Speeches

HON ALISON XAMON (North Metropolitan) [6.20 pm]: I rise tonight to make some comments about the issue of disability employment within Western Australia. It is a matter that I am taking a particularly keen interest in at the moment and I want to make sure that young people with disability and emerging disability can avail themselves of employment options into the future. We know that around four million Australians have disability, and that is about 18 per cent of the population. Over one-third of Australian households have a person with disability.

HON ALISON XAMON (North Metropolitan) [9.42 pm]: I rise to make a few comments about an event last week that I was lucky enough to be invited to. That was the official launch of Kites Children’s Therapy. I was joined by the Minister for Disability Services, Hon Stephen Dawson, who opened the event. It was a lovely day, and I was very pleased to be able to be there.