It was a great privilege to be at the opening of the Wagga Wagga Art Gallery's Winter Exhibition over the weekend.

The work of five exhibiting artists, Juanita McLauchlan, Hayden Fowler, Nicola Dickson, Nathalie Hartog-Gautier and Tracey Jones, explores environmentally challenging themes, and is truly brilliant.

I'd like to congratulate Wagga Wagga Art Gallery and Wagga Wagga City Council. I thoroughly recommend going to see these powerful depictions of our environment, First Nations culture, and the impact we have had and may continue to have without careful thought.

Pictured with me at the launch event are the exhibiting artists, Dr Lee-Anne Hall, gallery director, and Cr Dallas Tout, Mayor of Wagga Wagga.