ABC News – National Redress Scheme Access
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COVID-19 Youth Survey reveals job worries a rising priority
104 young people responded to a COVID-19 survey designed to measure their pandemic experience. The survey, operated through Senator Dean Smith’s Facebook page, asked them to compare their concerns and priorities pre and following COVID-19. While climate change remained the greatest overall concern, the biggest change was increasing anxiety over jobs and unemployment. The results…
Adjournment Speech – Wanneroo RSL Headquarters
Congratulations again to RSL Wanneroo Sub-branch on their new clubrooms and exciting plans for the future! It was a privilege to share the news in Parliament and pay tribute to the great work its members are doing in our community.
Adjournment Speech – Derby District High School
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.
Grandstand unveiling boosts commitment to Kingsway Sporting Complex to $1.45 M
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…
Act now on abuse redress – The West Australian
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…
Council Gets its Skates on – Eastern Reporter
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.
Safety boost for WA’s Sikh community
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…
Time for Fairbridge survivor justice is now, calls on Premier to pledge support
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,…
Funding Gives Peace of Mind – Eastern Reporter
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.