❓ The Premier outlines the WA State Government's immediate response to support Western Australians traumatised by the Bali bombings, including hospital treatment, crisis counselling, and ongoing mental health support.
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Will the Premier outline to the House what the State Government is doing to help Western Australians who have been traumatised by the terrorist bombings in Bali? Dr G.I. GALLOP
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We now know that all injured Australians have been airlifted from Bali and are being treated at hospitals throughout the country. Currently, 33 injured victims are being treated in Western Australian public hospitals. The majority of victims are suffering from burns and shrapnel wounds. Although our hospitals can treat the physical injuries, mental and emotional problems also result from such a tragic incident and, as I indicated yesterday, we will have to pull together as a community to deal with that matter. Obviously many individuals have been traumatised. The families of the victims have never experienced such an event and they are not sure how to cope with their children who have been seriously injured or traumatised. Therefore, the Department for Community Development has established a crisis care unit telephone counselling service. When the Government approached the department on Sunday, it responded very quickly and had that service in operation by 5.30 pm on Sunday night. So far it has received about 80 calls. Officials from the department visited the airport when planes arrived from Bali and they made contact with those people who have been affected. Another problem with this incident is that the real pain may not come initially; it may be felt two or three weeks down the track. We will have to prepare ourselves for the arrival in Western Australia in the near future of those people who have been killed in this horrific incident. The need for counselling will be an ongoing task for the Department for Community Development. I thank all the counsellors for the spirit they have shown and for their quick response to the Government’s request to activate that service. I thank them for the wonderful work they are now doing to make sure that everyone in Western Australia who needs help will get it. I am very proud of what our public servants in all areas are doing. Today I make special mention of those counsellors from the Department for Community Development.
Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: We now know that all injured Australians have been airlifted from Bali and are being treated at hospitals throughout the country. Currently, 33 injured victims are being treated in Western Australian public hospitals. The majority of victims are suffering from burns and shrapnel wounds. Although our hospitals can treat the physical injuries, mental and emotional problems also result from such a tragic incident and, as I indicated yesterday, we will have to pull together as a community to deal with that matter. Obviously many individuals have been traumatised. The families of the victims have never experienced such an event and they are not sure how to cope with their children who have been seriously injured or traumatised. Therefore, the Department for Community Development has established a crisis care unit telephone counselling service. When the Government approached the department on Sunday, it responded very quickly and had that service in operation by 5.30 pm on Sunday night. So far it has received about 80 calls. Officials from the department visited the airport when planes arrived from Bali and they made contact with those people who have been affected. Another problem with this incident is that the real pain may not come initially; it may be felt two or three weeks down the track. We will have to prepare ourselves for the arrival in Western Australia in the near future of those people who have been killed in this horrific incident. The need for counselling will be an ongoing task for the Department for Community Development. I thank all the counsellors for the spirit they have shown and for their quick response to the Government’s request to activate that service. I thank them for the wonderful work they are now doing to make sure that everyone in Western Australia who needs help will get it. I am very proud of what our public servants in all areas are doing. Today I make special mention of those counsellors from the Department for Community Development.
We now know that all injured Australians have been airlifted from Bali and are being treated at hospitals throughout the country. Currently, 33 injured victims are being treated in Western Australian public hospitals. The majority of victims are suffering from burns and shrapnel wounds. Although our hospitals can treat the physical injuries, mental and emotional problems also result from such a tragic incident and, as I indicated yesterday, we will have to pull together as a community to deal with that matter. Obviously many individuals have been traumatised. The families of the victims have never experienced such an event and they are not sure how to cope with their children who have been seriously injured or traumatised. Therefore, the Department for Community Development has established a crisis care unit telephone counselling service. When the Government approached the department on Sunday, it responded very quickly and had that service in operation by 5.30 pm on Sunday night. So far it has received about 80 calls. Officials from the department visited the airport when planes arrived from Bali and they made contact with those people who have been affected. Another problem with this incident is that the real pain may not come initially; it may be felt two or three weeks down the track. We will have to prepare ourselves for the arrival in Western Australia in the near future of those people who have been killed in this horrific incident. The need for counselling will be an ongoing task for the Department for Community Development. I thank all the counsellors for the spirit they have shown and for their quick response to the Government’s request to activate that service. I thank them for the wonderful work they are now doing to make sure that everyone in Western Australia who needs help will get it. I am very proud of what our public servants in all areas are doing. Today I make special mention of those counsellors from the Department for Community Development.
Officials from the department visited the airport when planes arrived from Bali and they made contact with those people who have been affected. Another problem with this incident is that the real pain may not come initially; it may be felt two or three weeks down the track. We will have to prepare ourselves for the arrival in Western Australia in the near future of those people who have been killed in this horrific incident. The need for counselling will be an ongoing task for the Department for Community Development. I thank all the counsellors for the spirit they have shown and for their quick response to the Government’s request to activate that service. I thank them for the wonderful work they are now doing to make sure that everyone in Western Australia who needs help will get it. I am very proud of what our public servants in all areas are doing. Today I make special mention of those counsellors from the Department for Community Development.
Dr G.I. GALLOP replied: We now know that all injured Australians have been airlifted from Bali and are being treated at hospitals throughout the country. Currently, 33 injured victims are being treated in Western Australian public hospitals. The majority of victims are suffering from burns and shrapnel wounds. Although our hospitals can treat the physical injuries, mental and emotional problems also result from such a tragic incident and, as I indicated yesterday, we will have to pull together as a community to deal with that matter. Obviously many individuals have been traumatised. The families of the victims have never experienced such an event and they are not sure how to cope with their children who have been seriously injured or traumatised. Therefore, the Department for Community Development has established a crisis care unit telephone counselling service. When the Government approached the department on Sunday, it responded very quickly and had that service in operation by 5.30 pm on Sunday night. So far it has received about 80 calls. Officials from the department visited the airport when planes arrived from Bali and they made contact with those people who have been affected. Another problem with this incident is that the real pain may not come initially; it may be felt two or three weeks down the track. We will have to prepare ourselves for the arrival in Western Australia in the near future of those people who have been killed in this horrific incident. The need for counselling will be an ongoing task for the Department for Community Development. I thank all the counsellors for the spirit they have shown and for their quick response to the Government’s request to activate that service. I thank them for the wonderful work they are now doing to make sure that everyone in Western Australia who needs help will get it. I am very proud of what our public servants in all areas are doing. Today I make special mention of those counsellors from the Department for Community Development.
We now know that all injured Australians have been airlifted from Bali and are being treated at hospitals throughout the country. Currently, 33 injured victims are being treated in Western Australian public hospitals. The majority of victims are suffering from burns and shrapnel wounds. Although our hospitals can treat the physical injuries, mental and emotional problems also result from such a tragic incident and, as I indicated yesterday, we will have to pull together as a community to deal with that matter. Obviously many individuals have been traumatised. The families of the victims have never experienced such an event and they are not sure how to cope with their children who have been seriously injured or traumatised. Therefore, the Department for Community Development has established a crisis care unit telephone counselling service. When the Government approached the department on Sunday, it responded very quickly and had that service in operation by 5.30 pm on Sunday night. So far it has received about 80 calls. Officials from the department visited the airport when planes arrived from Bali and they made contact with those people who have been affected. Another problem with this incident is that the real pain may not come initially; it may be felt two or three weeks down the track. We will have to prepare ourselves for the arrival in Western Australia in the near future of those people who have been killed in this horrific incident. The need for counselling will be an ongoing task for the Department for Community Development. I thank all the counsellors for the spirit they have shown and for their quick response to the Government’s request to activate that service. I thank them for the wonderful work they are now doing to make sure that everyone in Western Australia who needs help will get it. I am very proud of what our public servants in all areas are doing. Today I make special mention of those counsellors from the Department for Community Development.
Officials from the department visited the airport when planes arrived from Bali and they made contact with those people who have been affected. Another problem with this incident is that the real pain may not come initially; it may be felt two or three weeks down the track. We will have to prepare ourselves for the arrival in Western Australia in the near future of those people who have been killed in this horrific incident. The need for counselling will be an ongoing task for the Department for Community Development. I thank all the counsellors for the spirit they have shown and for their quick response to the Government’s request to activate that service. I thank them for the wonderful work they are now doing to make sure that everyone in Western Australia who needs help will get it. I am very proud of what our public servants in all areas are doing. Today I make special mention of those counsellors from the Department for Community Development.
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