By TOM GANNON
Employees from AGL’s Loy Yang A power station came together last Friday to unveil a collection of artworks by local Aboriginal youths on display at the station for NAIDOC Week.
In line with this year’s NAIDOC Week theme ‘Heal Country!’ the artworks were designed by members of the Latrobe Youth Space to reflect how country is inherent to identity and sustains all aspects of our lives including spiritually, physically, emotionally, socially and culturally.
More than 40 Loy Yang employees attended the event which included a Welcome to Country by Gunaikurnai elder Uncle Lloyd Hood, a smoking ceremony and the raising of the Australian, Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal flags.
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Young people across the Latrobe Valley now have access to a purpose-built youth services hub in Morwell to connect with community, education and employment opportunities.
Minister for Youth Ros Spence today joined Member for Eastern Victoria Harriet Shing to open ‘the Zone’, a permanent home for Latrobe Youth Space.
The Andrews Labor Government has provided $5.6 million since 2017 to support Latrobe Youth Space to deliver services connecting young people to employment, training and community life in the Latrobe Valley.
Government funding supported Latrobe Youth Space’s move to the Zone – a multipurpose space designed in close consultation with local young people, featuring kitchen facilities, a green screen room, a parents’ area and quiet study spaces.