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House of Assembly - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
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Badcoe Electorate

Ms STINSON (Badcoe) (15:57): Can I start by commending our Treasurer for his very first budget. He is certainly a man who was made for the moment, having spent quite some time as Chief of Staff and adviser to the former Treasurer Mr Foley, and also some time in the private sector, in financial services with Deloitte, as well as much other experience. I congratulate him. It is a difficult task, but we on this side of the house are very proud that he and his team have put the budget together and unveiled it today.

I take this opportunity to draw the house's attention to a few aspects in what is a very detailed budget that I think the people of Badcoe will be particularly thrilled about. Among them is the Forestville Hockey Club. The Forestville Hockey Club, according to this budget, will be getting $2 million of new funds for their new hockey hub, which we hope to build at Unley High School, and also they will be utilising $1 million that the previous Labor government—almost five years ago now—committed to under the synthetic pitch fund.

What happened to that? Five years ago, money was committed for that hockey club, which desperately needed that new facility. That money was meant to go into a new facility that was committed to both by Labor before the 2018 election and by the Liberals. But then, once they got into government, there was no room for Forestville Hockey Club anymore in that project, and about 12 to 18 months ago the good people of Forestville Hockey Club, who had worked tirelessly for many years for their new base, found out that they were being kicked out of the new project.

Not only were they kicked out but no alternative was provided for them whatsoever—no other location, no new place they could go to, considering that the decision was made to boot them out. That was an election commitment of the previous Liberal government, and it was incredibly disappointing to see that that was an election commitment that was broken.

But enter the Labor team: not just me as a strong advocate for the Forestville Hockey Club but also the now member for Waite, the member for Elder and also the federal member for Boothby, as well as Labor's candidate for Unley, Ryan Harrison. We all banded together to support Forestville Hockey Club and ensure that we could come up with some sort of alternative. They are pretty smart cookies there at Forestville Hockey Club, and they had not given up. They had looked at a number of options, one of which is a new base at Unley High. I am delighted that this budget will now deliver on a promise that was committed to way back in 2017 by both parties, but it will be Labor that delivers this.

Hockey is a growing sport, a fantastic sport, and this hub will be the new home for players not just right across the southern suburbs but also right across the metropolitan and even regional areas, as people come down from regional parts of South Australia to play with the mighty Forestville Hockey Club Panthers. I wish them all the best for the rest of their play this year. I look forward to joining with my colleagues and going and visiting them at their current facility, which is all the way out at Gepps Cross. We really look forward to seeing them in their new home at Unley High School and seeing a long-held promise delivered.

I would also like to draw attention to another project that is whizzing away. It is going to be happening very, very quickly and that is the Millswood Croquet Club's upgrade. These guys have also been working really hard and quite ingeniously to be able to attract the funds for what is a fairly modest improvement to their clubhouse. They have a project that totals $600,000. They managed to get $200,000 from the federal government, $200,000 from the City of Unley—and we thank them for that investment—and now, with Labor coming to government, the final instalment of $200,000 will be delivered and it is in this budget.

That is very exciting for the good people of Millswood Croquet Club, a club that has been there for decades upon decades and boasts champions in croquet. If you get the opportunity, do come down. You may find me with mallet in hand. I find that my performance is somewhat improved on a summer's day with a glass of champagne in hand; however, maybe I just need to practise a little bit more. I thank the team there for involving me, and I look forward to coming down and letting you know about what is in this budget for people in Badcoe.

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