Derby District High School students and teachers were being failed by the WA Labor Government – with crumbling asbestos buildings and insufficient toilets and showers. Here’s what I had to say about it in Parliament.
A 200-seat grandstand and new changerooms have been unveiled at Olympic Kingsway Sports Club. The transformative project was made possible by a $200,000 grant from the Morrison Government. $1.45 million has been spent by the Federal Coalition on the Kingsway Sporting Complex since 2016. Dean Smith, Senator for Perth’s Northern Suburbs, has officially opened a…
Some issues deserve to be above politics and faith. None is more worthy than securing redress for the many survivors of institutional child sexual abuse who have had their lives stolen.Without public fanfare and against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic, Federal parliamentarians have been working to secure these survivors and their families more timely…
Members of the local skating community will be able to have their say on a future skate park. City of Bayswater councilors at the July 21 meeting voted unanimously in favour of Cr Stephanie Gray’s motion to bring back the skate park development advisory committee.
Background: Sikh Gurdwara Perth Inc has received $315,000 from the Morrison Government as part of the Safer Communities Fund. The money will go towards a perimeter security fence and an emergency PA system at their Bennett Springs headquarters. Dean Smith, Senator for Perth’s Northern Suburbs, this week met with President Navtej Kaur Uppal and other…
Senator Dean Smith, Chair of the Joint Select Committee on Implementation of the National Redress Scheme, has met with representatives of the Old Fairbridgians Association of WA to confirm new initiatives being undertaken to reverse compensation delays faced by survivors of child sexual abuse while in the care of Kingsley Fairbridge Farm School in Pinjarra,…
A Jewish community group in Noranda has received almost $200,000 to improve security. Chad Lubavitch of WA uses its Garson Court facilities for synagogue services, adult education, children’s programs and other community services.
Dean Smith, Senator for Perth’s Northern Suburbs, has launched an online survey for young people. Called the COVID-19 Gen Z Survey, it’s aimed at finding out more about how the pandemic has affected youth across Perth’s Northern Suburbs, and what they want the post-pandemic future to look like. The initiative, which begins this week and…
Chabad Lubavitch of WA has received nearly $200,000 from the Morrison Government to improve security at its Noranda hub. The funding is part of a $15 million commitment to the Safer Communities Fund. CCTV cameras, security lights and fencing are among the crime-fighting upgrades the money will help deliver. A Jewish community group in Perth’s…
Wanneroo City Soccer Club has received $400,000 from the Morrison Government for its new changerooms. The money is part of the Government’s Community Development Grants (CDG) Program. The project helps further establish Kingsway Regional Sporting Complex as a major sports and recreation facility for Perth’s northern suburbs. Wanneroo City Soccer Club’s new changerooms are now…