MAR 31, 2014 The Prime Minister hands out $20.7 million to W.A. charities as Telethon distributes the money raised at Telethon 2013.
More details below, but first, click on the video to see how the event unfolded as 7 News covered the story.
Over five hundred people gathered at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre to witness Telethon’s $20.7 million record raised in 2013 being handed out to over forty different charities by Prime Minister Tony Abbott. The event captured the essence of youth with eighty school children from Dalkeith Primary School singing and dancing their way through songs and emotional,heartfelt words from parents who are being helped by the money that Telethon spreads far and wide within the W.A. community.