Mrs Karyn Lesley PALUZZANO, BEd, MEd MP

Member of the Legislative Assembly
Member for Penrith
Parliamentary Secretary
Member of the Australian Labor Party

Contact Details

Address	Mrs Karyn Paluzzano, MP Shop 11 Spotlight Centre Station Street PENRITH NSW 2750
Phone	(02) 4722 8660
Fax	(02) 4731 4782
Email	penrith@parliament.nsw.gov.au

Parliamentary Activity

Current Positions

Position	Start	Notes
Member of the NSW Legislative Assembly	22 Mar 2003
Member for Penrith	22 Mar 2003
Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the Minister for Education	23 Sep 2008
Deputy Chair, Standing Committee on Natural Resource Management (Climate Change)	24 Sep 2008	Elected Deputy Chair of the Committee after resigning as Chair of the Committee.

Prior Positions

Position	Start	End	Period	Notes
Chair, Standing Committee on Natural Resource Management (Climate Change)	28 Jun 2007	24 Sep 2008	1yr 2mths 28days	Resigned as Chair of the Committee but not as a member of the committee.
Member, Standing Committee on Public Works	21 Jun 2007	24 Sep 2008	1yr 3mths 4days
Member, Standing Committee on Public Works	8 May 2003	2 Mar 2007	3yrs 9mths 23days

Parliamentary Record

Mrs Paluzzano's speeches in Hansard

About the Penrith Electorate

The electorate of Penrith is situated in the Local Government areas of Penrith and Blue Mountains Council. The Penrith electorate includes the suburbs of Cranebrook, Emu Heights, Emu Plains, Jamisontown, Kingswood, Kingswood Park, Leonay, Penrith and South Penrith. In the Blue Mountains the townships include Blaxland, Glenbrook and Lapstone,

The Penrith electorate has a population of 68,640 people with an area of 66 square kilometres.

The Penrith electorate has a population of 68,640 with an area of 66 square kilometres. Enrolment: 45,067.

For more detailed information see - http://www.elections.nsw.gov.au/state_government_elections/electoral_districts/all_districts_/penrith

Biography

Political Party Activity - Karyn Paluzzano was first elected to NSW Parliaments 53rd Legislative Assembly as Member for Penrith on 22 March 2003. She was re-elected in the March 2007 NSW State election to the 54th Legislative Assembly as the Member for Penrith. .

Local Government Activity - In the current Parliament, Karyn is the Chair of the Natural Resource Management (Climate Change) Committee. She has been an active member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works since 2003. Karyn is presently President of the NSW Parliamentary Branch of the Baden Powell Guild. She is also Co Chair of the NSW Parliamentary Friends of the Australian Red Cross. Karyn has also recently been elected Treasurer of the NSW European Parliamentary Friendship Group.

Personal - Karyn has lived in the Penrith area all her life and is proud to be raising her three children there. Karyn has worked tirelessly for the Penrith community since first being elected as a Penrith Councillor in 1999 and then elected to State Government in 2003. She recognises that Penrith is a great place to live and raise her three children, work, invest and play. She is very proud of the upgrade of the Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, which includes the Q Theatre and more recently the State Office Building. She is also working for upgrades and improvements of many local schools, Nepean Hospital and railway stations.

Qualifications, Occupations and Interests - Karyn has a Masters Degree in Education and has worked in local public schools and as a Visiting Lecturer at he Australian Catholic University, University of Technology and University of Western Sydney. Prior to her teaching career, Karyn worked as a qualified radiographer.

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