Nicolle Flint (Boothby, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Today I would like to congratulate Australia Day award recipients in Boothby from the City of Marion and the City of Mitcham. From Mitcham, I honour the Citizens of the Year, Rhys Roberts and Rosemary Fisher. Rhys has been an active Lions Club member for 32 years and, among many roles, has managed the Lions Club Bargain Centre for the past nine years, growing its sales to $3,000 a week. I know Rhys well, and Lions is just one of his many volunteer roles in our community. Rosemary Fisher has been a dedicated volunteer at Meals on Wheels for 18 years, so much so that she coordinates the volunteer drivers for the six delivery routes in Mitcham Council. The Mitcham Young Citizen of the Year, Danika Pederzolli,volunteers at the Mitcham Colonel Light Gardens Cadet Division of St John Ambulance. Danika became superintendent in 2016 at just 20 years old.

From Marion, I congratulate the Citizen of the Year, Robyn Richards, who founded the Friends of the Elderly in 2011. Among other roles, Robyn also teaches English to migrants at the Mitchell Park Neighbourhood Centre. The Marion Young Citizen of the Year was Amy Rust, who leads the charity Essentials 4 Women SA. Amy organises a team of more than 25 devoted volunteers who distribute care packages to homeless women every week.

It speaks to the calibre of my local residents in Boothby that we have so many unsung heroes in our community. I congratulate them and I thank them for being an inspiration to me and to our Boothby community.