Mel Schwerdt and Brandon Bear are the newly chosen Co-Chairs of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (SGLMG) Board.Both Bear and Schwerdt have served as Chair before. Schwerdt previously served as co-chair along with Jesse Matheson from 2020 - 2022 and Bear served on the SGLMG Board from 2013 - 2018. In 2022, Bear rejoined the SGLMG Board as a Director
Hong Kong-born, Australia-based artist Pamela Leung decided after 30 years of ‘work, work, work’ she was going to follow her dreams. She talks about her immigrant story and going to art school in her 50s.