Media Statements

From the Office of the Hon Simone McGurk MLA

Date	Minister	Portfolio	Title
1/02/2023	McGurk	Water	$37 million investment in Mandurah wastewater infrastructure
25/01/2023	McGurk	Training	Free period products extended to WA TAFE colleges
24/01/2023	McGurk; Templeman	Water; Heritage	CY O’Connor’s Golden Pipeline celebrates 120 years of service
23/01/2023	McGurk; Papalia	Training; Defence Industry	Call to ‘start something’ with WA’s defence industry
19/01/2023	McGurk; Ellery	Water; Energy	Additional financial relief available to flood-affected Kimberley
17/01/2023	McGurk	Training	State-of-the-art maritime training in Geraldton about to set sail
23/12/2022	McGurk	Water	New monitoring plan provides snapshot of Geographe Waterways
23/12/2022	McGurk	Water	Allocation limits in Murray groundwater area reduced
22/12/2022	McGurk; Papalia	Training; Defence Industry	Support for defence veterans to transfer skills into new careers
21/12/2022	McGurk; Punch	Training; Seniors and Ageing	New care sector short course is FREE IN '23
11/12/2022	Quigley; McGurk	Attorney General; Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence	Victim-survivors lend their voice on coercive control response
10/12/2022	McGurk	Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence	State Government supports dental program healing smiles
9/12/2022	McGurk	Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence	West Coast Eagles turn orange for 16 Days in WA
9/12/2022	McGurk; Buti	Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence; Aboriginal Affairs	Aboriginal-led strategy to strengthen family safety
9/12/2022	McGurk; Papalia	Child Protection; Police	New Northbridge initiative to keep kids safe
8/12/2022	McGurk	Women's Interests	State Government on track creating safer workplaces for women
7/12/2022	Kelly; McGurk	Water; Women's Interests	Closing gender pay gap reinforces Water Corporation as employer of choice for women
6/12/2022	McGurk; Buti	Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence; Citizenship and Multicultural Interests	New family and domestic violence counselling service for culturally and linguistically diverse women
5/12/2022	McGurk	Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence	$3 million for projects to prevent family and domestic violence
5/12/2022	McGurk	Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence	Bunbury organisation takes centre stage for domestic violence prevention project
4/12/2022	McGurk; Sanderson	Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence; Health	Help for emergency responders handling domestic violence call-outs
4/12/2022	McGurk	Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence	Call out for pet foster carers to support domestic violence survivors
30/11/2022	McGurk	Child Protection	Laws passed to strengthen Working with Children Checks
29/11/2022	Johnston; McGurk	Mines and Petroleum; Industrial Relations; Women's Interests	Progress achieved in push to prevent workplace sexual harassment
29/11/2022	McGowan; McGurk; Papalia	Premier; Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence; Police	$11 million boost for frontline response to family and domestic violence
28/11/2022	McGurk	Community Services	Applications open for regional childcare grants to attract staff
28/11/2022	Johnston; McGurk	Mines and Petroleum; Women's Interests	Funding to boost health and safety in WA’s mining industry
26/11/2022	McGurk	Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence	Major boost to support women facing financial abuse
26/11/2022	Johnston; McGurk	Mines and Petroleum; Women's Interests	Workforce safety study delivers preliminary findings
25/11/2022	McGurk; Templeman	Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence; Sport and Recreation	Sports stars call full-time on violence against women
20/11/2022	Sanderson; Quigley; McGurk	Health; Attorney General; Women's Interests	McGowan Government to reform WA’s abortion laws
20/11/2022	Cook; McGurk	Commerce; Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence	Review of tenancy laws that deal with family and domestic violence
16/11/2022	McGurk	Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence	Funding to help domestic violence survivors find safe housing
11/11/2022	Saffioti; McGurk	Planning; Community Services	Position statement on improving development of childcare centres
3/11/2022	McGurk	Child Protection	Funding boost to support children impacted by trauma
1/11/2022	McGurk	Child Protection	Laws requiring ministers of religion to report child sexual abuse come into effect
31/10/2022	Ellery; McGurk	Education and Training; Community Services	Industry partnership to grow early childhood education and care workforce
22/10/2022	McGurk	Child Protection; Community Services	Children's Week puts child safety in the spotlight
17/10/2022	McGurk	Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence	State and Federal Governments launch National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children
16/10/2022	McGurk	Community Services	Western Australia’s carers recognised in National Carers Week
12/10/2022	McGurk	Women's Interests	Who runs the world? Applications for women's grants now open
11/10/2022	McGurk; Carey	Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence; Housing; Homelessness	New men’s behaviour change program for the Pilbara
11/10/2022	Ellery; McGurk	Education and Training; Women's Interests; Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence	Consent education to be embedded in WA schools’ curriculum
27/09/2022	McGurk	Child Protection	Expanded early intervention program helping children in Halls Creek
21/09/2022	Johnston; McGurk	Mines and Petroleum; Industrial Relations; Women's Interests	McGowan Government responds to sexual harassment inquiry
14/09/2022	McGurk; Buti	Child Protection; Aboriginal Affairs	Aboriginal Representative Organisations help keep children safe
12/09/2022	McGurk	Child Protection	State’s peak child protection practitioner appointed
8/09/2022	McGurk	Child Protection	Expansion of Aboriginal In-Home Support Service helping Peel
8/09/2022	McGowan; Templeman; McGurk	Premier; Sport and Recreation; Women's Interests	Boost for AFLW and community footy
4/09/2022	McGurk	Child Protection	Funding boost for Aboriginal-led child protection pilot to improve family safety
31/08/2022	McGurk	Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence	$2.16 million to assist women escaping family and domestic violence
31/08/2022	McGurk	Child Protection	New Intensive Family Support team in Carnarvon to enhance support for at-risk youth
28/08/2022	McGurk; Ellery	Women's Interests; Education and Training	Free period products for WA public secondary schools
22/08/2022	Saffioti; McGurk	Transport; Women's Interests	Writing on the wall for offensive advertising on WA vehicles
19/08/2022	McGurk	Child Protection	Donation drive to help brighten the day of kids in foster care
17/08/2022	McGurk	Child Protection	Laws to prevent organisations covering up child abuse pass through WA Parliament
17/08/2022	McGurk	Child Protection	Landmark changes to strengthen working with children law
16/08/2022	McGurk	Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence	$3 million funding boost for initiatives to prevent domestic violence
15/08/2022	McGurk	Child Protection	Generosity of carers celebrated during Foster Carers Week
9/08/2022	Buti; McGurk	Finance; Community Services	State Commissioning Strategy to improve community services delivery in WA
7/08/2022	McGowan; McGurk	Premier; Child Protection	McGowan Government extends support for young people in care until the age of 21
4/08/2022	McGurk	Women's Interests	Report card shows women workforce participation at record highs
3/08/2022	McGurk	Community Services	New strategy provides pathway to improving services for Aboriginal families
2/08/2022	McGurk	Child Protection	Young achievers in out-of-home care make the grade
1/08/2022	Carey; McGurk	Lands; Community Services	Release of residential and commercial lots to meet demand in Broome - including EOI for new childcare centre
31/07/2022	McGurk	Community Services	Support for young offenders to turn their lives around
25/07/2022	Dawson; McGurk	Emergency Services; Women's Interests	Next generation firefighters boost workplace diversity
21/07/2022	McGurk; MacTiernan	Culture and the Arts; Regional Development	Huge funding boost to deliver exciting new regional Aboriginal arts and cultural projects
20/07/2022	McGowan; Cook; McGurk	Premier; Tourism; Sport and Recreation	WA kicks off week of elite international football with ICON festival
19/07/2022	McGurk	Sport and Recreation	Four charities to benefit from VenuesWest community partnerships
14/07/2022	McGurk	Sport and Recreation; Culture and the Arts	San Cisco provides local talent at international sports festival
11/07/2022	McGurk	Community Services	New training resource to improve safety at family day care services
5/07/2022	McGurk	Child Protection	State Government steps in to continue funding support for Kimberley Sexual Abuse Prevention and Support Service
1/07/2022	McGurk	Community Services	Grants awarded to attract childcare workers to regional WA
30/06/2022	McGurk; Buti	Women's Interests; Finance	State Government uses buying power to advance gender equality
26/06/2022	McGurk; Templeman	Child Protection; Sport and Recreation	Ready Check GO Working with Children Check campaign helping to keep kids safe
22/06/2022	Johnston; McGurk	Mines and Petroleum; Women's Interests	Major boost for workplace mental health and mines safety
15/06/2022	McGurk	Women's Interests	Funding boost to help shape future female Aboriginal leaders
14/06/2022	McGurk	Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence	New family and domestic violence hub announced in Broome
2/06/2022	Buti; McGurk	Aboriginal Affairs; Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence	Support for prevention of family and domestic violence in Derby
2/06/2022	McGurk	Community Services	Childcare operators in hot water over burn incidents
2/06/2022	McGurk	Child Protection	New Home Stretch WA partnership boosts support for young Aboriginal people leaving care
30/05/2022	McGurk	Child Protection	Australian Centre for Child Protection launches WA program
25/05/2022	McGurk	Child Protection	New residential care homes in regional WA to benefit children
19/05/2022	McGurk; Sanderson	Community Services; Mental Health	New provider announced for former Esther Foundation facility
19/05/2022	McGurk	Community Services	Department of Communities staff deployed to flood-ravaged NSW
13/05/2022	McGurk	Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence	New family and domestic violence counselling service for young people in Rockingham and Northam
12/05/2022	Quigley; McGurk; Punch	Attorney General; Child Protection; Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence; Community Services; Disability Services	$450 million to support safe and thriving WA communities
5/05/2022	McGurk	Community Services	Statement from Minister for Community Services
5/05/2022	McGurk	Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence	$34.4 million to combat family and domestic violence and hold perpetrators to account
4/05/2022	Johnston; McGurk	Mines and Petroleum; Industrial Relations; Women's Interests	Resources workforce safety program gets $6.5 million boost
3/05/2022	McGurk	Child Protection	$11.1 million boost to Target 120 program to address drivers of youth crime
3/05/2022	McGurk; Papalia	Child Protection; Police	New initiatives to tackle youth crime in the Pilbara
3/05/2022	MacTiernan; McGurk; Johnston; Papalia	Regional Development; Child Protection; Corrective Services; Police	$40.4 million package to tackle juvenile crime in the Kimberley
1/05/2022	McGurk	Child Protection	New child protection measures come into effect
22/04/2022	McGurk	Child Protection	$114 million boost to protect and support Western Australian children
8/04/2022	McGurk	Child Protection	State Government delivering on commitments following Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse
7/04/2022	McGurk; Sanderson	Women's Interests	Esther Foundation referred to parliamentary committee
6/04/2022	McGurk	Child Protection	Significant child protection laws progress through WA Parliament
29/03/2022	McGurk; Quigley	Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence; Attorney General	Community to be consulted about tackling coercive control