‘Australia is one with them’: PM arrives in Tasmania after Hillcrest jumping castle tragedy | jamesmassola
All of Australia is mourning with the families who lost their children in the Hillcrest Primary School tragedy, Prime Minister Scott Morrison says, as he promised an extra $800,000 to be made available to fund trauma counselling for the Devonport community.
The children who died in the Devonport primary school tragedy: Peter Dodt, Addison Stewart, Zane Mellor, Jye Sheehan, and Jalailah Jayne-Maree Jones.“I want to extend our deepest sympathies to the five families in particular who have lost those precious young ones, and we think also of the families of the three who are still in a terribly critical condition,” Mr Morrison said.
The $800,000 for counselling will be spent on trauma support for the families, community and first responders in Devonport. The federal funding would add to $500,000 the state government announced on Friday for counselling in the northern Tasmanian town.“Could I just say once again to all of those that have been impacted by this terrible, terrible tragedy – to the families of the five children who passed away, you know, words can’t express the sympathy that I feel,” Mr Gutwein said.Tributes left at Hillcrest Primary School following the death of five children in a jumping castle accident.
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