Community Groups

It was an honour to attend and open the Dragon Boat Festival. It was made possible through the cooperation of many of our multicultural community groups such as Community Culture Services, Canberra Griffins Dragon Boat Club and the ANU Chinese Classical Music Ensemble.

The festival is truly a small piece of China in Canberra with traditional dance, singing and poetry reading. It has been running for over eight years now, and I encourage everyone to attend next year.

In keeping with the spirit of praising our community organisations, I also wish to thank Canberra Community law and Onelink for their advocacy on behalf of a constituent of mine.

Almost one year ago, I was contacted by a resident in desperate need of public housing. This person had been a public servant for over 14 years and served the ACT Government for 10 of those. Some time ago, she was diagnosed with a degenerative condition that caused a rapid deterioration in her health. In a relatively short amount of time, she went from healthy, to wheelchair bound. Her income was no longer sufficient to compete in the private rental market.

I am delighted to be able to say that after a year of advocacy from myself and other community organisations, we have found her a home.

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