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House of Assembly - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
2023-03-21 Daily Xml
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Buckney, Ms K.

S.E. ANDREWS (Gibson) (15:34): I rise to speak about a woman in my community who is making a difference: Kylie Buckney, a woman making positive change in the world of Australian Rules football. Kylie has been President of the Marion Rams Football Club for the past four years, and during that time she has updated most of their policies, developed a strategic plan, survived the pandemic, introduced female teams, and secured the future of the club.

Despite this impressive workload of volunteering over the last four years as President, she could not quite step away at the last AGM and took on the role of the club's first wellbeing officer for the benefit of the whole Marion Rams community. Kylie will be looking after the welfare and mental health of players and officials—an important role, and I congratulate Kylie for this initiative.

On 2 March this year, the senior players and coaches attended a mental health seminar led by Rosie from Mindseye Training and Consulting. Over the past few years, we have seen increasing numbers of sports players having the courage to speak up and even take time away from sport to prioritise their mental health, and I encourage every club to support such initiatives. The Rams now have someone who is available to chat, has the contacts of professional mental health organisations if someone needs them, and is organising these information sessions. The benefits of community and exercise in times of hardship are well known, and it is fantastic to see the Marion Rams supporting their members in this way.

I will also take this opportunity to mention the work of the Rams' cultural adviser, Christine Abdulla, who created the guernsey for last season's Indigenous round—one I was proud to wear during their Indigenous games. I even had the opportunity to present the players with their Indigenous guernsey on game day. It is such important work that is being carried out by the volunteers at the Marion Rams Football Club, and I am looking forward to the 2023 season.

I would now like to speak about some Australia Day award winners in my community, starting with the City of Holdfast Bay where I was proud to see 70 residents from 22 countries become Australian citizens—a truly special day for them and their families. Cheryle Pinkess was the Holdfast Bay Citizen of the Year for starting the Grocer with a Heart shop at the Brighton Church of Christ. The Rotary Club of Holdfast Bay received the Active Citizenship award for their twice-yearly food drives in local shopping centres. These food drives began in 2019, and since then they have distributed over $90,000 worth of essentials to people in need.

Hayley Hosking was named Young Citizen of the Year for being a role model for young female surf lifesavers. Bronwyn Watt was named Local Hero after raising $80,000 for FightMND, and the Event of the Year award went to the Somerton Park Rotary Club for their highly successful Youth Photographic Exhibition.

At the City of Marion, Pat Munden, volunteer of 40 years, was Citizen of the Year and received a commendation in the South Australian 2023 Award for Active Citizenship. Pat was recognised with this award for her fantastic work running the Cooinda Café at the Cooinda Neighbourhood Centre. Pat coordinates the volunteers, the groceries and the cooking. She even runs ceramics classes twice a week. It is safe to say Pat is a woman behind the scenes and the success of the Cooinda Neighbourhood Centre. For those interested in taking a class or stopping by, the Cooinda Neighbourhood Centre can be found just off Diagonal Road.

Zane LeBlond received the City of Marion's Young Citizen of the Year for his work with the City of Marion's Youth Collective Committee as their social media officer. The YCC, as it is known around Marion, handed down their Safe Space Project report in December, which focused on the mental health of young people in the City of Marion. Included in the five recommendations made in this report was the provision of support for family and friends of young people experiencing mental health issues. Zane is an active member of the community, attending my recent Clean Up Australia Day event and being appointed to the Minister for Human Services' Youth Advisory Council.

Finally, the Marion Community Event of the Year went to none other than the Oaklands Estate Reserve parkrun. I have seen this five-kilometre run, organised by Emma Steel and Kevin Thomson and a team of volunteers since 2022, become incredibly popular, and I attend most Saturdays either as a participant or as a volunteer. It is a fantastic community activity that can be enjoyed by people of all ages and all abilities, and of course dogs are very welcome.

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