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Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)
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Women's Honour Roll Inductees

The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (14:46): My question is to the Minister for Human Services—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! There is a member on her feet.

The Hon. K.J. Maher interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Leader of the Opposition, there is a member on her feet. She will be heard in silence.

The Hon. R.P. Wortley interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order, the Hon. Mr Wortley!

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI: My question is to the Minister for Human Services regarding women. Can the minister please outline how the Marshall Liberal government acknowledges and celebrates the diversity of women in our community and their commitment to effecting change?

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (14:47): I thank the honourable member for her question. Indeed, we have just recently celebrated the 2021 Women's Honour Roll inductees. Can I acknowledge that a couple of members in this chamber have had their mothers inducted into that roll, including yourself, Mr President, and the Leader of the Opposition. We do pay tribute to the many women across South Australia, including regional South Australia, who have done amazing things for their communities, who we wish to acknowledge and celebrate.

Last night, it was our great privilege with the new Governor, Her Excellency, who presented the awards to all of the new inductees. I have to say that the response from her house had been very rapid in agreeing to host last night's award. I acknowledge that the member for Reynell was also there as well as a number of staff from the Office for Women and DHS, and Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation as well. I thank the nominators and the nominees and the people who were on the selection panel for participating.

We had 19 inductees last night—a very diverse range of women—and this important activity that we do is a feeder into the national award schemes. What we do know is that a lot of women don't nominate themselves for things. They tend to be very humble in their approach and so are often surprised when they find themselves nominated. Certainly last night I think every one of them felt incredibly honoured to have been inducted.

Traditionally it has often been men who have been recognised and still through the national award system the gender disparity is quite stark, so this continues to be an important function to get people on that pathway, if you like. A number of people who would be quite well known to members of the chamber include Belinda Valentine for her work in the child protection space and family protection; Rikki Cooke, who is the founder of Treasure Boxes; and Georgia Davies-Thain, who has been a campaigner for sex worker rights.

We have also had women in the medical and STEM field, Dr Christine Kirby and Genéne Kleppe, and a range of community leaders in a whole range of areas, including from Mundulla and Bordertown in the South-East. The full list of awardees is available on the Office for Women website. We thank these women for their service and look forward to continuing to recognise women into the future for the amazing work they do on behalf of the South Australian community.

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