SENATOR BILYK TAKES PRIDE IN SECURING FUNDING FOR ROWALLAN PARK …

… SUPPORTED ACCOMMODATION FACILITY

Senator Catryna Bilyk today attended the opening of the Rowallan Park supported accommodation facility in Jindabyne Road, Kingston, for which she had worked to secure Commonwealth funding.

The Rowallan Park project has provided a mix of houses, townhouses and units for 12 people with severe or profound disability.

“I take personal pride in seeing this facility opened, having provided support, advice and assistance to the Kingston Uniting Church on this project over several years, and taking a central role in ensuring the $2.8 million in funding was committed under the former Labor Government,” Senator Bilyk said.

Senator Bilyk said that the project would provide a more secure future for people with disability in Southern Tasmania.

“A project such as Rowallan Park takes an innovative approach to providing supported accommodation to people with disability, and it is a project that I hope will be showcased and replicated across Australia,” Senator Bilyk said.

During its development the project has also provided a number of local construction jobs in Kingston.

A parent of one of the Rowallan Park residents, Janine Romaszko, who had also been instrumental in seeing the project delivered, acknowledged Senator Bilyk’s role in her speech at the opening.

“Senator Catryna Bilyk directed us towards the Federal Supported Accomodation Innovation Fund and supported us through that process and throughout the whole project,” Ms Romaszko said.
SENATOR CATRYNA BILYK DEPUTY OPPOSITION WHIP IN THE SENATE SENATOR FOR TASMANIA