Media Statements

From the Office of the Hon Stephen Dawson MLC

Date	Minister	Portfolio	Title
10/08/2022	Dawson	Innovation and ICT	Finalists for 2022 WA Innovator of the Year awards
4/08/2022	Dawson	Innovation and ICT	WA Government teams up with renowned global business school
4/08/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	New Executive Director for WA Health Translation Network
3/08/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services	Joint media statement - Disaster assistance for cyclone impacted communities in WA's Kimberley
3/08/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services	Joint media statement - Disaster assistance for flood-affected communities on WA’s south coast
1/08/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services	McGowan Government invests $7.8 million into Kimberley emergency services
28/07/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services	Emergency Rescue Helicopter Service soars to new heights
25/07/2022	Dawson; McGurk	Emergency Services; Women's Interests	Next generation firefighters boost workplace diversity
21/07/2022	Dawson	Innovation and ICT	Spacecubed recipient of Lotterywest grant
19/07/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services	Lithium-ion battery fires spark winter home safety plea
18/07/2022	Dawson; Cook	Innovation and ICT; State Development, Jobs and Trade	More than $643,000 in Innovation Booster Grants for WA innovators
18/07/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	WA Health Hackathon to help drive innovation in healthcare sector
4/07/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services	Major boost to help local governments reduce bushfire risks
3/07/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	New program to increase the competitiveness of WA researchers
3/07/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	McGowan Government’s Innovation Seed Fund awards $8 million across 17 health and medical innovation initiatives
2/07/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services	South-West volunteer brigade chalks up half a century of service
1/07/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services	New vessel to the rescue for Geraldton volunteers
1/07/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services	Mid-West Gascoyne emergency services heroes honoured
1/07/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services	Finalists announced in WA Fire and Emergency Services Awards
1/07/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services	Joint media statement - Disaster assistance for flood-impacted areas in WA’s Mid-West
1/07/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	McGowan Government strengthens medical research commitment with WA Office of Medical Research and Innovation
1/07/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services; Volunteering	WA’s top emergency services cadets and mentors announced
30/06/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services	Awards ceremony honours long-serving Beelerup volunteers
30/06/2022	Dawson	Innovation and ICT	McGowan Government commits $1.2 million to new creative technology innovation hub
30/06/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services	South-West lithium miner thanked for stepping up in time of need
29/06/2022	Dawson; Punch	Innovation and ICT; Agriculture and Food	McGowan Government helping agriculture innovators grow
29/06/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services	South-West volunteers bolstered by cutting-edge firefighting arsenal
29/06/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services	South-West SES units bolstered by new rescue boats
28/06/2022	Dawson	Innovation and ICT	Western Australia joins international entrepreneurship program
27/06/2022	Dawson	Medical Research; Innovation and ICT	Co-Funding Partnerships Program provides opportunity for increased impact through collaboration
23/06/2022	Dawson; Sanderson	Medical Research; Mental Health	Innovation investment to build resilient children and confident young people
22/06/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	$2.4 million invested in effort to cure disease and keep WA Healthy
21/06/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	$3.6m to accelerate success for WA health and medical researchers
20/06/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	More than a million dollars for research to improve mental health in the WA community
10/06/2022	Dawson	Innovation and ICT	Western Australia’s world-leading capability expansion with Microsoft finalised
7/06/2022	Dawson	Innovation and ICT; Medical Research	Mission to United States to promote WA
7/06/2022	Dawson; Cook	Innovation and ICT; Commerce	ServiceWA app upgrade to keep WA drivers informed of petrol prices
3/06/2022	Dawson	Volunteering	Thank a Volunteer Day grants available to celebrate volunteers
1/06/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	$10 million to fast track health and medical research in WA
1/06/2022	Dawson	Innovation and ICT	Registrations now open for WA Data Science for Business Conference and Exhibition
26/05/2022	Sanderson; Dawson	Health; Innovation and ICT	New $10 million heliport for Royal Perth Hospital
26/05/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services	Changing of the guard with first female Deputy Commissioner appointed to Department of Fire and Emergency Services
25/05/2022	Dawson	Innovation and ICT	Data linkage reforms set to deliver more for Western Australians
25/05/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services	Rescue Helicopter Service propelled to new heights
23/05/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	McGowan Government commits $2.25 million for new clinical trials centre to open in Joondalup
20/05/2022	Dawson	Volunteering	Volunteers’ long-term service recognised
19/05/2022	Dawson	Volunteering	New generation of volunteers urged to step up
19/05/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	Researchers backed to develop initiatives to improve WA health care
18/05/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services	State Emergency Service units receive new utility vehicles on ‘Wear Orange Wednesday’
17/05/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services	Wear orange on Wednesday to thank the SES
17/05/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	Major boost to support research aimed at improving health outcomes
17/05/2022	Dawson	Volunteering	Volunteers celebrated as the lifeblood of regional WA
16/05/2022	Dawson	Volunteering	National Volunteer Week underway for 2022
12/05/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services	Major boost to Western Australia's emergency services
10/05/2022	McGowan; Dawson	Premier; Emergency Services	Bill introduced to provide certainty on COVID-19 response measures
9/05/2022	Dawson; Cook	Medical Research; Science	Global partnership between Australia and USA set to boost Biodesign Australia
9/05/2022	Dawson	Innovation and ICT	Western Australia’s Data Science Week 2022 gets underway
6/05/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	Call for tenders for a training program to improve consumer involvement in research
4/05/2022	Dawson	Innovation and ICT	Western Australia’s leaders gather for Brain Gain Roundtable
3/05/2022	Dawson	Innovation and ICT	Search begins for Western Australia’s Innovator of the Year 2022
1/05/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services	Fallen heroes’ legacy set in stone
30/04/2022	Templeman; Dawson	Sport and Recreation; Emergency Services	Northampton celebrates road to recovery with Festival of Footy
29/04/2022	Whitby; Dawson	Environment; Emergency Services	Celebrating 50 years of bushfire aerial detection
28/04/2022	Dawson	Volunteering	Lotterywest funding to recognise volunteers
28/04/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services	Joint media statement - Disaster assistance for flood-affected communities in WA’s Pilbara
27/04/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	Research Institute Support program to distribute $6.5 million funding boost
19/04/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services	First locally based Large Air Tanker to fight WA bushfires
14/04/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	WA visionaries encouraged to apply for health and medical Innovation Fellowships
9/04/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services	Great Southern volunteers armed with new firefighting equipment
8/04/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	Artificial Intelligence research project a winner in $2.1 million funding program
8/04/2022	Sanderson; Dawson	Health; Medical Research	WA Child Research Fund now open for applications to improve child and adolescent health
7/04/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services	WA continues to support NSW flood victims with emergency support
7/04/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	Clinicians encouraged to apply for fellowships to advance WA health research
6/04/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services	Joint media statement - Mobile worker accommodation rolls out for Seroja recovery
30/03/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services	WA sends another team to assist with flooding response
30/03/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	Innovation Seed Fund grants now open for innovators with novel health and medical research solutions
29/03/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services	Independent Wooroloo Bushfire review recommendations released
26/03/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services	SES Mounted Section bids farewell after 35 years of service
25/03/2022	Dawson	Innovation and ICT	McGowan Government continues investment in world-class cyber security services
24/03/2022	Dawson; MacTiernan	Emergency Services; Regional Development	First ever District Recovery Coordinator appointed to Wheatbelt following catastrophic bushfires
23/03/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services	Joint media statement - Disaster assistance following severe bushfire in WA’s South-West
23/03/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services	Joint media statement - Disaster assistance for farming communities in WA’s Wheatbelt
20/03/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	Groundbreaking WA rapid COVID-19 screening system to help protect remote and FIFO communities
18/03/2022	Dawson	Volunteering	YVolunteer program launched to help young people get ‘job ready’
17/03/2022	Sanderson; Dawson	Health; Medical Research	New study to capture data on undetected COVID-19 in Perth
16/03/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services	Joint media statement - Disaster assistance for flood-affected communities in WA’s Kimberley
11/03/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services	World-class firefighting vehicles give Esperance brigades new edge
11/03/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	New Chair of Western Australian Health Translation Network
9/03/2022	Dawson	Innovation and ICT	WA innovators invited to apply for $20,000 Innovation Booster Grants
9/03/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services	SES volunteers step up to assist flood-affected NSW
8/03/2022	Dawson; McGurk	Innovation and ICT; Women's Interests	Celebrating Western Australia’s women in innovation on International Women’s Day 2022
7/03/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services	Two more WA Emergency Services teams deployed to NSW to help communities devastated by floods
4/03/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services	Western Australian Emergency Services team to help NSW flooding response
4/03/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services	New marine rescue vessel pays homage to local history
2/03/2022	Dawson	Emergency Services	Joint media statement - Funding boost to reduce disaster risk for WA communities
24/02/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	$10 million to support outstanding health and medical research
22/02/2022	Dawson	Volunteering; Emergency Services	Volunteering WA online presence to be boosted
21/02/2022	Dawson	Medical Research	Funding opportunity to set up health and medical researchers for success
18/02/2022	Dawson; Johnston; Kelly	Emergency Services; Energy; Water	Financial relief for bushfire-affected Western Australians
17/02/2022	Dawson	Innovation and ICT	More than $615,000 to grow entrepreneur and investor education programs