❓ Mr. Marmion asks about Reconciliation Grants, specifically the David Wirrpanda Foundation. The Minister details the program's scope, successful applicants, and expresses support, regardless of which government initiated it.
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RECONCILIATION GRANTS PROGRAM
I understand that a decision has recently been made about the reconciliation sponsorship grants, including a grant for the David Wirrpanda Foundation’s Dare to Dream girls program located in Subiaco in my electorate of Nedlands. Can the minister please inform the house what these grants are for and what types of applications were successful? Dr K.D. HAMES
I understand that a decision has recently been made about the reconciliation sponsorship grants, including a grant for the David Wirrpanda Foundation’s Dare to Dream girls program located in Subiaco in my electorate of Nedlands. Can the minister please inform the house what these grants are for and what types of applications were successful? Dr K.D. HAMES
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I thank the member for his question. Obviously, he is interested in the David Wirrpanda Foundation, which is based in his electorate in Subiaco. The reconciliation grants program is an excellent program that provides scholarships to a range of groups, including primary schools, high schools, local shires, a youth festival and the Police and Community Youth Centre. Thirty-eight projects across the state have received over $100 000 worth of grants. The government would like to claim some credit for this program. My policy officer thinks that we initiated the grants, but the fund started in 2001, so maybe it was started by the former government. Whoever started it, it does not matter. The reality is that it is a great program that provides funds to assist in the development of relationships with Aboriginal people, particularly in schools, and better integrates those communities into mainstream communities, by looking at the stories of Aboriginal elders and making sure that they are linked in with youth and that some of their stories are preserved. I want to highlight some of the 38 communities that have been chosen out of 140 applications from across the state. As the member stated, the David Wirrpanda Foundation’s Dare to Dream girls program received funding. This is a program for girls aged between 12 and 17 and is aimed at promoting confidence through health, deportment, grooming and sport. ABMUSIC, an Aboriginal corporation in Waterford, received funding for interpreting stories. I had to ask the member for Kimberley for the pronunciation of Gelganyem Ltd in Kununurra. It received a grant to run a workshop on building leadership skills to empower the youth council to find proactive solutions to the problems young Aboriginal people face in the Kimberley. These projects are tremendous. Some of them are based in Fremantle. There is one recipient in my electorate—I must point out that I did not choose it—and that is Dawesville Catholic Primary School. Lockridge Senior High School, Narrogin Senior High School and a corporation in Roebourne also received grants. A range of projects have received more than $100 000 in funding to help promote reconciliation. Whoever initiated these grants, I congratulate them as it is certainly a program that is well worth continuing to support, whichever side of government one comes from.
Dr K.D. HAMES replied: I thank the member for his question. Obviously, he is interested in the David Wirrpanda Foundation, which is based in his electorate in Subiaco. The reconciliation grants program is an excellent program that provides scholarships to a range of groups, including primary schools, high schools, local shires, a youth festival and the Police and Community Youth Centre. Thirty-eight projects across the state have received over $100 000 worth of grants. The government would like to claim some credit for this program. My policy officer thinks that we initiated the grants, but the fund started in 2001, so maybe it was started by the former government. Whoever started it, it does not matter. The reality is that it is a great program that provides funds to assist in the development of relationships with Aboriginal people, particularly in schools, and better integrates those communities into mainstream communities, by looking at the stories of Aboriginal elders and making sure that they are linked in with youth and that some of their stories are preserved. I want to highlight some of the 38 communities that have been chosen out of 140 applications from across the state. As the member stated, the David Wirrpanda Foundation’s Dare to Dream girls program received funding. This is a program for girls aged between 12 and 17 and is aimed at promoting confidence through health, deportment, grooming and sport. ABMUSIC, an Aboriginal corporation in Waterford, received funding for interpreting stories. I had to ask the member for Kimberley for the pronunciation of Gelganyem Ltd in Kununurra. It received a grant to run a workshop on building leadership skills to empower the youth council to find proactive solutions to the problems young Aboriginal people face in the Kimberley. These projects are tremendous. Some of them are based in Fremantle. There is one recipient in my electorate—I must point out that I did not choose it—and that is Dawesville Catholic Primary School. Lockridge Senior High School, Narrogin Senior High School and a corporation in Roebourne also received grants. A range of projects have received more than $100 000 in funding to help promote reconciliation. Whoever initiated these grants, I congratulate them as it is certainly a program that is well worth continuing to support, whichever side of government one comes from.
I thank the member for his question. Obviously, he is interested in the David Wirrpanda Foundation, which is based in his electorate in Subiaco. The reconciliation grants program is an excellent program that provides scholarships to a range of groups, including primary schools, high schools, local shires, a youth festival and the Police and Community Youth Centre. Thirty-eight projects across the state have received over $100 000 worth of grants. The government would like to claim some credit for this program. My policy officer thinks that we initiated the grants, but the fund started in 2001, so maybe it was started by the former government. Whoever started it, it does not matter. The reality is that it is a great program that provides funds to assist in the development of relationships with Aboriginal people, particularly in schools, and better integrates those communities into mainstream communities, by looking at the stories of Aboriginal elders and making sure that they are linked in with youth and that some of their stories are preserved. I want to highlight some of the 38 communities that have been chosen out of 140 applications from across the state. As the member stated, the David Wirrpanda Foundation’s Dare to Dream girls program received funding. This is a program for girls aged between 12 and 17 and is aimed at promoting confidence through health, deportment, grooming and sport. ABMUSIC, an Aboriginal corporation in Waterford, received funding for interpreting stories. I had to ask the member for Kimberley for the pronunciation of Gelganyem Ltd in Kununurra. It received a grant to run a workshop on building leadership skills to empower the youth council to find proactive solutions to the problems young Aboriginal people face in the Kimberley. These projects are tremendous. Some of them are based in Fremantle. There is one recipient in my electorate—I must point out that I did not choose it—and that is Dawesville Catholic Primary School. Lockridge Senior High School, Narrogin Senior High School and a corporation in Roebourne also received grants. A range of projects have received more than $100 000 in funding to help promote reconciliation. Whoever initiated these grants, I congratulate them as it is certainly a program that is well worth continuing to support, whichever side of government one comes from.
I want to highlight some of the 38 communities that have been chosen out of 140 applications from across the state. As the member stated, the David Wirrpanda Foundation’s Dare to Dream girls program received funding. This is a program for girls aged between 12 and 17 and is aimed at promoting confidence through health, deportment, grooming and sport. ABMUSIC, an Aboriginal corporation in Waterford, received funding for interpreting stories. I had to ask the member for Kimberley for the pronunciation of Gelganyem Ltd in Kununurra. It received a grant to run a workshop on building leadership skills to empower the youth council to find proactive solutions to the problems young Aboriginal people face in the Kimberley. These projects are tremendous. Some of them are based in Fremantle. There is one recipient in my electorate—I must point out that I did not choose it—and that is Dawesville Catholic Primary School. Lockridge Senior High School, Narrogin Senior High School and a corporation in Roebourne also received grants. A range of projects have received more than $100 000 in funding to help promote reconciliation. Whoever initiated these grants, I congratulate them as it is certainly a program that is well worth continuing to support, whichever side of government one comes from.
Dr K.D. HAMES replied: I thank the member for his question. Obviously, he is interested in the David Wirrpanda Foundation, which is based in his electorate in Subiaco. The reconciliation grants program is an excellent program that provides scholarships to a range of groups, including primary schools, high schools, local shires, a youth festival and the Police and Community Youth Centre. Thirty-eight projects across the state have received over $100 000 worth of grants. The government would like to claim some credit for this program. My policy officer thinks that we initiated the grants, but the fund started in 2001, so maybe it was started by the former government. Whoever started it, it does not matter. The reality is that it is a great program that provides funds to assist in the development of relationships with Aboriginal people, particularly in schools, and better integrates those communities into mainstream communities, by looking at the stories of Aboriginal elders and making sure that they are linked in with youth and that some of their stories are preserved. I want to highlight some of the 38 communities that have been chosen out of 140 applications from across the state. As the member stated, the David Wirrpanda Foundation’s Dare to Dream girls program received funding. This is a program for girls aged between 12 and 17 and is aimed at promoting confidence through health, deportment, grooming and sport. ABMUSIC, an Aboriginal corporation in Waterford, received funding for interpreting stories. I had to ask the member for Kimberley for the pronunciation of Gelganyem Ltd in Kununurra. It received a grant to run a workshop on building leadership skills to empower the youth council to find proactive solutions to the problems young Aboriginal people face in the Kimberley. These projects are tremendous. Some of them are based in Fremantle. There is one recipient in my electorate—I must point out that I did not choose it—and that is Dawesville Catholic Primary School. Lockridge Senior High School, Narrogin Senior High School and a corporation in Roebourne also received grants. A range of projects have received more than $100 000 in funding to help promote reconciliation. Whoever initiated these grants, I congratulate them as it is certainly a program that is well worth continuing to support, whichever side of government one comes from.
I thank the member for his question. Obviously, he is interested in the David Wirrpanda Foundation, which is based in his electorate in Subiaco. The reconciliation grants program is an excellent program that provides scholarships to a range of groups, including primary schools, high schools, local shires, a youth festival and the Police and Community Youth Centre. Thirty-eight projects across the state have received over $100 000 worth of grants. The government would like to claim some credit for this program. My policy officer thinks that we initiated the grants, but the fund started in 2001, so maybe it was started by the former government. Whoever started it, it does not matter. The reality is that it is a great program that provides funds to assist in the development of relationships with Aboriginal people, particularly in schools, and better integrates those communities into mainstream communities, by looking at the stories of Aboriginal elders and making sure that they are linked in with youth and that some of their stories are preserved. I want to highlight some of the 38 communities that have been chosen out of 140 applications from across the state. As the member stated, the David Wirrpanda Foundation’s Dare to Dream girls program received funding. This is a program for girls aged between 12 and 17 and is aimed at promoting confidence through health, deportment, grooming and sport. ABMUSIC, an Aboriginal corporation in Waterford, received funding for interpreting stories. I had to ask the member for Kimberley for the pronunciation of Gelganyem Ltd in Kununurra. It received a grant to run a workshop on building leadership skills to empower the youth council to find proactive solutions to the problems young Aboriginal people face in the Kimberley. These projects are tremendous. Some of them are based in Fremantle. There is one recipient in my electorate—I must point out that I did not choose it—and that is Dawesville Catholic Primary School. Lockridge Senior High School, Narrogin Senior High School and a corporation in Roebourne also received grants. A range of projects have received more than $100 000 in funding to help promote reconciliation. Whoever initiated these grants, I congratulate them as it is certainly a program that is well worth continuing to support, whichever side of government one comes from.
I want to highlight some of the 38 communities that have been chosen out of 140 applications from across the state. As the member stated, the David Wirrpanda Foundation’s Dare to Dream girls program received funding. This is a program for girls aged between 12 and 17 and is aimed at promoting confidence through health, deportment, grooming and sport. ABMUSIC, an Aboriginal corporation in Waterford, received funding for interpreting stories. I had to ask the member for Kimberley for the pronunciation of Gelganyem Ltd in Kununurra. It received a grant to run a workshop on building leadership skills to empower the youth council to find proactive solutions to the problems young Aboriginal people face in the Kimberley. These projects are tremendous. Some of them are based in Fremantle. There is one recipient in my electorate—I must point out that I did not choose it—and that is Dawesville Catholic Primary School. Lockridge Senior High School, Narrogin Senior High School and a corporation in Roebourne also received grants. A range of projects have received more than $100 000 in funding to help promote reconciliation. Whoever initiated these grants, I congratulate them as it is certainly a program that is well worth continuing to support, whichever side of government one comes from.
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