At 1:03pm on Wednesday 1 November I was honoured to table an enormous petition on behalf of 7,243 Western Australians. This petition calls for an inquiry into the tragic deaths of 27 babies who were born alive and left to die. As many of you would know, this is a cause close to my heart. […]
Although not within in my electorate Parkerville Children and Youth Care (PCYC) is an organisation that falls within my Child Protection Shadow Portfolio area. I recently had the opportunity to visit PCYC located in the Perth hills. I was given a tour of the grounds which are home to a number of their group foster homes, […]
It was great to attend the 2017 Child Protection Week Breakfast hosted by the Catholic Archdiocese of Perth. Over 200 people attended the breakfast which featured the students from Years 7 – 9 in the John XXIII College Treble Choir, the launch by Safeguarding Director Andrea Musulin of the resource Protecting Gods Children – A […]
On Tuesday 23 May 2017, Hon Nick Goiran gave Notice of Motion to establish a select committee into elder abuse in Western Australia to look at risk factors and ways to better protect vulnerable Western Australians. The select committee inquiry will also consider whether elder abuse should be a specific offence in the criminal code. “I want […]
The Rally for Life is an annual rally held outside Parliament House to remember the children whose lives have been terminated by abortion since it was legalised in 1998. Standing with a 1200 strong crowd, I used the time I was asked to speak to raise awareness of the 27 Western Australian babies who, after […]
As Co-convenor of the Parliamentary Friends of Palliative Care, I remain keenly interested in the sector of the medical profession to which it pertains. Attending the Annual Palliative Care WA Breakfast, I was encouraged to hear of the advances in this area and also some of the challenges being faced. These challenges include the need […]
On my way down south to visit relatives over Easter, I took the opportunity to visit the South West Refuge. This organisation not only offers women and children experiencing domestic violence a safe place to stay but also delivers quality services to support and empower women and children to make life decisions. The Refuge provides […]
In my former role as Parliamentary Secretary for Mental Health, I had the pleasure of visiting Palmerston Farm with Ben Morton MP and Andrew Hastie MP. This impressive facility is helping people whose lives are affected by drugs and alcohol, and we can be very proud to have a service such as this improving the […]
In October I chaired the delegation to Sydney, Wellington and Melbourne to take evidence from three anti-corruption agencies on how they handle the charging and prosecuting of offences arising from their investigations. In New South Wales, their ICAC can commence a prosecution but only after receiving approval from their state DPP. In New Zealand, their […]
In November 2016 I toured Melville Senior High School with Hon Peter Collier MLC, Minister for Education and Matt Taylor MLA, Member for Bateman. As we made our way through the school, this super talented group of students were proud to show us the recently completed Artist-in-Residence mural, a magnificent piece of […]