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I'm incredibly honoured and deeply humbled.
It is motivating everyone. Every unsung hero working in the community.
Understanding that you put in the effort and that gets recognised and that just builds a stronger and safer community.
I hope that it means more people are incentivised and inspired to go out to the communities and try to make a difference.
As refugees and migrants that came here to Australia, and just finding a way through society and figuring things out.
This being here today, honestly, it's just tremendous.
Winning this award means to me and my community that we are acknowledged.
It's a way of telling us that the work that we are doing in the community is advancing the state.
I think that it's really important to continue those successes, but also to empower other new and emerging communities.
This award is not for me, but for my community and all the silent heroes who are working for their community fellows,
welcoming the new migrants, helping the refugees, asylum seekers and other people to make a better place to live.
In the mental health, wellbeing space, in the prevention, early intervention. What I strive for is to improve that access and equity in communities to ensure that their health is counted.
I'm here today, but I really represent all the people that believe in our organisation and all the people that attend our events,
I want to connect with our community to make this state a better state.
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