Legislative Council Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2) 53 2 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Matters of Interest Music Industry Music Industry The Hon. J.M. GAZZOLA Legislative Council The Hon. J.M. GAZZOLA (15:51): This November has kicked off with some great celebrations and milestones. We are celebrating Ausmusic month; there have been two more inductees into the South Australian Music Hall of Fame; and Multicultural Youth SA has launched their Miss Mysa social enterprise and celebrated their 20^th birthday, as has Music SA. Another highlight has been the SA Music Awards. This year, the celebration of South Australia's great musical talents took place at Thebarton Theatre. The member for Elder, Annabel Digance, representing the Premier, opened the SAM awards following an energising surprise performance by Tkay Maidza. Some 500 people attended, including key interstate figures, such as Rod Yates, editor of Rolling Stone Magazine, John Wardle of the National Live Music Office, Harvey Saward, director of Remote Control Records and Dorothy Markek, programming manager at Double J Radio ABC. The awards included public voted people's choice awards over 12 categories, in addition to the approximately 17 peer voted awards. A.B. Original stamped their mark on the 2017 event, bagging six awards. Other winners included The Gov in the category of Lifetime Achievement Award, George Swallow, who was loudly cheered on to the stage as he accepted the Best Music Venue Award for the Grace Emily Hotel, and first time award winners the Young Offenders, who won the Punk Award. It was a great night of celebrations supported by major partners, including Music SA, Moshtix, Weslo Security, Novatech, Thebarton Theatre, the AHA, Duografik and TheMusic.com.au. Supporting partners included the Government of South Australia, Arts SA, APRA AMCOS and Adelaide City of Music. In addition, there were numerous beverage partners and presenting partners, which helped bring the annual awards to fruition for 2017. In other celebratory news, Music SA has reached a milestone, its 20^th birthday, and has been recently nominated as a finalist in the 12^th annual Ruby Awards in the category of Sustained Contribution by an Organisation or Group. Music SA has been a registered training organisation since 2010 and is a not-for-profit company that continues to contribute to the development and profile of original contemporary music in our state. Music SA plays a key role in South Australia, with many achievements, including publishing the first annual live music census, facilitating the Umbrella Winter City Sounds Festival and Music SA online guide and partnering with AIR to bring the Indie-Con and AIR awards to Adelaide, plus many more great achievements. Also marking a 20^th birthday anniversary this month is Multicultural Youth SA. MYSA went all out, celebrating its birthday and the launch of its social enterprise, Miss Mysa Events (MME). MME is a fabulous initiative of the MYSA team that will see their clients, many of whom face various barriers in gaining long-term employment, gain work experience and paid work. As MYSA CEO, Tamara Stewart-Jones, describes: Social enterprise has enabled us to activate a customised strategy to support employment outcomes. Miss MYSA Events is a boutique event styling and management service with a social conscience. This commercially viable business creates pathways into careers for our young people to receive training and work experience in retail, event management, hospitality, cookery and barista services, forestry, custom stationery, eclectic furniture hire, and warehousing. Earlier this month, I also attended the Adelaide Music Collective's most recent inductions into the South Australian Music Hall of Fame. 3D Radio and Masters Apprentices were inducted at the Wheatsheaf Hotel, where a supportive crowd, including minister Hildyard, cheered in the inductees. 3D Radio was launched in 1979 by former premier Don Dunstan. The station, to which I hold a subscription, was inducted for its significant contribution towards supporting and promoting local artists, bands, venues and labels for the past 40 plus years. It would be true to say they provide an important voice for the local music industry for many musicians, particularly pre-internet era and still today with commercialisation effecting radio play. Congratulations to the most recent South Australian Music Hall of Fame inductees, the nominees and winners of the SAM Awards and a very happy 20^th birthday to Music SA and MYSA.