Julie Owens
Member for Parramatta

Electorate Office
Shop 1, 25 Smith Street
(Entry Via Macquarie street)
Parramatta NSW 2150
(02) 9689 1455
(02) 9689 3813
Email Julie
Parliament House
House of Representatives
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
(02) 6277 4134
(02) 6277 8433

Biography

Julie lives in North Parramatta. She was born in Rockhampton, Queensland before moving to Brisbane when her father joined the army. Julie then moved to Sydney to pursue work opportunities, with brief stints in Melbourne and Tasmania before settling in Parramatta.
Before running for Parliament, Julie was head of AIR (Association of Australian Independent Record Labels), a national association representing the interests …

LABOR faced electoral annihilation if they had stuck with Nathan Rees as Premier, Parramatta State Labor MP Tanya Gadiel has told the Parramatta Advertiser.

In an extraordinary week in state politics which saw the elevation of US-born Kristina Keneally, Ms Gadiel denied she had Mr Rees’s blood on her hands, despite being one of 17
MPs who signed a motion which led to his downfall.
Asked what role she played in the axing of Mr Rees, Ms Gadiel said, “none’’.
“I was only ever supportive of Nathan,’’ she said.
“But the Labor Party made a …

These days I listen to the radio a lot more than I used to. Steve Fielding has been interviewed many times this past week in regards to his questioning of climate science and asking whether CO2 is really the driver of global warming. He has been asking how temperature could be so flat over the last decade even as CO2 kept on rising. What has been painful to listen to has been Steve’s repeated introduction to such interviews with a deliberate statement that he is not a sceptic or an extremist. Painful because clearly …