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

Ms SAVVAS (Newland) (15:35): I thought today would be a really good opportunity to update the house and my community on the progress of a number of election commitments that were made in the lead-up to the 2022 election, which are very pleasingly plodding along very well. Of course, one of the first things that we did in terms of election commitments in my community was bring in legislation to stop paid parking from coming in at Tea Tree Plaza. That is something that I still get stopped in the street and have people comment about on a very regular basis, particularly because I think community members, no matter their politics, really understood the impact that the toll of bringing in paid parking at Tea Tree Plaza would have on them and their families.

I spoke at length to residents about the suggestion of the introduction of paid parking in my community, and we had thousands of people come on board with a petition against that. It was a really proud moment for me when we did bring in that legislation, not just as a local—I can see Tea Tree Plaza from my house—but as someone who worked at Tea Tree Plaza as a student for some years.

We also saved Modbury Service SA. We all remember all too well when it was on the chopping block by the Marshall Liberal government. Not only did we save Modbury Service SA but we extended trading hours and services, and it is now open on Saturdays. I was very pleased about the Saturday opening hours when I went to renew my own driver's licence on a Saturday morning last year and saw a line out the door of individuals doing the same.

We are also well underway with our huge project to transfer 4,700-odd homes onto SA Water mains from the Tea Tree Gully community wastewater management scheme. This has been a massive project not just for the individuals who have septic tanks at their homes but, of course, for our entire community, who are bearing with me, as there is a lot of construction work going on in our community. I have been teaching students, when I go to visit them, that construction means progress.

That does not mean it has not been a challenging time. I do want to give a shout-out to all those residents who have been incredibly understanding about the works that are going on, because they know it needs to get done. We hit a really important milestone in our project a couple of months ago, and we have transitioned now over 1,000 homes onto SA Water mains, which is a huge milestone and one that has been incredibly well received by residents in my community.

We are also finally seeing the completion of upgrades to a number of massive sporting clubs in my electorate. In the next few months, we will see the completion of the Modbury Sporting Club, home to the footy and cricket clubs and the Tea Tree Gully Tennis Club, home to tennis and also to two netball clubs: Tea Tree Gully netball and my netball club, the Strikers Netball Club. We will see the completion of Tea Tree Gully Gymsports and the completion of upgrades to the Hope Valley Sporting Club as well. This is an incredibly exciting time for sports in Tea Tree Gully.

We already saw the opening of the Tea Tree Gully City Soccer Club's new building a couple of months back, and I am incredibly excited to see all of those buildings finally complete. I have been on a bit of a tour of the Modbury Sporting Club and Tea Tree Gully Gymsports in the last few weeks, and I am so excited. These buildings look incredible, and that was thanks to election commitments from our government and also co-contributions from the City of Tea Tree Gully.

I would also like to mention, of course, progress on works at Modbury Hospital. Modbury Hospital is having one of the biggest upgrades in its history, with a brand new cancer centre, 44 mental health beds and, of course, a new car park with over 300 parking spaces. That was all part of our three-point plan with respect to parking in the Modbury precinct: (1) delivering a brand-new, bigger park-and-ride at the back of the Tea Tree Plaza interchange, (2) stopping paid parking at Tea Tree Plaza, and (3) building a 300-space car park at Modbury Hospital. I am really excited; again, I can see those works going on from my house if I am on my tippy-toes on my balcony, and I am very, very pleased to see that over the next coming months that work will continue to progress.

We did have a bit of a walkaround a couple of months ago and got to see the views from the new building at the back there at Modbury Hospital, and I know that not only will it be incredible for individuals in our community to access the services they need but also, I think, it will be a really warm environment with a beautiful setting, which is really important while people receive the care they well and truly deserve.

I would also like to mention that on the weekend we held our open day at The Heights Tech College, and we had over 350 people come through on Saturday for the open day of that incredible tech college in Modbury Heights. I am well and truly looking forward to that being open next year for students in my community and beyond.

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