South-Eastern Metropolitan Region
Michael GALEA (South-Eastern Metropolitan) (12:44): (342) My constituency question today is for the Minister for Corrections, Minister for Youth Justice and Minister for Victim Support. My question relates to the $500,000 being invested towards grants to six community programs to support our young South Sudanese Victorians. Minister, how will these grants support the South Sudanese community in Victoria and particularly programs being funded in the South-Eastern Metropolitan Region? I welcome the announcement of the funding and the announcement too that applications for an additional $400,000 round of community grants have also opened. I was pleased to see the Andrews Labor government supporting the ongoing work of the South Sudanese Australian Youth Justice Expert Working Group. I applaud the $100,000 in funding that will be going towards the Stand Out Basketball program, which will be run by the Stand Out youth empowerment group in Dandenong and in Clyde.