Sharryn Jackson (Hasluck, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The electorate of Hasluck has many attributes and one of the best of those is the Swan Valley. One of Perth’s premier tourist destinations, it is located in the heart of the city of Swan, and I am pleased that representatives from the City of Swan are here in Canberra this week. I would like to welcome the Mayor, Charlie Gregorini, the Deputy Mayor, Mel Congerton, and the CEO, Mike Foley.

The Swan Valley is home to one of WA’s finest wine-producing areas or, as the member for Braddon would put it, the ‘crop of the drop’. I am especially pleased that the Prime Minister appears to have acknowledged this as well. I received an email from Grant Brinklow, the Chief Executive Officer of Sandalford Wines, located in Caversham in my electorate, regarding an article that appeared on page 9 of today’s West Australian under the headline ‘PM raises a glass to his $11,000 wine collection’. My first reaction was: ‘Oh dear, what has the West written about now?’ Despite what I think was a dig by them at the government about our determination to deal with alcohol overconsumption and binge drinking and its consequences in our community, it was pleasing that the article acknowledged that the Prime Minister’s cellar includes fine wines produced in WA and available at moderate prices. I commend both the wine and tourism industries in my electorate and, finally, I thank Grant for his email.