RIP Virginia Chadwick

I was saddened to learn this morning that Virgina Chadwick has passed away of cancer at the age of 64.

Ms Chadwick was a Minister in the Greiner and Fahey governments in NSW - and a very good Minister she was, too.

She was a determined, intelligent and charismatic politician who blazed many trails and, as Barry O'Farrell said on Nine news this evening, "shattered glass ceilings".

Ms Chadwick died only two years into her retirement, where she latterly held the position of CEO of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.

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