The newly elected Member of Legislative Council Irene Pneumatikos, presented her maiden speech at the South Australian Parliament on 17 May 2018.

Amongst invited guests to Ms Pneumatikos’ speech, were, the President of the Greek Orthodox Community of SA, Bill Gonis, the President of the Cyprus Community Andreas Evdokiou, the Federal member for Hindmarsh Steve Georganas and many more.

In her maiden speech, Irene Pneumatikos, who was born in
Adelaide as a first generation Greek Australian, said her goal is to provide a voice on behalf of the South Australian community and continue the work of building a fair, just and civil society, that looks after its people and sustains and protects our diverse state and its environment.

Ms Pneumatikos is married to Chris and they have two daughters. In the past she has worked as a bilingual case worker at the Adelaide Women's Community Health Centre and later as a migrant workers' rights officer in the trade union movement. In her speech she thanked the groups and many individuals who supported her and contributed to her being elected as a member of Legislative Council.