Melissa Price (Durack, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I rise today to speak about the Prime Minister's recent visit to my electorate, to the beautiful Kimberley town of Broome. It was such a wonderful opportunity for the Prime Minister to visit my electorate. In particular, I think it was incredibly uplifting, and I have to say that the community made the most of the visit. The visit coincided with the announcement that the Kimberley would receive $8.7 million in federal funding through the Building Better Regions Fund, which includes an investment into a cultural centre which is to be owned and operated by the Yawuru Aboriginal corporation. Whilst in Broome the Prime Minister and I took the opportunity to meet with Peter Yu, who is the CEO of Yawuru, to discuss the issue of youth suicide in the Kimberley.

When the Prime Minister was in Broome he also took the opportunity to meet with a whole raft of community members, but a highlight was meeting the schoolchildren from the Broome Senior High School as well as St Mary's and various other schools in Broome. Of particular note was a small group of children who drove down from One Arm Point. This is a two-hour drive for these young people, on an unsealed road, to meet with their Prime Minister. And I can tell you, they were the highlight of the trip. Coincidently, this government has committed some $50 million to sealing the road that these young people drove on, which is called Cape Leveque Road, so that the next time the Prime Minister comes to Broome and they come to visit him their trip, I can assure them, will be shorter and much more comfortable.