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King Electorate

Ms LUETHEN (King) (15:20): I rise today to make special mention of people and recent achievements, and to acknowledge some key activities that I have participated in since being elected. Firstly, I would like to thank my local community of King for getting behind and supporting the various ANZAC Day dawn services and events that were held, which showed a tremendous amount of respect for those who have gone before us, who have given us our freedoms and allowed us to live securely in the communities we have today.

I attended several events. I would like to acknowledge the beautiful services within the City of Playford; specifically, the dusk opening ceremony, which is put on by many young people who do an overnight vigil. It was great that we had good weather for it this year. I also attended the One Tree Hill ANZAC Day dawn service at the beautiful One Tree Hill Institute. There were hundreds more people there this year. It is a beautiful service, where stories are told, respect is shown and we listen to the kookaburras and the roosters crowing as the service takes place.

After that, I attended the Pegasus Pony Club ANZAC Day Show, which was a much different type of service and lots of fun. I also attended the Salisbury Ferns Lifestyle Village ANZAC Day service and spent time with all the residents later on, having breakfast in the hall. I was very grateful for that invitation and look forward to attending again next year. In addition, our King office was represented at the Tea Tree Gully dawn service, which I have now attended for many years and which shows a lot of respect. It was very well attended and I thank the City of Tea Tree Gully for supporting that service.

I would also like to congratulate Mr James McKechnie of Hillbank on his outstanding achievements representing South Australia and Australia at the recent Gold Coast Commonwealth Games. James finished fifth in the 50 metres breaststroke final after an excellent performance in his heat. It is so encouraging to see local people like James representing our community in such a positive way and achieving wonderful results. I look forward to watching James' career with lots of interest in the future.

The Greenwith Primary School SAPSASA girls' cricket team also won their first cricket game recently. Well done to the coach, Mr Smith, and captain, Keighley, on co-ordinating the team. The school achieved some outstanding results at the Salisbury East athletics carnival as well. Well done to the parent volunteers, Tammy McBryde, Fiona Rasch and Tracy Hemmerling, for assisting the students and the school on the day.

Our Lady of Hope School recently commenced the first Our Lady of Hope playgroup. I am pleased to hear that this initiative has been successful and staff driven. Congratulations to the school's playgroup co-ordinators, Ali Wallace and Bernadette Gaudio, and congratulations also to our year 7 student, Laura, who provided a variety of activities for the children. Quality time between parents and their children is essential, and it is pleasing that the Our Lady of Hope playgroup school initiative has included a variety of sessions to foster and develop these relationships.

I would also like to commend the great work of the City of Salisbury on launching the Watershed Art Prize—

Ms Bettison interjecting:

Ms LUETHEN: Yes, Ms Bettison was there as well. I thank the council for promoting local artists and providing them with the opportunity and the platform to create and display artwork. I fully support the council in its endeavours to focus the artwork on water management, conservation and creating a sustainable environment, and encourage the council to continue its work in supporting the young and emerging artists' prize.

I would also like to thank the councils in my King community for the good work they do in providing great local citizenship ceremonies. Thank you to the City of Tea Tree Gully for its citizenship ceremony, which I attended on Wednesday 11 April, and the City of Salisbury for its citizenship ceremony that I attended on 18 April. I would also like to reaffirm our Liberal government's commitment to deliver $110 million to Modbury Hospital.

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