James Stevens (Sturt, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I rise to update the House on the imminent completion of an excellent project we've jointly funded in my electorate, that being the Kensington Gardens Reserve upgrade. The Morrison government has committed $3 million towards this in partnership with the Burnside Council and the South Australian state government. It's an excellent investment in a local project in my electorate that's going to give an outcome of improved sporting amenities and a significant environmental upgrade. The project involves realigning of the hardcourt tennis courts, bringing them up to Tennis Australia's standard for competition purposes, and also re-engineering of wastewater treatment through the creek system into the Torrens, which sees us getting rid of an old, environmentally poor duck pond and instead replacing it with a wetland, including an Aboriginal interpretative trail through that precinct.

This is a great example of us working with state and local governments to deliver for the local community. In my area, there are a number of projects just like the Kensington Gardens Reserve project that are seeing us invest to bring excellent outcomes for local families. When I return to Adelaide, after my isolation, I look forward to going to inspect the finished product of this project and working with my local community to achieve funding for more projects like this well into the future.

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