Thursday, 4 May 2023

Southern Metropolitan Region

John BERGER (Southern Metropolitan) (12:39): (144) My constituency question is for the Minister for Youth Minister Suleyman. Recently I attended the ceremony for the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award at Bialik College in my electorate of Southern Metro representing Minister Suleyman. I witnessed 33 bright young students celebrate their achievements. They had dedicated the last six months of their lives to both charity and self-improvement. To complete this challenge students must be self-motivated and hardworking and dedicate huge amounts of their own time to helping others. As part of their challenge students ran a cafe and donated the proceeds to a charity of their choice. Activities like this not only support local community but also build important life skills like teamwork and discipline, which benefit students for life. So my question is: what is the Andrews Labor government doing to ensure that young people are supported to participate in activities which benefit their community as a whole?