Torrens to Darlington Project

Ms CLANCY (Elder) (15:23): The Torrens to Darlington Project is a really exciting project and while I know there was a lot of focus on the tunnels, for my community this will make a difference in terms of the surface level traffic on South Road being significantly reduced as people from further south and further north choose to go in the tunnels. It is for this reason that the Urban Design Strategy that is currently open for consultation is really important. This is an opportunity to share ideas about what the surface level of South Road looks like. We want to hear about the connectivity between our communities, and what it looks like in terms of active transport for cyclists and pedestrians.

We want to hear from our community about trees, our commitment to an increased tree canopy along the corridor, as well as different green spaces. So, please, particularly my communities living along South Road in Clovelly Park, St Marys, Melrose Park, Edwardstown as well as Clarence Gardens, I would really love to hear from you about what you want this to look like. I would really love it if as many people as possible could take part in the Urban Design Strategy consultation process.

We are well and truly in graduation and school presentation season, which I absolutely love. I am having an absolute ball. So far, I have been to things at Hamilton, Unley High School, Mitcham Girls as well as Springbank, which have all been excellent. We are now heading to all the little primary schoolers. I cannot wait to congratulate some little year 6s, who are heading on to big high school. I just want to wish all the school leavers in my community all the very best with what comes next, as well as all the primary schoolers who are finishing up and heading to high school next year. I wish them the best of luck.

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank all the people who work in this building, who deal with all of us—some of us are probably easier than others—and keep this place running. I want to give a big thanks to the Clerk, the Deputy Clerk and all the house attendants. Thank you so much. I can see a couple around. Thank you to all our staff here.

Thank you very much to catering, everybody who looks after us by giving us breakfast at the bar in the morning, serving us food and keeping us well caffeinated as well as well fed, which is very important. Thank you to everyone in the dining rooms, the bar, the kitchen and the Blue Room—hi down there, or if you are up here; sometimes Karen, Nicky and Belinda come to visit. I really want to thank everybody, including protective security, too.

Hansard, thank you so much. If anybody in this building has yet to check out the Christmas decorations in both Hansard offices, you are missing out. You need to head on in. There is some incredible work that has been done by them. They are bringing the Christmas cheer to our building, so thank you very much, Hansard, for doing that. There is even fake snow in one and a fire playing on the TV in the other. It is worth checking out.

Finally, I would like to thank my staff. My staff have been incredible. I am so lucky to have each and every one of them. To my office manager, Josh, thank you for always sending me a nice emoji whenever I finish speaking to give me that encouragement. I panic if I do not get the emoji, which just means that you are probably busy doing something else and not watching parliament, which is also fine.

Thank you so much to Alicia, who is always putting her heart into everything she does. Thank you to Sharon, who only joined our team recently but is doing an incredible job. I desperately hope you are a lot better soon. Thank you to Tara, who is my adviser for my work as the Premier's Advocate for Suicide Prevention. She is doing a cracking job and does all the regional trips with me, which she does despite having three children at home. She is happy to leave with me at six in the morning, so thank you.

Thank you also to Dawn, who does beautiful phone calls and has lovely conversations in our community. To my relief staff, Zara and Shellie, you are completely part of the team now, and also Elinor, who started helping out as well. I am so grateful to have incredible support. I never feel like things are not going well. I feel like you are all doing an exceptional job. I am so grateful to you. Your wellbeing is so important to me, and I hope I show that through the way I work. I really love you all. Thank you, and merry Christmas again to every one of you in this building.