Matt Burnell (Spence, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I'd like to provide the House with an update on a major event happening in the very near future in my electorate of Spence, the upcoming Gawler Show. The Gawler Show is run by the Gawler Agricultural, Horticultural & Floricultural Society and will be held over an action packed two days later this month, on 26 and 27 August. The Gawler show has been a fixture in South Australia that originally started in 1854, which is around 20 years after South Australia had been formed as a colony. To this day, the Gawler Show is the largest regional show in South Australia and regularly sees well over 30,000 attendees coming far and wide, from regional South Australia, the northern suburbs and even further abroad, through its gates each year.

This year I am proud to be attending the 2023 Gawler Show as one of its patrons. It is a role I was very proud to accept when I was approached by the society's president, Isaiah Tesselaar, a few months ago. I encourage every one of my parliamentary colleagues who find themselves in South Australia to join me at the 166th Gawler Show for a big weekend full of good food, show bags and activities such as medieval fighting, local music, fireworks displays and much more. There is something for everyone, and I'm looking forward to being part of this year's Gawler Show and many more for years to come.

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