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

Mrs HURN (Schubert) (15:32): There are always so many exciting things happening in my local electorate. As the member for Schubert, I always appreciate the opportunity to mention them here in the parliament and to put on the record all the fantastic work that so many groups and people in my local community are doing.

In the last few weeks there has been a lot on and I have enjoyed getting out and about and celebrating so many achievements. First up, we had the Keyneton Primary School 100th birthday celebration. I was really delighted to be one of more than 250 people who attended the 100th birthday of Keyneton Primary School. This is a small school but they have an extraordinary story and it is a generational school in my community that is full of so much pride.

I would like to give a big shout-out to principal, Emily Barr. She did a remarkable job in putting together all the history and making it such a celebration for locals. I would like to put on the record all the anniversary event organising committee members: Bruce Evans, Glen Johns, Sarah Bailey, Georgie Keynes, Kay Gerhardy, Leanne Boehm, Deb Roesler and Alice Howard. They did a fantastic job. The CFS was there, and the Scouts were there cooking up a storm and it was really wonderful to speak at this event and formally recognise all their achievements over the past century. I hope they have many more years of schooling ahead at Keyneton.

Over the weekend, I had a stall at the Houghton Spring Fair. This is a really fantastic fair in the northern Adelaide Hills. There are always so many businesses popping up showcasing the fantastic work they do. I was next to the Slow Flower Company, so I was next to the prettiest stand at the entire fair. I also had the opportunity to present some life membership awards to all the volunteers who have gone above and beyond over an extraordinarily long period of time for the Houghton Inglewood memorial oval.

I presented life membership to Julie Sharp, who has been on the committee for 20 years and is retiring this year—well done to you, Julie; Helen Atkinson, who has been volunteering her time on this committee for 25 years; and Shirley Warner, who has volunteered for a remarkable 32 years and for 28 of those 32 years has been the secretary of the committee, which is a remarkable job. When you look at all of the volunteer groups across our communities the secretary is hardly the most sought-after job, given the work that is involved, but Shirley has done a really tremendous job. I put on the record my thanks and appreciation to her. We also have Mr Matt Thomas, who has been on the committee for 23 years. He is currently serving as the president and has done for the past 18 years. Congratulations to all of those members who I was honoured to present life member pins to.

I give another shout-out to Han Robat and the organising committee of the Houghton Spring Fair. In the last few years the weather has been pretty ordinary, to say the least. Last year it was around 40 degrees and the year before that there was torrential rain. Over the weekend I think we had a nice sweet spot. Well done to all of those people who coordinated that.

Anyone who has driven along the Sturt Highway lately would know that it has been an absolute rollercoaster. There is a petition that is currently going that is being coordinated by locals Jacqui and Michella and has garnered nearly 6,000 signatures. I would like to give a shout-out to those ladies and all the businesses across the Barossa Valley who have been supporting this call for a long-term solution for the Sturt Highway. Pleasingly, there are some night works happening at the moment which are intended to fix some of the really dreadful spots along the highway. We welcome that, but it is certainly not the long-term fix that we are looking for so we will keep pushing for that.

I also briefly acknowledge the hard work of BIL. BIL is not a person; it is an organisation called Barossa Infrastructure Limited. They do a great job as a cooperative in providing water to grapegrowers in the Eden Valley. They recently held their AGM, and I was delighted to attend that, where we got an update about the progress on our plight for a long-term water security solution for the Barossa Valley. The importance of this for our growers, for our farmers and for our agricultural community cannot be overstated. Water is literally the lifeblood of industry in the Barossa Valley. I congratulate them on their advocacy and I look forward to continuing to work side by side with them as we secure funding for a long-term water security solution for our region.

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