Dean Smith (WA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I add Senator Keneally as a co-sponsor of the motion. I, and also on behalf of Senator Keneally, move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that the first Vietnamese refugees in Western Australia were discovered drifting offshore in boats on the north-west coast on 12 May 1977;

(b) further notes that 25 Vietnamese refugees disembarked in Perth from Broome on 17 May 1977;

(c) acknowledges Western Australia has become home to a vibrant Vietnamese community with almost 22,000 people declaring Vietnamese ancestry in the 2016 census; and

(d) recognises the significant civic, economic and social contributions made by members of the Vietnamese community in Western Australia, and their part in shaping modern Australia.

Question agreed to.