King Electorate

Ms LUETHEN (King) (15:46): I rise to speak about the amazing people living in the suburb of Hillbank in my electorate of King. Hillbank is right in the middle of the King electorate and is a lovely combination of kind and ambitious people, parks, reserves, family homes, small businesses and so many really huge trees that attract an abundance of birds. Hillbank is still growing, with a lovely new area being expanded in the bush up on top of the hill overlooking Gould Creek.

In the middle of Hillbank, there is a strip of local businesses along Bogan Road. On Bogan Road we have Fresh Essence Hair, Mario's Barber Shop, Bogan Road Cellars, and Emma Lehman's massage studio, the base for Pamper and Parties of Adelaide.

Bogan Road Cellars is managed by Rob and has been a family-owned independent bottle shop since 1996. It was formerly Graeme's Hillbank Liquor. On the Bogan Road Cellars Facebook page, there is a saying, 'It is time now we all embraced the Bogan inside us.' Jump onto their Facebook page and see inside their store and some great pictures of mullets.

A couple of doors down there is Fresh Essence Hair. The owner, Karen, is incredibly welcoming and a joy to be around, as well as an excellent hairdresser. Karen grows a colourful, happy garden in front of her salon and is an inspirational person who finds joy in nature. Her salon is filled with sunflowers. Karen, your joy and enjoyment from the beauty of a sunflower popping up in the middle of winter have stayed with me as a happy memory. Fresh Essence Hair had their 10^th birthday in July, and I held my coffee catch-ups there, which was really good fun.

Next door to Karen, you can get a luxurious massage at Emma Lehman's salon or she will come to you at home or wherever you are having a function. Check out what Emma offers on Instagram or Facebook @pamperandpartiesofadelaide.

Next door to Emma is Mario the barber, who has created an old-world barber shop complete with old barber chairs and memorabilia. When I visited recently, Mario was creating a safe place for a young boy who did not really like haircuts. Thank you for your kindness, Mario.

Another Hillbank business I cross paths with frequently at events is One Perfect Circle, a mobile coffee van. Matt and Ash have just celebrated three years on launching their business, and I look forward to continuing to cross paths with One Perfect Circle at local events. I love sharing and supporting our local businesses, so let me know if you have a local King business that we should put the spotlight on.

My favourite Hillbank childcare centre is Hillbank Community Children's Centre. You just need to follow their Facebook page to see what a wonderful centre this is and how much fun they have. Most recently when I visited, we all went for a stroll down to Jo Gapper and enjoyed this beautiful setting and had a delicious barbecue, and Rebecca, Sam, Max and I had great fun in the park.

I really am proud to see that on Friday 1 October the Hillbank Community Children's Centre will be holding a Big Freeze event to raise money to help fight MND. They will be doing this in honour of Annette, who very recently lost her battle with this debilitating disease. Our thoughts are with her family and friends. The wonderful educators there will be braving the cold with an ice slide. The staff will be taking cash donations on the day, and there is also a link to donate on their Facebook site.

Over the past few years, concerns about safety and crime have been raised to me, and the community continues to work together to look out for one another. When I was doorknocking the other day, a resident came to check why I had come up on his camera on someone's doorstep. It is fantastic that they look out for their neighbours.

At the beginning of the year, this group in Hillbank were successful in providing leads to SAPOL, and this achieved a number of arrests of road dirt bike riders. The community is certainly stronger when we are working together and alongside SAPOL. I am pleased to hear that the Hillbank locals are establishing a local Neighbourhood Watch group to strengthen this relationship with police.

Every time I doorknock in Hillbank I am received mostly with amazing generosity and friendliness. Recently, Maden invited me into her beautiful home and wonderful garden, and I left with a massive bag of spinach.

In Hillbank, we are working together to get things done. We have improved some road safety with the installation of a dedicated left-hand turn slip lane from Black Top Road into Skyline Drive. If people keep telling me what to fight for, we will achieve even more together.

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