medical Association ACT, Dr Iain Dunlop, and His Excellency Mr Michael Bryce AM AE in congratulating the winner of ‘Art In, Butt Out’, Ms Sophie Taplin.

Art In, Butt Out is a competition in which year 8 students design an anti-smoking...

Recently Mary visited volunteers at the ACT Government owned Domestic Animal Services (DAS), located at Mugga Lane in Symonston, and called on ACT and Regions residents to consider volunteering their time at DAS.

DAS is a business unit responsible for providing a range of animal control...