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House of Assembly - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
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Australia Day Awards

Mr PATTERSON (Morphett) (15:39): I take the opportunity to speak in parliament about some of the fantastic and hardworking volunteers in the Glenelg, Novar Gardens and Morphettville areas of Morphett, who were recognised recently on Australia Day.

Two Morphett constituents were awarded Australia Day Honours. The late Neville Cordes from Glenelg was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for service to the community of Kangaroo Island. Neville founded The Islander, was Mayor of Kingscote Council, and over the last 20 years became an active parishioner in the Anglican Parish of Glenelg. Cecilia Low from Glenelg East was awarded the Australian Fire Service Medal. Cecilia was recognised for her distinguished service, commitment and passion to help create a diverse and inclusive organisation.

I was thrilled to attend the City of Holdfast Bay's citizenship ceremony held on Australia Day on the beautiful Glenelg foreshore where we welcomed over 50 new citizens. The citizenship ceremony also recognised some very worthy award winners including the Rotary Club of Somerton Park that was recognised for Best Community Event for their new initiative, a youth photographic exhibition.

The Rotary Club of Holdfast Bay were recognised with an Active Citizenship Award for supporting our local community through their food drive to support locals doing it tough. The food drive began in December 2019 and is held twice a year to collect non-perishable food and toiletries, and gives the general public the opportunity to donate items. I have been honoured to participate along with club members, and I am always in awe of the generosity of locals who quite often donate a shopping bag full of items.

The four local churches are supported by the food drive to give packages to those in need through their emergency relief centres and the impact of this project on locals doing it tough is very positive. On the day, it was a thrill to see president Judy Shipp, past district governor, Kim Harvey, and Rotarians, Kate Davies, Greg Lang and Lance Meaney receive the award. Congratulations and a massive thank you to the Rotary Club of Holdfast Bay and all its members.

Marion Council held their citizenship and awards ceremony on Australia Day at the fantastic Mitchell Park Sports and Community Centre, which received significant funding from the former federal and state Liberal governments. Jamie Morgan from the Plympton Bulldogs Football Club won the Sports Person/Team of the Year Award. Jamie is the director of the juniors and seniors at the Plympton Bulldogs Football Club, and he has played an instrumental role in the mighty Bulldogs taking out the SANFL Junior Club of the Year Award for 2022, as well as helping the club to win six premierships. After the club came third in 2021, this year's Junior Club of the Year Award is a fantastic reward for all the players, coaches, parents, officials, sponsors and supporters for all playing their part in representing and developing the Bulldogs.

The club has over 400 junior players with a 25 per cent female participation rate. In 2022 they won the senior B Grade premiership and five junior premierships for the under-13 girls, the under-15 boys and girls, and the under-16 boys and girls. I give a special mention to the under-16 girls' team who my daughter Violet plays for. After years of finishing at the bottom of the ladder but always improving, this year was a huge reward for perseverance and also being able to win on the road with all their finals being played away, including two finals at Salisbury North, so what a season for them. I thank their coach, Gavin Walsh, and also assistant coach, Nathan Ward, who has been there for so many years. Nathan was also nominated for the Sports Person/Team of the Year Award for his contribution at the Glengowrie Netball Club so he is certainly very busy.

I was also able to attend the City of West Torrens citizenship and awards ceremony which saw James Dyson from the Phantoms cricket club win a community service award for his outstanding service to the Western Suburbs Junior Cricket Association and also the Phantoms cricket club.

Congratulations to the year 6 students from Immanuel Primary School on their environment award for all their commitment to the environment. Immanuel Principal, Kevin Richardson, won a civic award and David Shipway from B.L. Shipway & Co. won a business award. Congratulations to all the award winners on their significant contributions to our local community in Morphett.

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