Jamie Briggs (Mayo, Liberal Party, Chairman of the Scrutiny of Government Waste Committee) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I rise today to celebrate the success of a great South Australian company, Adelaide Mushrooms, which last week opened its brand-new world-leading facility at Monarto, which is just on the other side of my electoral border in the electorate of Barker but which employs many constituents of mine in the electorate of Mayo. It is operated and run by the Schirripa family—Doug, Roy, Frank and Brian in particular—who have been in this business since 1984. They have built a $50 million world-leading facility at Monarto—it is Australia’s biggest supplier of mushrooms—leading to significant employment in the district. It also leads the way in environmentally friendly practices, as well as in water friendly practices, which of course is such a great challenge in our part of the world.

They are a proudly South Australian company and it is right that they be recognised inside this place and out. They have been named in the top 100 companies in South Australia and also awarded distinguished achievement awards in the category of ‘spirit of South Australia’. They are the largest supplier of mushrooms throughout the country and we salute businesses like Adelaide Mushrooms and their operators, the Schirripa family, for their entrepreneurial spirit and the effort that they go to. (Time expired)