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City Deal Funding

Mr DULUK (Waite) (14:23): My question is to the Minister for Environment and Water. Can the minister provide further details to the house on the key environmental projects that are now being funded as a result of the landmark City Deal between the federal Morrison Liberal government and the state Marshall Liberal government?

The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS (Black—Minister for Environment and Water) (14:23): I thank the member for Waite for that great question about the City Deal, which has been such a successful outcome for South Australia—$551 million of investment in a range of projects around South Australia. Of course, we know a very significant component of the City Deal is to unfold on Lot Fourteen on North Terrace with investment in the Space Agency, investment in a whole range of activities there, which will draw innovation, will create jobs, will draw industry into the area and, of course, will attract interstate and international investment to South Australia as well.

As well as what is happening on Lot Fourteen, there is a whole part of the City Deal that is focusing on heritage, the arts and environmental sustainability. We see that demonstrated again on Lot Fourteen in a very substantial way with the investment in the national Indigenous art gallery, but beyond that there is also an amount of funding that has been worked up for the Nora and Hans Heysen gallery at Hahndorf in the Adelaide Hills. It has been good to talk to the member for Kavel as we see that project developed. There is also funding for a new visitor centre at Carrick Hill in the member for Waite's electorate.

Beyond that, there is an amount of funding to wrap together a whole range of sites of significance—cultural, heritage, artistic and environmental significance—to create a number of trails that will draw visitors into South Australia's natural environment to ensure that they have the opportunity to connect with heritage and cultural sites and sites of artistic importance in our state by linking these sites together with an amount of funding of $2 million. It has been great to be able to work alongside the member for Waite and also the federal member for Boothby as we developed that project and worked with local communities, local councils and, particularly, volunteer groups that have so much stewardship for these sites.

One of the two trails that we are talking about, the Mitcham Hills Trail, connects Carrick Hill, moves down into the Mitcham Cultural Village and connects areas like Brownhill Creek and the recreation park there, which is an important area of open space. The bandicoot corridor, or superhighway, is found there. It has been good to visit that site with the member for Waite on a number of occasions. That builds on a $100,000 commitment that our government made as we came into government.

The trail then connects through to Belair National Park. There will be $65,000 put towards environmental restoration and amenity activities within Belair National Park and a further $100,000 for Old Government House, an important heritage site within our state. It was great to visit it on the weekend for the second time in recent weeks and be able to talk to the many volunteers, particularly Tina and Wayne Gallasch, who the member for Waite put me in touch with, to talk about what this funding can do. The trail will then continue on to Wittunga Botanic Garden. We are investing $750,000 on a nature play site at Wittunga Botanic Garden on Shepherds Hill Road.

We are connecting all of those sites together using digital technology, wayfinding signage and common branding to bring people into those communities. We want visitors from across our state and also from interstate having a similar connection across those sites and really being able to get into our natural environment by visiting these heritage and cultural places of significance and, of course, stimulating local economies as well.

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