Content about Virginia Judge

Ex-Strathfield MP and state minister Virginia Judge was last week preparing her CV for job agencies – “something I haven’t done for years”. 

Virginia Judge has not lost any of her feistiness even after conceeding defeat at Saturday's state election, which handed victory to Liberal Charles Casuscelli.

Judge lashed out at colleagues following the defeat - "people know who they are" - for the loss, saying they did not act ethicallty and responsibly.

Strathfield has cast aside Labor minister Virginia Judge as state MP, with voters handing Liberal Charles Casuscelli the seat with a swing of more than 16 per cent.

Residents are wondering if a new plan to upgrade the Flemington Railway Station could be one of the first fatalities of the election campaign.

Virginia Judge promised an upgrade to the station after years of complaints from residents and locals about the state of railway station, releasing   an architects impression of the new station.

In the last leg of the election campaign, Member for Strathfield Virginia Judge and was joined by the former Premier of New South Wales Bob Carr launch her campaign.

With only three weeks till the election, Judge addressed her constituency and said she would fight all the way to the close of polls on election day and doesn’t deny this election will be a tough fight.

Liberal candidate for Strathfield, Charles Casuscelli and Shadow Minister for Police Mike Gallacher assessed Strathfield Town Square in a bid to make Strathfield a safer place for businesses and residents.

Casuscelli said that under a Labor Government, Strathfield has seen an increase in criminal activity and Strathfield has become the fourth most dangerous station in the city rail network.

The sausages sizzled. The sun shone. And 45 new Australian were sworn in at Strathfield Park this Australian Day as Strathfield turned out to honour its own.

Niall King, a tireless fund raiser and campaigner, took out two extraordinary honours - Strathfield Council's 2011 Citizen of the Year award and a Medal of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day Honours List.

Niall and his Rotarian team have helped raise more than $250,000 for Multiple Sclerosis in the past decade. 

The $150 million redevelopment of Stathfield’s the town centre has won the backing of senior State Liberals - but received another attack from Labor MP Virginia Judge.

It is yet another signal that the plan is likely to be a major issue in next March’s State election.

In what is claimed as a coup to kick off his campaign, new Strathfield Liberal candidate Charles Casuscelli last week persuaded Opposition Shadow treasurer Mike Baird to visit the Town Centre for a site inspection.

STRATHFIELD MP Virginia Judge has announced the end of her long-standing marriage to Lidcombe GP Dr Ofo Niumeitolu.

The announcement, made first to the Scene, came after the strange on again, off again sale of the couple’s Strathfield family home and ended weeks of speculation by residents who had contacted reporters from the paper.

Judge and her husband issued a joint statement saying  “after a long period of separation, they are in the final stages of an amicable divorce.”