Page 3940 - Week 11 - Wednesday, 20 September 2017

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(b) funding Safe Schools to encourage all young people to learn about gender diversity and to support young people in the LGBTIQ community;

(d) continued funding for Justice Reinvestment programs to deliver a family-focused approach to reducing the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the justice system;

(e) encouraging and investing in schools that provide great opportunities for all children to learn regardless of their background or circumstances;

(f) delivering a mental health package with a special focus on young people and new mothers, as well as investing in a range of services and programs to improve the mental health of Canberrans and reduce the incidences of suicide in our community;

(g) hosting over 35 workshops involving hundreds of people, and reaching thousands of Canberrans, as part of the development of the ACT Housing Strategy in the lead up to the ACT Housing and Homelessness Summit in October 2017;

(h) promoting women in sport with specific funding to increase participating of young women, including working towards more equal funding for elite teams and representation on sporting boards tied to triennial funding agreements; a new women in sport on-line portal to be established; and infrastructure funding to make community sporting facilities more accessible for women and girls;

(i) encouraging inclusion of culturally and linguistically diverse individuals through sporting events, festivals and an increase in access to services in languages other than English;

(j) declaring the ACT a Refugee Welcome Zone and supporting refugees and asylum seekers to improve their English language skills through expanding English language programs, and to enter the workforce with the assistance of a job brokerage service;

(k) supporting programs that improve outcomes for offenders transitioning back into the community and reduce rates of recidivism; and

(l) kicking off a deliberative democracy process to improve support for ACT carers; and

(4) calls on the ACT Government to sustain its focus on inclusion and to continue delivering new programs and initiatives that recognise, respect and support our diverse community.

“A society for all, in which every individual has an active role to play. A society based on fundamental values of equity, equality, social justice, and human rights and

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