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John Gardner MP

Morialta MattersDisappointing Desal DebacleAs you may have seen in the media, our new $2.2 billion desalination plant at Port Stanvac will be mothballed.

Since the plant was announced in 2007, water prices have increased by 176% to pay for its construction.

Businesses and contractors have also suffered with work coming to an end on the plant.

I can assure you they have packed up and gone, more are seriously considering it, some are just really walking away from the industry because frankly there’s just not the work there.”

- Phil Sutherland, Civil Contractors Federation

A significantly cheaper (and smaller) 50gL desalination plant was originally proposed by the Liberal Party as insurance against future droughts. The Government’s decision to double the size to 100gL was reckless, expensive, and has turned out to be an enormous mistake that we’ll all be paying for well into the future.

Issue 9 - Spring 2012

News from the Member for Morialta

Office: 163 St Bernards Rd Rostrevor 5073

Phone: 8365 4224 Fax: 8365 4225

Contact

John:

It has been an eventful few months! Morialta’s boundaries will change significantly as a result of the electoral redistribution, which will take effect as of March 2014. The new map can be seen on page 3.

Work has commenced on the upgrade of Gorge Road. Hopefully any delays should be over early in the new year and we’ll be able to all enjoy a smoother ride.

I’ve also been busy within my portfolio areas. In July, after calls from the Opposition and the cross-benches, the Government agreed to offer a formal apology to victims of forced adoptions - some comfort for those who have suffered for years.

Several policy announcements and private member’s bills in my areas have made for a busy time in the Parliament - on issues as diverse as teen drinking, birth certificates for adoptees, and disability housing.

Finally, my website has also been upgraded, with many new features. Have a look next time you’re online: www.JohnGardnerMP.com.au!

Dear Resident

Penfold Park, Magill

Out and About In Morialta (June - October 2012)

• Campbelltown City Soccer Club, Newton

• 66th Anniversary of the Italian Republic Celebrations, St Francis of Assisi, Newton

• Bedford Industries ‘Abilities for all’ Graduation Ceremony

• Fourth Creek Catchment Group, Norton Summit

• Festa della Repubblica Italiana reception, Fogolar Furlan

• Charles Campbell College School Council, Paradise

• Lions Club of Rostrevor Handover Dinner, Paradise

• Campbelltown Rotary Club, Paradise

• Rostrevor College, Woodforde• Norton Summit Community Centre,

Norton Summit• Community Food SA Volunteers

Morning Tea

• Stradbroke Schools Sports Day: (naming of the Cathie Wilson Oval), Rostrevor

• Eastern Adelaide Domestic Violence Service

• CiC Volunteers Recognition Lunch, Marche Club, Paradise

• Opening of the Four Paws Dog Park, Denis Morrissey Park, Hectorville

• Annual Campbelltown Service Clubs Dinner, Rostrevor

• SASRAPID 30th Anniversary AGM• Civic Reception for visiting

students from Benevento, Rostrevor

• Marchigiani Migrants Food Fair and Exhibition, Paradise

• Charles Campbell College Year 12 Dance Production

• Holy Mary of Montevergine Festa, Newton

• Campbelltown Council Road

Safety Committee meeting, Rostrevor

• Dante Alighieri Society Pasta Night, Marche Club, Paradise

• Campbelltown Soccer Club Presentation Night, Newton

• SA Carers Recognition Awards• Festa dell’anziano luncheon• Black Hill Challenge presentations,

Athelstone• Leveda DisabiliTEA for the NDIS• Italian Benevolent Foundation Quiz

Night

School Parliament House Tours• Charles Campbell College

Japanese Exchange• Charles Campbell College

Benevento Exchange• Sunrise Christian School,

Paradise, Year 7s• St Ignatius College, Year 12 Legal

Studies

John Gardner MP - Morialta Matters

History from the Heart is a local organisation dedicated to preserving the history of living

Australians through the Life Stories Australia program.

The stories collected provide an immense and personal source of knowledge about the day to day lives of ordinary Australians which will prove invaluable for future students of our culture.

If you are over 50 and would like to contribute your own story then please visit Annie Payne at the Campbelltown Library at 10am on Wednesday mornings in the Local History Room or by contacting Annie at anniep@historyfromtheheart.com.au.

I recently had the joy of visiting local couple George and Netta Hallwood of Paradise on their 60th Wedding Anniversary.

If you know someone about to celebrate their 100th, 105th or 110th birthday or their 50th, 55th, 60th or 65th Wedding Anniversary then please contact my office and we can organise a message from dignitaries.

Congratulations to George and Netta on reaching this great milestone. I wish them all the best!

Local History Group 60th Wedding Anniversary

Speaking at the Physical Disability Council (SA) family fun day

SCOSA Soccer Showdown with Craig Sparr & SCOSA CEO Nicole Graham

Lighting the candles for Diwali with Punjabi Association SA President Kuldip Chugha, Mrs Chugha and Hon Jing Lee

John Gardner MP - Local EventsNew Morialta Boundaries

The Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission has recently released maps of what State electorates will look like at the 2014 election. A number of changes to Morialta have moved our seat further into the Hills.

Morialta has gained parts of Dernancourt and Highbury (south of Lower North East Road), as well as the hills areas of Paracombe, Cudlee Creek, and parts of Millbrook, Inglewood and Chain of Ponds. However we have lost Auldana, Skye, Magill, Rosslyn Park and Wattle

Park. I am sad to see these suburbs gone but will still have the opportunity to represent them until the 2014 election.

In the Parliament• Morialta Citizenship Awards,

14/2• Question: Anti-Poverty Unit,

15/2• Address in Reply, 28/2• Question: Cavan Training

Centre Breakout, 28/2• Cavan Training Centre, 28/2• Question: Wheelchairs, 1/3• Question: Strathmont, 1/3• Question: Disability SA &

Client Trust Funds, 1/3• Shop Trading and Public

Holidays, 14/3• Question: Cavan Training

Centre Breakout, 14/3• Question: Disability SA, 14/3• Clean Up Australia Day, 15/3• Interstate Migration, 15/3• Forced Adoption Apology, 29/3• Question: Local School

Amalgamations, 3/4• CFS Funding, 5/4• Public Transport in the North-

Eastern Suburbs, 5/4• Disability Services and Cost of

Living, 1/5• Question: Child Protection, 1/5• Cavan Training Centre, 2/5• Woodforde & Teringie Police

Boundaries, 3/5• Fourth Creek Catchment

Group, 12/5• Appropriation Bill, 12/5• Condolence Motion: King

George Tupou V, 14/5• Question: APY Lands, Child

Abuse, 29/5• Question: Mullighan Inquiry

Recommendations, 29/5 • National Youth Week, 31/5• Budget Estimates Questions:

Housing, 20/6• Budget Estimates Questions:

Families SA, 22/6• Budget Estimates Questions:

Social Housing, Youth, Disability, Communities, 25/6

• Appropriation Bill: Budget Reply, 26/6

• Local Service Clubs, 10/7• Forced Adoption Apology, 18/7

• Question: Child Protection (House of Horrors), 5/9

• Question: Families SA staff member, 5/9

• Question: Child Protection (11 year old boy), 5/9

• Question: Families SA staff member, 5/9

• Child Protection, 5/9• SA Paralympians, 6/9• Past Adoption Practices, 6/9• Mrs Cathie Wilson, 18/9• Liquor Licensing (Supply to

Minors) Amendment Bill, 20/9• Question: Disability Support in

Schools, 19/9• Intercountry Adoptions, 20/9• Question: Western Suburbs

School Child Abuse Notifications, 1/11

Copies of all of speeches and questions are available at www.JohnGardnerMP.com.au or by calling Scott in my office on 8365 4224.

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Rostrevor

Newton

Dernancourt (part)

Paradise(part)

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Highbury

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Paracombe

Inglewood

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Cherryville

Montacute

NortonSummit

Ashton(part)

MarbleHill

Basket Range(part)

Horsnell Gully(part)

Millbrook(part)

Cudlee Creek

Chain of Ponds(part)

MountOsmond

Auldana

Magill

Rosslyn Park

Skye

Hectorville

Tranmere

Campbelltown

Dernancourt(part)

Paradise (part)

Beaumont

Burnside

Erindale

Stonyfell

WaterfallGully

Wattle Park

KensingtonGardens

Gilles Plains

WindsorGardens

HoldenHill

Highbury (part)

Hope Valley

BanksiaPark

Tea Tree Gully

VistaModbury

Modbury

Heights

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Valley View

GulfviewHeights

Para HillsRedwood Park

Ridgehaven

St Agnes

Ingle

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Fairview ParkSurrey

DownsWynnVale

Houghton

LowerHermitage

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Hermitage

Inglewood

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Ashton(part)

Basket Range(part)

ForestRange

Greenhill

Horsnell Gully(part)

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Millbrook(part)

Forreston

Gumeracha

Kersbrook

Chain of Ponds(part)

Lenswood

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MORIALTANOTE : Electoral boundaries follow Suburb / Locality or Council boundaries unless otherwise shown.

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Office: 163 St Bernards Rd Rostrevor 5073

Phone: 8365 4224 Fax: 8365 4225

RSB Dark to Light Walk

Contact

John:

John Gardner MP - Local Morialta News

On 11 October Adelaide experienced a rare event - snow at Mount Lofty. While many were sensibly rugged up, I enjoyed the opportunity to participate in the Royal Society for the Blind’s annual Dark to Light Walk, along with Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond and Adelaide MP, Rachel Sanderson. It was a bit wetter and windier than expected!

We also enjoyed the company of RSB Ambassador and finalist on The Voice Rachael Leahcar (pictured left). The walk raised funds for the RSB to supply canes to people who are blind or vision impaired. As Rachael put it herself:

“My cane gives me the mobility and independence to live my life the way I want to. Thanks to the RSB, my family and my own

determination,there’s really nothing I can’t do!”

I am always impressed at what community organisations can achieve when they work together. One such example has been the revegitation project next Morialta Barns at Norton Summit which had long been infested with blackberries and other non-native weeds.

The Fourth Creek Catchment Group began the project to revegitate the area last year by spraying the blackberries. Volunteers from nearby Youth With A Mission (YWAM) helped with the effort and volunteers from the Summertown, Carey Gully and Norton Summit - Ashton CFS brigades visited on a Saturday earlier this year and burnt the weeds after they had died.

I recently met with Jacqui Dekker from Fourth Creek Catchment Group and Chris Harrison from YWAM for a working bee at the site. There is still a fair bit of work left to go but with the efforts of various community groups I’m sure it won’t be too long until this land is completely returned to native vegetation.

Saint Ignatius wins GoldSaint Ignatius College recently experienced great success at the National School Aerobics finals, winning two gold medals in August.

Three theatrical dance teams travelled to Sydney to compete against schools from all over Australia. Senior theatrical dance team, Rock On!, claimed first prize over nine other competitors. Their score of 91.43 was the highest score across two days of the national competition.

A panel of seven judges sang the girls praises. Guest judge, Anthony Ikin, was “blown away” by the girls’ talent and amazing choreography.

Community Cooperation - Morialta Barns Revegetation