Charishma Kaliyanda Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Councillor
Charishma Kaliyanda
Honorific-Suffix:MLA
Assembly:New South Wales Legislative
Term Start:25 March 2023
Predecessor:Paul Lynch
Office1:Parliamentary Secretary for Emergency Services, Youth Justice, Customer Service and Digital Government
Term Start1:16 June 2024
Minister1:Jihad Dib
Predecessor1:Anthony D'Adam
Office2:Councillor of the City of Liverpool
for South Ward
Term Start2:2016
Birth Place:India
Party:Labor
Occupation:Occupational therapist

Charishma Kaliyanda is an Australian politician who is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Liverpool since 2023. She also serves as a Councillor on the City of Liverpool.

Early life and career

Kaliyanda was born in India. She migrated to Australia as a four-year-old with her parents and brother[1] and was raised in Liverpool. She is a registered Occupational Therapist,[2] having completed a Masters in the subject.[1]

She has previously worked full-time for an industry group helping engineers into the workforce and has worked as Community Engagement and Development Officer with headspace.[1]

Political career

Kaliyanda joined the Australian Labor Party in the late 2000s[1] and was announced as the party's endorsed candidate for the new New South Wales state seat of Holsworthy for the 2015 New South Wales state election. She was defeated by the incumbent Menai member Melanie Gibbons.[3]

Kaliyanda was elected to Liverpool City Council for the South Ward in 2016.[4] She was endorsed as the Labor candidate for Holsworthy again at the 2019 election but was defeated by Gibbons for a second time.[5] [6] Kaliyanda was re-elected to Liverpool City Council in 2021.[7] She has been endorsed as the Labor candidate for the safe seat of Liverpool at the 2023 election.[8] She was elected a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Liverpool for the Labor Party in 2023.[9] [10]

In October 2023, Kaliyanda signed an open letter which condemned attacks against Israeli and Palestinian civilians during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war.[11] In 2024, she was appointed as Parliamentary Secretary for Emergency Services, Youth Justice, Customer Service and Digital Government.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Liverpool - NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results . . . 17 March 2023 . en-AU.
  2. Web site: Your Councillors . Liverpool City Council . . 17 March 2023 . en . 29 September 2022.
  3. Web site: NSW STATE ELECTION RESULTS 2015 Saturday 28 March 2015 State Electoral District of Holsworthy . Elections NSW . . 17 March 2023.
  4. Web site: Liverpool City Council - South Ward Councillor Contest - Map and Polling Places 2016 . pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au . . 17 March 2023.
  5. Web site: Holsworthy: First Preference Votes. 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission . 2023-03-18.
  6. Web site: Holsworthy: Distribution of Preferences. 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission . 2023-03-18.
  7. Web site: City of Liverpool - South Ward Councillor Election . pastvtr.elections.nsw.gov.au . . 17 March 2023.
  8. Web site: Charishma Kaliyanda - Candidate for Liverpool . NSW Labor . . 17 March 2023 . en.
  9. Web site: Liverpool - NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results . 2023-03-25 . abc.net.au . en-AU.
  10. Ms Charishma KALIYANDA, MP . 2281 . No . 16 June 2024.
  11. News: 2023-10-19 . 'Catastrophic crisis': NSW politicians release open letter supporting Palestinian communities . en-AU . ABC News . 2023-11-30.

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