Augusta Zadow Awards

The Hon. T.T. NGO (15:18): My question is to the Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector. Can the minister tell the council about the winners of this year's Augusta Zadow Awards?

Members interjecting:

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector) (15:19): I thank the honourable member for his question. It was a great pleasure to outline the important role that Augusta Zadow played in the industrial history of South Australia yesterday, and I am pleased to build on that question today—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. K.J. MAHER: —pleased to build on that question by informing people of the winners. I am sure—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. K.J. MAHER: —members of this chamber would be extraordinarily disappointed if I had left it just as outlining the importance of Augusta Zadow and not outlining who the actual winners were—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. K.J. MAHER: —and who the actual winners were today. I am sure people would have been quite rightly horrified if I had left them hanging at just what the awards were about—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. K.J. MAHER: —without outlining the winners. As I talked about yesterday, and if people have forgotten, I can talk about Augusta Zadow. But I won't; what I will do today instead is outline the winners of this important award rather than just talk about the importance of the award, which I know riveted people yesterday. Everyone remembers me talking about the award yesterday, so I am very pleased they were so interested in this topic yesterday that they remembered me talking about the award.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: The minister yesterday talked about the award; today he is going to give you the winners of the award, so calm down. Can you just give your answer, Attorney, please, and we can move on.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. K.J. MAHER: I am very pleased that there were three projects that were ultimately awarded a total of $40,000 in grants. As I informed the chamber yesterday, over the life of these awards, in excess of $300,000 has been awarded in grants. This year, sharing the $40,000 in grants were a number of winners. Belle Baker from Adelaide Hills and Fleurieu Farm Services established the Tractoring for Women program. It aims to empower women in agriculture with practical training in tractor operation and on-farm safety. The award provided approximately $10,000 for the tractor safety program, and I will be more than pleased, given the time, to inform the chamber of other winners in the future.