House of Assembly Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1) 55 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Grievance Debate Southern Barossa Business Awards Southern Barossa Business Awards Mrs HURN House of Assembly Schubert Mrs HURN (Schubert) (15:26): Last Wednesday, I had the pleasure of attending the Southern Barossa Business Awards. It was held in the Red Room at the Lyndoch Hotel. It really was such a wonderful night of celebration. I do think there is something really special about coming together as a community just to celebrate all the hardworking people behind our fantastic small businesses. They really do make our communities tick, and they make our communities all the better for their existence. I would like to thank and congratulate Bridgette and the Barossa group for putting together such a really thoughtful and well-run event. Of course, I would like to congratulate all of the nominees and the award winners. I would like to read on the record for the house all of these winners across so many categories: First of all, we had the Cellar Door/Brewery award, sponsored by Inwood Real Estate. The top honours were taken out by Robbers Dog Distillery, with the runner-up being the Ministry of Beer. The Club or Community award, which was sponsored by me as the local member of parliament, was won by Barossa Wildlife Rescue, with the runner-up being the Lyndoch and District Bowling Club. The Event award was sponsored by Lyndoch Grand. The Lyndoch Christmas Street Party took out the top honours for that award, with the runner-up being the Barossa Rodeo. The Hospitality award, which was sponsored by David Moen Legal Counsel, was won by the Lord Lyndoch, with the runner-up being the Mount Pleasant Bakery. The Professional Services award, sponsored by Barossa Fun Factory, was won by The Ads Manager, with the runner-up being Vita Nova Conveyancing. The Beauty and Wellbeing award was sponsored by Lou Miranda Estate. The winner was Little Glamour Room and the runner-up was Styled by Gemma. The Tourism category was sponsored by Barossa Shiraz Estate, and that was taken out by Barossa Helicopters, with the runner-up being the Mount Pleasant Farmers Market. The Trades category was sponsored by God's Hill Wines. The winner for that category was BMP Mechanical, with the runner-up being the Bearded Monkey Garage. The Services category was sponsored by Matt's Mowing and Contracting SA. It was won by Lead the Way, with the runner-up being the Lyndoch Post Office. The Retail Business category was sponsored by the Ministry of Beer, and that was won by Lagana IGA, with the runner-up being Lyndoch Motors. The Accommodation category was sponsored by Robbers Dog Distillery and was won by Lyndoch Grand, with the runner-up being the Old Barossa Bakery B&B. I would like to congratulate all those winners and the runners-up and everyone who was nominated because our small businesses really are the heart of our local community. It is so important that we formally acknowledge them through forums like the Southern Barossa Alliance and put on the record in the house their successes because they make our community all the better. All the businesses that I have just read out are really worthy recipients and they do a lot, not just to employ people across our region but they back one another. They back our local sporting groups and they really add to the vibrancy of the Barossa Valley, in particular the southern Barossa. So a big well done to Bridgette and the entire team. I am looking forward to continuing my support of that local group. There is another issue I would like to put on the record as well. It is one I have raised with the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport—and I just had the pleasure of speaking with him about this a short while ago—and that is in relation to the condition of the Sturt Highway as we are heading out of Gawler towards the Barossa Valley. This is a national highway that many people in this house would frequent, and in the past week alone we have seen two really serious incidents occur here. We had the two-truck crash at Kingsford and last week a caravan rolled four times in near Daveyston, and it was quite a miracle frankly that there were no lives lost. But that is not always the case. In fact, between 2019 and 2023, the RAA reported that 20 lives have been lost on this road, yet there has been no significant investment made here since 2019. I welcome the fact that an investigation has been launched into the condition of this dangerous stretch of road, particularly between Shea-Oak Log and Nuriootpa. But we cannot just have another investigation, we need to see action here. We cannot wait for there to be a tragedy, it is time to act now. I am looking forward to continuing my advocacy for this important issue.