❓ Ms. Mitchell asks how the WA government will support young refugees during Refugee Week. Minister Simpson responds by highlighting the Restoring Hope art exhibition, funded by the Department for Communities, as a platform for young refugees to express their experiences and hopes.
AnsweredQoN 290Legislative Assembly
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REFUGEE WEEK — YOUNG REFUGEES
290. Ms A.R. MITCHELL to the Minister for Community
Services:
How are young refugees in Perth
going to be supported by the state government during Refugee Week as they deal
with their memories and their hopes for the future?
290. Ms A.R. MITCHELL to the Minister for Community
Services:
How are young refugees in Perth
going to be supported by the state government during Refugee Week as they deal
with their memories and their hopes for the future?
AnswerView source ↗
Mr Speaker —
An opposition member interjected.
Mr
A.J. SIMPSON : Yes. It is a great event. The member should have been there.
It is a fantastic event.
This week is Refugee Week, and it is
a great time when the nation celebrates giving Australians with a refugee
background a chance to share their experiences. As the Minister for Youth, on
Monday I had the great opportunity to launch the Refugee Week 2013 Restoring Hope art exhibition. It is
basically designed for young refugees to put together a poem, a picture or a
painting to display their experiences. I think it is very important to
acknowledge that in the debate about refugees, children are the ones who are
affected the most. It is great for the Department for Communities to give them
the opportunity to express their desires and where they have come from. I will
touch on a couple of the profiles. A young girl from Ethiopia —
Mr
D.J. Kelly : Why were you not distributing this during the election, instead
of the sort of rubbish you sent people?
The SPEAKER :
Member for Bassendean, can you please calm down and let the minister answer.
Mr A.J. SIMPSON :
Thank you, Mr Speaker.
Last Monday afternoon, it was great to meet Sennayit, who is
from Ethiopia. She arrived in Australia three years ago. She had a beautiful
painting of a tree. The tree was —
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I call you to order for the third time.
Mr
A.J. SIMPSON : As I was saying, Sennayit is a young girl from Ethiopia who
painted a beautiful picture of a tree, and the tree basically explains her life
cycle, starting with her roots in the country she came from to the new and
bright future for her and her family. This was a great display of how she sees
her life in Australia in the future. It was great to see. A number of children
were involved in that process. I thank my Department for Communities, which has
funded this program for a number of years. It is great to have Propel Youth
Arts WA, which helped with the process. The display will go to the country
areas of Karratha, Port Hedland, Katanning, Albany and Bunbury. In Bunbury and
Katanning, young people have organised their own Refugee Week art projects. I
am very happy to be part of a government that recognises the great work that
these people do. I encourage members to take the opportunity to go to
Northbridge to see the display.
An opposition member interjected.
Mr
A.J. SIMPSON : Yes. It is a great event. The member should have been there.
It is a fantastic event.
This week is Refugee Week, and it is
a great time when the nation celebrates giving Australians with a refugee
background a chance to share their experiences. As the Minister for Youth, on
Monday I had the great opportunity to launch the Refugee Week 2013 Restoring Hope art exhibition. It is
basically designed for young refugees to put together a poem, a picture or a
painting to display their experiences. I think it is very important to
acknowledge that in the debate about refugees, children are the ones who are
affected the most. It is great for the Department for Communities to give them
the opportunity to express their desires and where they have come from. I will
touch on a couple of the profiles. A young girl from Ethiopia —
Mr
D.J. Kelly : Why were you not distributing this during the election, instead
of the sort of rubbish you sent people?
The SPEAKER :
Member for Bassendean, can you please calm down and let the minister answer.
Mr A.J. SIMPSON :
Thank you, Mr Speaker.
Last Monday afternoon, it was great to meet Sennayit, who is
from Ethiopia. She arrived in Australia three years ago. She had a beautiful
painting of a tree. The tree was —
Several members interjected.
The
SPEAKER : Member for Girrawheen, I call you to order for the third time.
Mr
A.J. SIMPSON : As I was saying, Sennayit is a young girl from Ethiopia who
painted a beautiful picture of a tree, and the tree basically explains her life
cycle, starting with her roots in the country she came from to the new and
bright future for her and her family. This was a great display of how she sees
her life in Australia in the future. It was great to see. A number of children
were involved in that process. I thank my Department for Communities, which has
funded this program for a number of years. It is great to have Propel Youth
Arts WA, which helped with the process. The display will go to the country
areas of Karratha, Port Hedland, Katanning, Albany and Bunbury. In Bunbury and
Katanning, young people have organised their own Refugee Week art projects. I
am very happy to be part of a government that recognises the great work that
these people do. I encourage members to take the opportunity to go to
Northbridge to see the display.
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