Rua names new Perth shelter after reclusive billionaire Angela Bennett

“Vasil Zempilas and his council should be disgraced… the reality is that Vasili Zempilas and his council closed the women’s shelter. Council members voted against the project and made it clear they wanted to eliminate homeless services.

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“It depends on what kind of leadership you want to provide for your community. Do you work with people’s worst fears, as Vasily Zempilas and his council do, or do you take people on a journey to solve this very difficult problem?”

Zempilas said the housing minister needed to spend more time building houses “and less time trying to demonize me”.

“Everyone can see his pathetic attempts to distract attention from his shocking inaction and ineffectiveness,” he said.

“Safe Night Space is open and operating in the city of Perth. And the new Ruach center was supported by the city at all stages.”

A safe nighttime space for women, a political firestorm erupted earlier this year when the City of Perth stopped funding a pilot project running in East Perth.

Zempilas and the town had resisted Ruach’s plans to move the safe night space to Northbridge over fears it would impact local residents.

Zanella did not answer questions about Zempilas specifically, but said she draws strength from the founders of her organization, the Daughters of Charity.

“The Daughters of Charity came to this space in 1959. Brave, bold, big women who have probably been told by many men to keep quiet and stay in their ways and they say, “No, there is a need,” and I take courage. from this,” she said.