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House of Assembly - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
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Grievance Debate

Morialta Community Awards

The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER (Morialta—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (15:08): I am very pleased to recognise the significant contribution to the community in South Australia and in my electorate of Morialta of a series of amazing local legends who have been awarded this year with the inaugural Morialta Community Awards. Last night, we were able to celebrate their achievements with all but one of them attending in the parliament for a beautiful dinner and indeed sharing and reflecting on the great community that we have in our area.

There is no better place in the world to live than South Australia, no better place to live in South Australia than Morialta, and it is the contributions of so many amazing people who make it so. Every month this year, I have been acknowledging the particular contribution of some very special people and I would like to place on the record my appreciation for those people and everything they have done for our community on this occasion. The winners this year were: John Schubert, Bruce Ind, Wayne Atkins, Stella Waugh, Virginia Cordera, Ivanka Jovanovich, Thea Matto, Mario Minuzzo, Phung Van Nguyen, Domenica Zollo and Jeff Neale.

Reflecting on them each briefly, John Schubert has given 46 years of service to the community through the Rotary Club of Morialta and continues to volunteer regularly. If anyone wants to see John hard at work, he is there every month on the shed sale and contributes in all manner of ways to our local community through his service with Morialta Rotary.

Bruce Ind of Woodforde is a really significant contributor to so many aspects of South Australian life and in our local community. He has given 20 years' volunteer service to Guide Dogs SA/NT, including 16 years as a board member, providing his service through lived experience and professional counsel to that outstanding organisation. He is an extremely active member of the Kiwanis Club of Rostrevor Campbelltown, having been president twice, and secretary, and involved in every significant endeavour that Kiwanis does to support our local community. Also, as chair of the Morialta Uniting Church for most of the last 25 years, Bruce's work has been outstanding.

Wayne Atkins has been a legend of the Athelstone CFS for more than three decades and has provided more than 50 years of voluntary service to our community, keeping our properties and our lives safe through his service to the CFS over 50 years. Cherryville, Cudlee Creek, Sampson Flat—you name it, Wayne has been there, fighting our fires and also supporting younger members and newer members of the brigade.

Stella Waugh of Athelstone has been a significant contributor to the Saint Ignatius school community. She was nominated by the school for her volunteer work there, supporting every principal's tour and coordinating volunteers and parents in morning teas welcoming new families to the school. Stella's contribution to that school and to our community has been fantastic.

Virginia Cordera has given 50 years' service to the Campbelltown City Soccer Club, a club that has hundreds of local members, particularly children and young people. Virginia has been there for generations of them: supporting them in the kitchen multiple times a week, serving the players, serving the visitors and serving the community. Virginia's service to that club has been amazing, and we are grateful.

Ivanka Jovanovich was a successful businesswoman for many years who got busier in retirement. Amongst her many community gifts the most significant is the coordination she does through Zonta to support the St Andrews Hospital and women who are at a vulnerable time in their lives, recovering from breast cancer surgery. She does this through the creation, every month, of hundreds and hundreds of comfort pillows—a coordination effort over decades from Ivanka Jovanovich.

Thea Matto of Newton has served the community for five years now through the creation of the Moving to Music dance class for elderly residents in the area. Indeed, a petition of dozens of them supported her nomination for the Morialta Community Award, and we are grateful.

Mario Minuzzo is the founder, the driving force and, for more than a decade, the significant inspiration for the growth of the Pioneer Court Community Garden in Highbury. He has made an amazing contribution to that community, and the work that garden does in supporting the broader community is immense.

Phung Van Nguyen is a leader in the Vietnamese community across our state and a contributor to Vietnamese community language schools. He has made a significant contribution to multicultural South Australia. He is an outstanding Rostrevor resident of whom we are proud.

Domenico Zollo has been the President of the Montevergine Festa Associazione for more than 68 years, serving the community—first his father and then him as the president. It is an amazing contribution to our state and our community.

Finally, Jeff Neale, the dealership principal of Paradise Mazda, an outstanding local business, is a philanthropist, sponsor, donor and significant contributor to Rotary and is a Paul Harris Fellow Sapphire Pin and a former district governor of Rotary. He lives in Highbury and serves the Tea Tree Gully and Campbelltown communities well. We say thank you to all of the Morialta Community Award winners for 2023.

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