Page 1177 - Week 04 - Tuesday, 28 March 2017

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Branches of HS-A can now be found in every Australian state and territory, where it pursues its mission to minimise the psychosocial and physical impacts of heart conditions on Australian families by providing lifelong social support encouragement by peers, role models and helpers alike. HS-A also provides information, including an online resource library, and has established rehabilitation initiatives for cardiac sufferers at various stages of their condition. HS-A relies heavily on donations and volunteers to accomplish all this good work and has been the recipient of support from not-for-profit organisation SHOUT, another locally grown charitable organisation, for more than 15 years now.

I am proud of people like Mr Nancarrow who have the courage and the initiative to turn personal difficulties into something good, in this case, making sure that other Australians will never have to face the lack of support that he endured; and I am equally proud of SHOUT which, for more than 35 years, has provided self-help and support groups in the ACT with crucial support services

Many of these groups, like Heart Support-Australia, are small community organisations managed by volunteers who provide a lifeline to people with health conditions. Thank you Heart Support-Australia for all that you do. It is my sincere wish that you will be able to serve people for many years to come.

Question resolved in the affirmative.

The Assembly adjourned at 4.45 pm.

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