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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…
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.
Senator gives youth a voice with new COVID-19 survey
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…