King Electorate

Ms LUETHEN (King) (15:30): I rise to update the house on how the Marshall Liberal government is delivering for the people of One Tree Hill and protecting our local King community by installing a permanent generator in the One Tree Hill township. This is a major win for our local community in One Tree Hill, thanks to the Marshall Liberal government and the advocacy of local community members.

The installation of the permanent backup generator will occur by the end of the year—a critical need that had been ignored for over a decade by the Labor government. The Minister for Environment and Water advised me that SA Water will connect a permanent generator at the One Tree Hill water pumping station. This will, importantly, allow the backup generator to automatically come into operation in the event of a power outage—very important during bushfire threats.

Mr Malinauskas interjecting:

Ms LUETHEN: I hope the leader will stop yelling at me once again and allow me to continue. Since 2011, there have been over 100 power outages experienced by the One Tree Hill community, during which residents have no access to water. The permanent generator will also mean that residents will have greater accessibility to water during bushfire scenarios, reducing the risk to residents.

The One Tree Hill Progress Association and residents of the local community have been lobbying for this important change for over a decade, and I give my thanks to these groups for their advocacy and for bringing this issue to my attention so that I could work with the government to deliver a solution. In January 2021, I convened a meeting to identify a solution with key stakeholders, including the office of the Minister for Environment and Water, the office of the Minister for Emergency Services, SA Water, the CFS, the One Tree Hill Progress Association, and the City of Playford.

At this meeting with key stakeholders, the problem and solution were clearly identified, and we now have a fully funded plan due to be finished by the end of the year. I thank each of the attendees for their contribution and collaboration, which resulted in a very positive outcome. As your local member, it is my highest priority to ensure that your views are heard and critical projects like this one are delivered.

On another note, I recently had the opportunity and real pleasure of attending the Golden Grove Primary School term 2 assembly, presenting eight students with kindness awards. I would like to thank Golden Grove Primary School for going above and beyond to look for opportunities to recognise students who are kind. Golden Grove Primary School awards students in every year level for outstanding kindness. Thank you for giving me the opportunity at the end of each term to recognise students who display wonderful acts of kindness, and thank you to school principal Wendy Moore for her excellent leadership and commitment in recognising and encouraging kindness in the school.

At the recent assembly, most of the recipients told us they won the award for helping friends and standing up for others. The students who received the recent kindness awards were as follows: Saxon Spicer, Daniel Avendano, Zali Lawrence, Abby Thorn, Keira Johnson, Harry Hernen, Mason Campillo and Riley Perger. Congratulations to the recipients: your award and recognition are well deserved.

At the assembly, there was a group of students who sang a song reinforcing that 'you have a voice'. This made me cry because that is why I entered politics—to give young people in our community a voice. I also offered a challenge to think about how we could become the kindest place to live in the world. After being voted third best livable city, why can we not also be the kindest Last weekend, we were acknowledged as the kindest place in Australia. We are on our way—how beautiful. I look forward to recognising kindness across the King electorate. Thank you for this opportunity.