WATAC Luncheons at NSW Parliament House

In 1990 WATAC NSW decided to hold a celebratory luncheon at NSW Parliament House each year with a significant speaker addressing a meaningful theme. WATAC has always invited young women from schools to join us at this luncheon. This is both an informative and enjoyable event as well as a symbolic gesture, since women are gathering in the place of government where decisions are made and we are speaking out on issues which concern us as women.

Read a report on the 2008 WATAC Luncheon.

Some of the speakers and themes they have addressed are:

  • Ann Gilroy rsj
    Theme: "Women Celebrating the Spirit"

  • Libby Rogerson (Loreto Sister) and Clare Arnott (Yr 11 Loreto Student)
    Theme: "Women Seen and Heard"

  • Geraldine Hawkes (Chair CACW)
    Theme: "Women of Hope and Vision"

  • Pauline Rae smsm and Hanade Tawil (Muslim Promoter of Inter-Faith Issues)
    Theme: "Women of Compassion and Peace"NSW Parliament House - Aerial view

  • Rosemary Breen
    Theme: "Cultivating Peace"

  • Patty Fawkner sgs
    Theme: "Women Can Change the World"

  • Shirley Wood
    Theme: "While Women are Exploited No Woman is Free"

  • Maree Kennedy and Therese Vassarotti
    Theme: "Speaking As If We Had the Strength of a Million Voices"

Some of these talks are available on our Resources page.