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ou’ve heard of ‘Humans of New York’,
now get ready for a photography exhibition
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Parramatta.
The personal stories of migration, strength,
sporting achievements and volunteering
in the Parramatta community are being
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‘Community Love’.
Open until June 29 at PHIVE, ‘Community
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One of the people captured in the series
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Afghanistan fo lowing the Taliban coming to
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Now a tax accountant and business
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Foundation in 2019 to help refugees and
immigrants lead self-su ficient lives. She said
it’s Parramatta that has made her who she is
today.
“Refugee girls from Afghanistan, firs thing
that comes to our mind ‘you are an Afghan
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“In Parramatta, I say, I can do this. You
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to breathe the air of Parramatta, it makes you
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“It makes you feel [like] who you want to be.”
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Sameer Pandey and Peter Wynn in front of Wynn’s portrait. Photo: City of Parramatta. Community Love participant Tahera Nassrat and Lord Mayor Sameer Pandey.
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Mitch Moses in action during
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Merrylands woman who left her two
children in an unattended vehicle
has been fined $1000.
Maryam Hosseini, 33, fronted Parramatta
Local Court last week charged with ‘leaving
children in a motor vehicle, causing emotional
distress’.
On December 28, 2022, Hosseini left a
two-year-old and six-year-old inside her
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vehicle while she went into Woolworths in
Granvi le. The court heard that they were in
the car for at least 20 minutes before police
were alerted by a concerned witness.
According to police, the front and rear
windows were down about an inch. They say
they managed to force a window open, unlock
the doors and ca l an ambulance to assis the
children who were sweating, flushed and
appeared to be dehydrated.
Hosseini told police that “she had to
purchase something in the store and it did not
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take her that long”. She further stated that it
was her first time leaving the children in the
vehicle unattended.
Hosseini, with the assistance of a Dar interpreter,
pleaded guilty a the earliest available
opportunity.
She was represented by a lawyer who asked
Magistrate Kate Thompson to consider giving
her client a Community Correction Order
without conviction.
The court heard that Hosseini has no prior
criminal record and is otherwise a person
Nathan Taylor reports on page 32
of good character. However, the Magistrate
expressed concerns over leaving children
unattended at any time, let alone during “the
height of summer”.
She told the court that there needs to be
general deterrence so other good and caring
parents do not take the same shortcut in the
future.
“The consequences can be devastating,”
Magistrate Thompson said.
Hosseini was convicted of the single offence
and fined $1000.
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