Tony Zappia (Makin, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Manufacturing) Share this | Hansard source

I will wrap up; thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. John Bannon became opposition leader in 1979, Premier and Treasurer in 1982, and then became South Australia's longest-serving premier. His most notable achievements were the Olympic Dam; the submarine project, which others have talked about; the Adelaide Convention Centre; the Adelaide Casino development; and the Formula One. He was indeed a person who shaped and changed South Australia. He was farewelled on 21 December at Saint Peter's Cathedral in a very fitting farewell service, and I pay my condolences to his family and friends.

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