KESAB Environmental Solutions

Mr TRELOAR (Flinders) (17:11): I move:

That this house—

(a) congratulates KESAB environmental solutions on their 50^th anniversary in 2016;

(b) acknowledges KESAB received the United Nations Association of Australia Environmental Sustainability Education Award for 2015;

(c) notes KESAB's continued leadership as a world-class NGO in the environmental sustainability sector; and

(d) recognises that KESAB plays a vital environmental education role across South Australia, in our schools, towns and communities.

KESAB has reached its 50^th anniversary this year. As a leading environmental NGO, I believe it is worth highlighting their significant work in South Australia in educating the community about the importance of sustainability, waste reduction and water conservation, amongst the many other environmental initiatives they undertake. I am old enough to remember the Keep South Australia Beautiful advertising campaign that was undertaken some decades ago.

The Hon. P. Caica: You don't look it.

Mr TRELOAR: Thanks, member for Colton, you are very kind. I am blushing. You might remember it also—just. It was a specifically South Australian campaign, and I think that as a result of that we led the country in many ways in regard to our recycling efforts. Certainly, that is true with regard to bottles and cans, and that has been a fantastic success story. Up until very recently at least, you could drive in many other states in this country and see bottles and cans littering the side of the road.

Never has that been a problem in South Australia since they introduced the 5¢ and then 10¢ deposit for bottles and cans to be returned and recycled. It is a real success story. There was an anti-litter campaign at the same time. We always remember our time at school doing emu parades across the back oval. There always seemed to be ample litter to pick up. It was a punishment in a way, but in a funny sort of way the importance of not littering, and the untidiness of litter, was drilled into us, and I think KESAB played a big part in that at that time.

KESAB environmental solutions, otherwise known as Keep South Australia Beautiful Incorporated, is South Australia's peak NGO environmental sustainability educator, and we have just been talking about education. The association has been operating since 1966 and is a founding member of KABN, which was founded in 1972. They have been involved now for 50 years in educating, and a lot of that has been through schools and with government.

KESAB partners with government, councils, corporate sectors and community, creating a broad scope of environmental information, resources, litter and waste audit programs, all encouraging community participation through action. Litter campaigns, recycling and resource recovery education are supported by skilled and experienced staff in partnership with schools, councils and community. Outcomes in recent years show that South Australia has achieved significant recycling rates and waste diversion.

In fact, we are rated as the best in Australia, and KESAB has played an important part from the simple beginning of the organisation. I think that it is actually more than an important part: it has been critical in making our mindset change towards the recycling of our waste. KESAB programs include Clean Site (building and construction), Litter Less and Wipe out Waste (which is a school program), PALYA Clean Communities in remote Indigenous lands, council waste education, accredited council and business waste audits, Road Watch and Please Butt It campaign.

That seems a bit old-fashioned these days. I do not know that many people smoke anymore, but I am sure that occasionally cigarette butts are still thrown out of the window and on the street. KESAB partners with KABN in Sustainable Communities, otherwise known as Tidy Towns. A lot of us in country areas, at least, have had our towns involved in Tidy Towns competitions, and that has been a real feather in the cap for those sometimes really quite small communities which are able to win awards in the Tidy Towns competition. The efforts are also to achieve sustainable cities and clean beaches. These are important initiatives recognising community effort and achievement.

Social research is important to KESAB, allowing facilitation of targeted campaigns or programs, including Butt Free Australia, Clean Marine and litter reduction and behavioural change campaigns. Research through Australia's only litter count, KESAB Litter Index, has been conducted for over 20 years. Information sets a benchmark for capturing data, which is carefully analysed to underpin litter reduction campaigns. I suspect that, with such a good set of data, we are seeing very positive trends and measurable trends over the last 20 years.

KESAB works with over 110 recycling depots in South Australia which, as I mentioned earlier, was the first state to regulate container deposit legislation way back in 1978, which, in fact, coincided with me buying six packs. I actually had a place to take the empties, which was kind of nice, really.

The Hon. S.W. Key: On a budget.

Mr TRELOAR: That's right, I was on a budget. Every week I took my bottles back until my brother started taking the empty bottles and preparing home brew, and we no longer had the benefit of the deposit coming back into the family funds. Anyway, it was all a lot of fun. I distinctly—

An honourable member interjecting:

Mr TRELOAR: It was worth it. Have you ever noticed that anybody who ever makes their own booze thinks it's fantastic, don't they? I distinctly remember my brother putting down boxes of home brew and having hessian bags draped over the crates, over the bottles, to contain the glass because invariably there would be some explosions—but of course he swept it up in line with the KESAB theme. He swept it up dutifully and recycled it. I was distracted, Deputy Speaker.

The DEPUTY SPEAKER: You were reminiscing.

Mr TRELOAR: I was reminiscing, but I will continue. The success of the container deposit legislation allows KESAB to focus on other litter pollution, including takeaway packaging, illegal dumping and cigarette butt litter. If you combine these types of litter, that makes up about 65 per cent to 70 per cent of all litter counted.

I do believe that illegal dumping is actually becoming more of a problem, and KESAB would be aware of this. As charges increase at local deposit sites, people are less inclined to pay them and more inclined to take a ute load or a trailer load out on the road, particularly in country areas, and just drop it off in the scrub. Sadly, we are seeing more and more of this, although there has been legislation in this place in the last couple of months looking to combat that.

The KESAB education staff work with over 1,000 schools and 40 councils to deliver waste education, composting sessions and community waste tours, embracing e-waste, green and organics, and construction-demolition diversion from landfill. Of course, e-waste is a growing problem as well. There is any number of old mobile phones. We recycle them. I do not exactly know what they do with them, but we certainly have the opportunity to recycle mobile phones and old computers.

KESAB also operates two education centres, showcasing environmental sustainability and best practice to over 4,000 students and communities each year. The KESAB family of community teachers and students contributes an estimated 375,000 hours of voluntary work valued at $12 million per annum towards environmental sustainability. It is a mighty organisation. They have done some wonderful things in the last 50 years. I am a great supporter of all their efforts. I think South Australia has benefited immensely from the introduction of the KESAB programs through all of their organisations and areas of interest. With that, I will congratulate, again, KESAB on reaching their 50^th anniversary in South Australia in 2016. I commend the motion.

The Hon. S.W. KEY (Ashford) (17:21): I rise to indicate my strong support for this motion and congratulate KESAB environmental solutions on their 50^th anniversary. I promise not to go back too much into history but I was so inspired by the member for Flinders' reminiscences that I should say that, when I look back at my childhood, my father and grandfather, in particular, were always very keen on making sure that we disposed of our waste in a very responsible way. Interestingly, my father was very unhappy about burning everything in the incinerator, which was also something that families would do. I think most backyards would have an incinerator and all the paper waste would go in there.

There would be paper, particularly old newspapers, made into logs to put into the barbecue: I do not know exactly how they were made. But we were all very much trained to look after all of our waste. There was another set of waste that always went to the Scouts, so there was a whole series of things that we had to collect. I think that was a very good foundation. I think you know you are getting old when you start doing those things as well. You turn off the lights that do not need to be on, and all the things that your parents used to do that you found annoying are now things that you do.

I am a very keen recycler, and I find it a really interesting concept. I am very proud to say that different constituents in Ashford were very concerned about the disposal of e-waste, and the very good minister at the time (the member for Colton) received some deputations from different members in the community and made sure that, certainly in the western suburbs, we had a whole process for e-waste. As people know, particularly with TVs changing over to the screens that we have now, there was a need to work out what in the hell we do with all this stuff, as well as computers. I still have a video player, and I have a DVD player as well. A lot of people wanted to trade up into the more recent technologies.

KESAB started in 1966, and it has become a leader in creating sustainable communities through education, action and participation. They have done this very successfully through a combination of grassroots activity and a strong partnership approach. KESAB have been there to change our behaviour. They have inspired and encouraged South Australians to think more about their environment, to live a more sustainable life and to reduce waste precisely because they understand that this work requires proactive engagement with the community.

Certainly in the electorate of Ashford, we have had on many occasions education sessions and assistance from KESAB staff and the department, who make sure that people get the best information they can. I understand that, outside of Ashford, KESAB's programs involve approximately 300 towns and communities, 800 school and community groups, 100 Road Watch groups, thousands of volunteers, 45 councils and more than 50 corporations and businesses. It is estimated that community members, teachers and students who participate in the programs contribute around 375,000 hours of voluntary work each year, valued at something like $12 million.

These are really impressive figures. I suspect that, despite the fact that they are the figures that we are given, they probably underestimate the work that actually happens. One of KESAB's real success stories in engaging and energising the communities is the Sustainable Communities Awards, South Australia's longest and largest ongoing community environmental initiative. I am proud to say that I have had the opportunity to represent various ministers in giving out the awards both at a local level and in some of the regional communities.

The Sustainable Communities project is all about telling a community story, getting people together to help their local towns, schools and businesses and be proud of what they have achieved. The KESAB Sustainable Communities started, as we have been told by the member for Flinders, as Tidy Towns in 1978 to create incentives for communities throughout South Australia and to actively and innovatively tackle local litter problems. Fifty-eight towns entered the inaugural event, and by the late nineties over 300 towns were taking part and it had truly become an iconic South Australian environmental education and action program.

In 2009, the program was rebranded as Sustainable Communities to broaden the focus to not only include litter but also waste, water, education, innovation, biodiversity, conservation and energy. It has also been expanded to include activities undertaken by communities, schools, businesses and councils across the state. The categories now include appearance, amenities and facilities; community action and partnerships; environmental sustainability; health and wellbeing; heritage and culture; leadership and youth activities; litter prevention, waste management and resource recovery; and natural environment. It has always retained a strong community focus.

The program is all about getting people together to contribute to a better place to live, work and visit. Over the years, it has involved hundreds of regional people to protect their local environment, enhance their towns, embrace sustainability and showcase their initiatives. As I mentioned earlier, some of the results have been generated by the countless hours of volunteer time and the enormous sense of pride in respective local communities.

Having the pleasure of being on the Natural Resources Committee in this place, we have seen and heard from people in their locations about how important this initiative is. I have been really impressed by the enthusiasm and continuity of many people in the community for the different work under the umbrella of KESAB. Thank you to KESAB for encouraging and motivating South Australians to make real and lasting changes in the community and congratulations again on achieving this important milestone.

Mr WHETSTONE (Chaffey) (17:29): I will just make a very brief contribution because I know others want to contribute. I would like to support the motion moved by the member for Flinders. KESAB—Keep South Australia Beautiful, what a great initiative. It has played an important role over 50 years and it continues to play an important role, particularly in the electorate of Chaffey.

Founded in 1966, KESAB environmental solutions is a leader in creating sustainable communities through education, action and participation. We have to acknowledge the volunteers because they are what drive KESAB. The people are proud community members who want their town or community to look tidy, to be beautiful and to be litter free. People become quite obsessive when it comes to that occupation—a 'therapeutic occupation' I call it because it is a great contribution.

The mission statement of KESAB is, 'To inspire the South Australian community to restore, preserve and improve our environment through active participation.' The scope of behavioural change in education programs really explains it. It is about what was and what we see today, and what has been achieved through the KESAB programs over those 50 years is a credit to South Australia. Each year, KESAB is involved in community participation and environmental improvement activities, accounting for around 700,000-person hours valued at about $30 million. Its programs involve about 300 towns and communities across the state, 800 schools and community groups, 100 Road Watch groups, thousands of volunteers, 45 local councils, more than 50 corporations and businesses, and the state and federal governments.

The Riverland has been very successful at the Keeping South Australia Beautiful Sustainable Communities awards, with Loxton, Waikerie and Barmera recognised. Waikerie was named the overall winner in 2010. In 2014, Waikerie also took home the best community award in the Murray region and the recycling award. These fantastic awards recognise the community's commitment to projects within their towns, including the RV dump points and rest areas, Pioneer Park and the shared shed facility. They are recognised for their water efficiency programs, and their use of solar power at schools, farms and the town ferries. They also won a number of tidiest street awards.

Ahead of the KESAB judging, the Loxton Waikerie council collected domestic refuse and garden waste free of charge at its Waikerie and Loxton waste disposal depots. Barmera took out the Best Medium Town in the 2015 KESAB Sustainable Communities awards, so I would like to pay homage to those 700,000-person hours that South Australians engage in. Be proud of your town, South Australia. Keep it tidy, keep it beautiful and keep the litter off our streets.

The Hon. P. CAICA (Colton) (17:33): For the purposes of Hansard, I am going to speak very quickly. I am going to take a leaf out of the book of the member for Morphett, but feel safe in the knowledge that I do have notes. So, here we go.

I rise to indicate my support for this motion. I also congratulate the member for Flinders on bringing it to the house but, more importantly, I congratulate KESAB on 50 years of effective and worthwhile programs. KESAB works in partnership with students, community, council, environmental and waste offices, and the waste industry sector to deliver a range of programs linked to achieving the South Australian target of zero waste. A fundamental aspect of all KESAB's activities is changing behaviour through increasing awareness and understanding and, my word, they do a good job in this regard.

The scope of behavioural change and education programs, combined with trained and skilled project managers, and qualified teaching staff, positions KESAB amongst the most respected and capable NGO environmental organisations in Australia. In fact, much of KESAB's work is groundbreaking and is studied and emulated around the world.

This exceptional work has contributed to South Australia having some of the world's best recycling rates. The member for Flinders talked about the deposit container legislation and how that created over 100 recycling depots. For the life of me, I can still not understand why some states around Australia are reluctant to have a look at what we have been able to achieve here and emulate what we have been able to achieve here, because it works.

KESAB launched its very first anti-litter campaign, as the member for Ashford said, in 1966, and it is inspiring to see what has grown from these humble beginnings. Today, KESAB's programs involve around 25,000 volunteers, as we have heard, and participants every year who contribute around 375,000 hours toward these activities.

KESAB education staff work with over 1,000 schools and 40 councils to deliver waste education, composting sessions and community waste tours embracing e-waste, green and organics and construction demolition diversion from landfill. The range of programs and activities that KESAB runs is vast, but I would like to outline just a few of them today.

Perhaps one of the better-known programs is Wipe Out Waste where the entire school community gets involved to set up systems that will reduce waste and recover resources and encourage people to adopt more sustainable behaviour. I am sure members here have schools within their community that are involved with the Wipe Out Waste program. This program offers professional development sessions, bin material audits and a range of educational resources to support waste management.

KESAB also operates two education centres showcasing environmental sustainability best practice. One of these is the Wingfield Education Centre that I have attended on numerous occasions that applies interactive learning experience on site at the Wingfield waste precinct and hosts around 4,000 students and community members every year. In addition to this, NRM Education supports early learning centres, schools, TAFEs and universities that are interested in exploring sustainability in their learning programs and management practices. NRM Education staff work with schools across three key initiatives:

Engaging with Nature—a hands-on program aimed at engaging young people in outdoor environments;

a range of Youth Voice initiatives; and

the Australian Sustainable Schools Initiative.

KESAB has also developed Litter Less, an educational resource for primary school teachers and students in partnership with Wrigley's and the Australian Packaging Covenant. The focus of Litter Less is to assist schools in identifying litter issues and then planning and implementing litter reduction and prevention strategies.

KESAB also runs Road Watch, a volunteer, community-based program run in partnership with the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure to address the ongoing problem of roadside litter. Again, talking about our recycling and deposit container legislation, hop over the border into Victoria, drive through to Melbourne and have a look at the difference on the side of the road with respect to what litter exists there compared to what does not exist here in South Australia. Road Watch is a great volunteer program that is flexible and involves no cost to participants. Groups adopt a minimum of two kilometres of roadway and usually undertake four clean-ups a year, and KESAB provides the necessary equipment including safety gear.

Finally, KESAB also runs the successful Clean Site program. This is an educational program for construction sites designed to encourage best waste practice including reducing stormwater pollution entering waterways, increasing recycling and resource recovery rates from construction sites and increasing waste diversion from landfill. This illustrates the breadth and reach of KESAB's programs, and it was absolutely wonderful that KESAB received the United Nations Association of Australia 2015 Sustainability Education Award in recognition of its leadership and delivery of world-class sustainability programs. I know everyone here is very pleased and happy about that.

I do not wish to rain on anyone's parade, and I do not intend to, but I want to just say one thing. We have had some massive storms recently. One of the consequences of those storms is the amount of stormwater that goes out into the sea. KESAB have no control over the turbidity of that water and what goes down there in regard to the colour of it, but what we have seen along our beaches are massive amounts of litter that becomes pollution on our beaches coming out through that stormwater system.

It is important now I think for KESAB to work closely with local councils who are responsible for those sections of the beaches to make sure that we have action plans in place to be able to address that litter and pollution that is there on those beaches after these events in such a way that it is done in a timely fashion and not, as a consequence of a high tide, taken back out into the ocean where again it will just sit there for who knows however long. So, I think there is room for improvement.

As good a job as KESAB is doing—and this is no reflection on them at all—you do not rest on your laurels. KESAB has been fantastic, but there is more work to be done, and that involves KESAB in such a way that ensures that each and every one of us understands our responsibility in making sure that litter and waste does not go into our waterways, which subsequently works its way out to the sea.

As I said, I do not want to rain on the parade and I hope that I did not. I congratulate KESAB and I thank them for the programs that I have mentioned. South Australia has achieved, without doubt, the best recycling and waste diversion rates in Australia that rank with anywhere else in the world. Finally, I want to congratulate John Phillips, who has for a long time been the executive officer at KESAB and he does an outstanding job.

I want to congratulate the KESAB board and all the volunteers who contribute to making South Australia a shining example of how to manage litter and waste in our state for the rest of Australia and the rest of the world. I sincerely commend KESAB for its contribution to these outstanding results and again congratulate the member for Flinders for bringing this motion to the house.

Mr DULUK (Davenport) (17:40): I also commend the member for Flinders for bringing this motion. I would like to make a few comments of support and, indeed, recognise the outstanding contribution that KESAB has made to South Australia and especially to our environment. I also congratulate them on their 50^th anniversary. The exceptional commitment of many staff and volunteers over five decades has seen KESAB evolve from a humble community-based anti-litter campaign to an international player in environmental management.

Since its first anti-litter campaign in 1966, KESAB has conducted many campaigns aimed at reducing the litter stream, including Put It In a Bin, Drop Something Sport, Litter Can Be Lethal, Please Butt It Then Bin It and Litter Kills. In addition to these campaigns to promote community awareness, KESAB has been a leading environmental sustainability educator, running participation programs such as: Clean Site for the building and construction industry; Litter Less and Wipe Out Waste, which are school programs; PALYA Clean Communities to assist remote Indigenous lands; as well as council waste education and business waste audits.

KESAB has played an important role in improving South Australia's environmental sustainability since its beginning. Its exceptional work to increase awareness and understanding in the community is so important. KESAB teaches us about the importance of sustainability, recycling, waste reduction and water conservation. Indeed, this has helped South Australia become a leader in recycling rates and waste diversion in our beautiful nation.

It was very pleasing to see the United Nations Association of Australia recognise KESAB's outstanding contribution at the 2015 World Environment Day Awards. We also recently celebrated World Environment Day. Each year, awards are presented in recognition of innovative and outstanding environmental programs. Last year, KESAB was announced the winner of the sustainability education category for its creative and innovative approach in this area.

In 1978, KESAB commenced one of its most recognisable projects, Tidy Towns. This project was created for South Australian communities to actively and innovatively tackle local problems. It garnered widespread attention and community engagement. Over time, the program has expanded as our understanding and commitment to environmental challenges have grown. In 2009, Tidy Towns was rebranded to Sustainable Communities, with the focus expanding to include not only litter but also waste, water, education and innovation, biodiversity, conservation and energy.

The Sustainable Communities program has helped strengthen the sense of pride and ownership local residents have for their community and has been vital in engaging people to actively make a positive contribution to their local environment. I understand Sustainable Communities is the longest and largest environmental initiative in South Australia and KESAB is to be commended for such an outstanding contribution. In recent years, my electorate has benefited from many KESAB initiatives and I would like to acknowledge their efforts, including: the roadside clean-up of Manning Road and Happy Valley Drive through Flagstaff Hill and Aberfoyle Park, which was completed by the Aberfoyle and Districts Lions Club as well as the Rotary Club of Flagstaff Hill.

Other KESAB initiatives in my electorate include the 1,000 bin audit for Onkaparinga council in 2014; a successful Clean Site demonstration at Blackwood Park estate; the Shopping Centre Car Park Litter Prevention and Awareness Campaign, a joint initiative between KESAB, the Onkaparinga council and other partners; and hosting Earth Station schools day in Belair National Park in 2011. I would also like to make special mention of the Hawthorndene Kindergarten, which received a Wipe Out Waste award in 2015 for having the greatest reduction in materials to landfill for an early learning site. I will conclude by extending a warm thank you to KESAB for encouraging and motivating South Australians to make real and lasting changes within their communities.

Mr GRIFFITHS (Goyder) (17:45): I want to make a quick contribution also and talk about two instances in the 50-year history of KESAB and one person, if I may. I am very proud that within the Goyder electorate there have been two communities that have been acknowledged in a very particular way by KESAB, and it was a great pleasure in 2004 when Port Vincent was chosen as Australia's Tidiest Town.

I cannot tell you how proud the whole region was when one of our communities was awarded Australia's Tidiest Town. It was not just a one-year effort, though; this was a decade-long commitment by so many volunteers to get to that level. It went through some very strenuous judging because it is judged on a wide variety of criteria: it must involve the whole community, it had to involve kids, and all that sort of stuff. It was a truly amazing effort. So to those people who were involved in that, and to those who have done the work in Port Vincent since, I congratulate you.

All of us in this chamber can talk about something in our community which has involved KESAB. In 2009, Stansbury won the South Australian contest. It was part of the national judging and was awarded two of the criteria areas. I think there were about 10 at the national level that did not quite get there but they still did an outstanding job, and it made me very proud. I was with the Stansbury group in 2009 in Canberra for the presentation of those awards, and those people were really pumped about how well they did. It was a fantastic day, and, again, another example of community people coming together on a regular basis to do so many little things that go unnoticed by others but make a profound difference. To all of those people across the state who are involved, I offer my congratulations.

Finally, I want to talk about one particular person, Mr Ross Swain. In my research on this, Deputy Speaker, I found a photo of you with Mr Ross Swain in 2008 when he was presented with a gift for his retirement after 30 years as the Tidy Towns judge. Ross started working for KESAB in 1973 and became the judge for the Tidy Towns competition in 1978, and did it for 30 years. In that time, Ross Swain, later to become OAM, travelled for 26 weeks per year visiting communities across South Australia. He knew so much. In one of my previous local government roles, one of my responsibilities was to drive around with Mr Swain when he was judging a town, and talk to him about the locality and give him any information that he did not know.

The lifelong impression that I will have of this fine man is that he knew so much about every town that he went into. I did not believe that it was possible for one person to possess that level of knowledge. It was to such a level that he would comment to me, 'They have a different lot of flags in their front garden this year.' He knew it so well, and this is after visiting hundreds and hundreds of towns and doing it for 30 years continuously. He had that level of detail, and he ensured that when he judged, he was very fair about it, and no matter if you were a large or a small community you were equally considered.

I have vivid recollections of living in the Mid North, at Carrieton, a very small community in the very far north which has a population of about 50 people. It would regularly feature in the top 10—which blew me away—because the whole community got behind the effort, and that was the consideration that he gave.

Mr Ross Swain OAM retired in 2008. The member for Florey, representing the premier on that day, I believe, is in the photo that I have looked at for the KESAB Tidy Town Awards, and was part of the group when Mr Swain was recognised for his 30 years of effort. The latest reference to him that I can find is when he received his OAM late last year, so I hope that Mr Swain is still well. I have vivid recollections of him.

I congratulate the KESAB organisation on what it has done for 50 years and pay tribute to the quality people involved with the organisation; they are outstanding. Mr John Phillips has also been recognised and he is a long-term member too. They and the board members and the dedicated staff, many of whom have served for a lot of years, provide an opportunity for communities to become involved in making our places better communities to live in, and for that I pay tribute and say thanks.

Mr BELL (Mount Gambier) (17:49): I also rise to commend the motion to the house and thank the member for Flinders for moving this motion to congratulate KESAB on their 50-year anniversary. I want to quickly talk about the City of Mount Gambier. Last year, Mount Gambier won the Best Large Town Award in the KESAB Sustainable Communities awards.

The City of Mount Gambier won this award for the many works and projects that have happened in the last 12 months. Examples of these include the old hospital demolition redevelopment; the Blue Lake pedestrian solar lighting project; ongoing works to redevelop the railway lands—and I thank the Minister for Transport for funding for that, as that area has come up exceptionally well and I welcome him back to my electorate to see the work that has been undertaken; the continuing work of the youth advisory group; and waste and recycling education activities.

Other awards won by Mount Gambier include: Environmental Sustainability, in recognition of the Blue Lake solar lighting project, which has enabled greater community usage of this iconic site whilst minimising the environmental impact; Litter Prevention, Waste Management and Resource Recovery, in recognition of the outstanding commitment to recycling and re-use of materials during the old hospital demolition redevelopment project; Leadership and Youth, to the City of Mount Gambier Youth Advisory Group for their Youth Week activities, and in particular the inclusion of a public youth forum 'Let's talk about sex(uality)', providing a safe place to talk about diversity and young people.

Judges also gave a commendation to the City of Mount Gambier Youth Advisory Group for their many years of outstanding commitment to engaging and empowering the youth of Mount Gambier. The Outstanding Participation by a School award went to Tenison Woods College for their continual contribution to sustainability and education.

I would also like to talk about Mount Gambier High School, which is a fantastic public school in my electorate, and their recycling program led by principal Chris Edmonds. Chris is a fantastic, hardworking principal with a clear focus on getting the best out of students, and has a high achievement focus for that school. There is a waste curriculum called Wipe Out Waste. The year 8 maths class undertakes surveys of waste. The classes have collated data from material collected on Clean Up Australia Day. The year 8 science curriculum includes: Pollution, Waste, Recycling, and Your Environment.

The year 9 science program includes investigations into everyday substances and recycling plastics. Year 10 science incorporates chemicals in the environment, including air pollution and water pollution. Staff have a united approach to environmental issues in the school, which includes recycling across the site, maintaining or improving the physical environment, and mapping and auditing waste within the school. They also have a reducing and reusing program which allocates staff and students a printing budget, and extra photocopying is paid for when this is used.

Re-use practices include putting aside boxes, magazines and packing materials, and staff are alerted to these materials being available for their use. There is a recycling program, and a key factor in the waste program at the school is a group of very dedicated students who recognise the benefits for their school and the environment. With that, I will conclude.

Mr TRELOAR (Flinders) (17:53): I would like to thank those members of this house who have made a contribution on what I think is a very important motion to congratulate KESAB environmental solutions on their 50^th anniversary. I can see from the contributions that KESAB hold a very important place in this state and in the hearts of the people of South Australia, and have done for the last 50 years. I would also like to acknowledge Mr John Phillips OAM, Executive Director of KESAB Environmental Solutions, and to thank him for taking the time to meet with me in the lead-up to moving this motion.

I would also like to congratulate not just John but also his staff and the volunteers in KESAB who have really contributed to this organisation and made it what it is over the last 50 years. It has actually turned South Australia into a world leader in recycling and environmental solutions. I think we can be very proud of that. We have all spoken in glowing terms about the work they do and the results they have achieved for the environment and the natural aspect of South Australia. Thank you, one and all, for your contributions and support. I commend the motion.

Motion carried.

At 17:56 the house adjourned until Tuesday 1 November 2016 at 11:00.