MEMBER for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan MP has delivered his inaugural speech in the Legislative Assembly of NSW Parliament this week, marking his first parliamentary sitting week as an MP.
Mr Moylan delivered his speech in front of a gallery of family and friends and used the opportunity to reflect on his journey to becoming an MP.
“To be able to stand up in Parliament and fearlessly represent the people of my electorate is an honour and incredibly humbling,” Mr Moylan said.
“Like most country kids, my memories of childhood all revolve around the family farm. Like all farm kids, I grew up driving utes, operating machinery, farming paddocks, shooting pigs, and working cattle. It was a great way to grow up.”
Mr Moylan spoke about his time as a boarder at St Joseph’s at Hunter’s Hill and then, as a St Albert’s College student at the University of New England in Armidale.
“Joeys taught me the value of hard work and never giving up, lessons I hope that will stand me in good stead in this place,” he said.
“After I finished year 12 at Joeys, I was keen to get out of Sydney and back to the country. I followed my brother and enrolled in a combined law degree at the University of New England.
“Today I proudly wear a UNE tie in the Chamber. During my five years at UNE, I was a St Albert’s College kid. Like so many people across my electorate of Northern Tablelands, I say that I am ex-Albies with a lot of pride.”
Mr Moylan said he spent 21 years as a lawyer at Webb and Boland with some incredibly gifted and honest lawyers.
“At times, though, the work was tough, particularly between 2017 and 2022 when there appeared to be what is best described as a legal war of attrition against our farmers in the north of the State,” he said.
“Ultimately, though, it was those tough years that steered me towards politics. I saw firsthand how the laws that are made in this place can have fantastic results for country people but can also have devastating results.
“I look forward to doing what I can in this place for the short time that I will be here to look after those of us in the regions.”
A copy of Mr Moylan’s inaugural speech can be found here: https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/Hansard/Pages/HansardResult.aspx#/docid/HANSARD-1323879322-143353/link/2306
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