Nola Marino (Forrest, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I would like to thank the foreign minister for providing a very important message to the White Ribbon gala dinner in my electorate, in Bunbury, over the weekend. The funding from that particular dinner was shared by not only the White Ribbon effort but also the Waratah Centre. The Waratah Centre provides free, specialised intervention services for people who have experienced sexual assault and sexual abuse as well as for family domestic violence purposes or for those who need to know how to deal with the issues and impacts of the trauma in their lives from such abuse, assault and violence against children, young people, families and family members, and to know that each one of those forms of violence is preventable.

It was a very good event, and it was one that was deliberately set to raise funds as well for Waratah. They do an amazing job. I would also like to commend all of those involved in the dinner. They did an enormous amount of work and were able to generate significant funds for the work of both Waratah and White Ribbon Day. Again, I thank the foreign minister for that message. It was greatly respected and appreciated by everybody present.

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