House of Assembly Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2) 52 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Sustainable Community Awards SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY AWARDS Ms BEDFORD House of Assembly Florey SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY AWARDS Ms BEDFORD (Florey) (15:11): My question is to the Minister for Tourism. Can the minister inform the house how the Sustainable Community Awards recognise the good work of communities, schools, businesses and councils across regional South Australia? The Hon. L.W.K. BIGNELL House of Assembly Mawson Minister for Tourism Minister for Recreation and Sport SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY AWARDS The Hon. L.W.K. BIGNELL (Mawson—Minister for Tourism, Minister for Recreation and Sport) (15:11): I would like to thank the member for Florey for her question and acknowledge the great work that she does for sustainable communities, not just in her own electorate but throughout the state. I know the member for Florey a couple of weeks ago was at the KESAB awards for sustainable communities and told me all about the winners; I couldn't make it along. These awards used to be known as the Tidy Towns awards, but they are now much more than that. They are about sustainability and water use, electricity use, and about wellbeing in communities. So many communities throughout our state do a lot of work in this area. Over 200 people put in for the awards. I am pleased to announce that the overall award went to Kingston in the South-East, in the member for MacKillop's electorate. What a great achievement that was. After the tornado went through in August, it just showed the resilience of the community down there in Kingston, a beautiful part of the world, famous for its lobsters and, of course, the big cray as you drive through town. So congratulations to Kingston. Mundulla won the best small town. It is another really great little community with a great pub— Mr Williams House of Assembly Mr Williams: In another great electorate. The Hon. L.W.K. BIGNELL House of Assembly The Hon. L.W.K. BIGNELL: Absolutely. The pub is owned by the Williams family. I am not sure whether they are related or not, but it's a terrific pub. People have taken a small country pub, opened it again a few years ago, and it is a great place to drop in and visit. The winner of the big town in South Australia prize was Port Lincoln. Again, I mentioned earlier that I was there for a couple of days earlier this week. It is a fantastic community where everyone in the tourism sector, the agricultural sector and aquaculture sector is working together fantastically well. Port Lincoln is a go-ahead place and a well deserved winner.