Claire Clutterham (Sturt, Australian Labor Party) | Link to this | Hansard source

What do Mr Salvatore Ciccarello, Professor David Findlay, Dr Julja Szuster, Mr Raymond Tanner, Professor Jozef Gecz, the Hon. Rob Kerin, Professor Michael Young, Ms Joanne Hill, Dr Noemi Horvath, Mr Silvio Iadarola, Mr Stefano Marafiote, Mr David Morgan, Professor Susan Sheridan, Ms Kathryn Strohm, Mr Carmine Zollo, Ms Janice Silby and Mrs Dianne Simmons have in common? They are all residents of Sturt, and their incredible contributions to our community were recognised in the recent King's Birthday awards. That's 17 award winners in Sturt, with the winners coming from many industries.

That is the beauty of my highly engaged and educated community. It is home to people who have dedicated their lives to sports, music, orthopaedics, social welfare, transport and logistics, genomic research, child health, conservation, tertiary education, basketball, the Italian community and the law and the legal profession. What an incredible range of skills and contributions.

I absolutely loved meeting and celebrating with those award winners at last Friday's King's Birthday morning tea in Sturt. Of course I'm grateful to all of those winners but also to all community members making a contribution in Sturt, regardless of award status, who work in the service of others, our Sturt community and the great state of South Australia.