VISITS TO SCHUBERT Stephan Knoll Member for Schubert THE CHALLENGES OF EXPORTING

Stephan hosted MP, Shadow Minister for Investment and Trade, on a two day visit to Schubert in June to look at opportunities for businesses to access new international markets and discuss the barriers of trade. Mr Whetstone is the Member for Chaffey which encompasses the Riverland and Murraylands. Stephan and Tim AUGUST EDITION 2015 visited RDA Barossa, Hortex Alliance, * [email protected] facebook.com/stephan.knoll.9 twitter.com/stephanknoll Pernod Ricard Winemakers, Soul Growers, Tarac Technologies, Teusner Dear residents of Schubert, Wines and the Barossa Grape and Welcome to the August Edition of the Schubert Newsletter. Wine Association. It has been a busy period in parliament with the 2015 State Budget being handed down. Unfortunately the Barossa was RIGHT: Howard Duncan, Director of Sales arguably the least funded region in South Australia this year with no specifics for our area. The Murraylands fared better with and Marketing, Teusner Wines with Tim and Stephan. the announcement of a further 2 new steel hulled ferries to operate on the river. The budget did include lowering stamp duty in a range of areas and this will bring benefits, especially to farmers wanting PARLIAMENTARY to hand over to the next generation. These benefits however will not come into effect fully for another 3 years. Given our COMMUNITY NEWS unemployment rate is at 8.2% South Australia needs tax relief faster, the jobs crisis we face is happening now. COMMITTEE VISIT Stephan hosted the Parliamentary Committee on COMMUNITY PHOTOCOPYING The budget did not do enough to generate a positive environment for businesses to create jobs. The budget papers show that employment in South Australia is projected to be lower in the next 12 months than was predicted last year. There is more Occupational Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation on If you are a community group, or not for profit organisation, that could have been done in reducing payroll tax, bringing forward productive infrastructure spending whilst at the same time a regional tour of the area in May. The committee visited we can assist you with photocopying and printing. Some of Pernod Ricard Winemakers, Vinpac International and the groups we have assisted include; Barossa Valley Little reining in spending in unnecessary areas. Barossa Enterprises. Athletics Club, Nuriootpa Futures Association, Tanunda RSL, On that front, State Liberal Leader has asked me to Chair a Waste Watch committee looking into government Tanunda Liedertafel, Mount Pleasant Men’s Shed, Barossa & Districts Justices Group, The Men’s Probus Club of Barossa, spending to see where money is being wasted or improperly spent. This means that you may hear me talking about these Foundation Barossa, Barossa District Ladies Probus Club, issues and holding the government to account on the radio or in the newspapers. Given the history of the Barossa as an area Barossa German Language Association, The Ladies Probus of thrift and self-reliance, ensuring that taxpayer’s money is spent well is certainly a worthy task. Club of Barossa Valley, Barossa and Districts Probus Club, Friends of the Kaiserstuhl Conservation Park and the Rotary The 2015 Barossa Vintage Festival was a huge success and a real credit to all involved. I personally got along to a number of Clubs of Barossa Valley and Barossa District. well attended functions which were a great showcase for where we live. Well done to Tourism Barossa for their leadership and For more information please contact the office on to the whole community for your efforts. 8563 3636. Over the coming months we will be working hard to present different options for funding a new Barossa Hospital. We all GRANTS understand the need but given the intransigence on this issue for over 2 decades, we need to get more creative in order to see a hospital built. We will be presenting a range of ideas to help further the debate and take us that one step closer. Grants provide a great platform for many sporting groups and community organisations to attract funding to help bolster As always we welcome contact with our office on any issue, we are here to help. Pictured at Barossa Enterprises are, Back: Hon John Dawkins MLC; Stephan and Ms MP, Member for Fisher. Front: Ms Sue Sedivy, their facilities and operations. If your organisation or group is Executive Officer; Hon Steph Key MP, Member for Ashford and John interested in applying for grants, log on to Yours sincerely, Darley MLC. www.grantassist.sa.gov.au it is an invaluable resource.

Stop signs re-instated at Stockwell Road Intersection Due to an upgrade which was completed earlier this year, “Give Way” signs were installed at the intersection of Stockwell Road and Angaston Road to replace the “Stop” signs. Thank you to Mark Waechter of Light Pass for raising this with me, as a result I wrote to the Minister for Transport Authorised by Stephan Knoll, Member for Schubert and Infrastructure demanding the “Stop” signs be re-instated for the safety of all road users. I am pleased that Printed in the Barossa Valley by: after following up the Minister on a number of occasions and raising the matter in parliament, common sense Leader Newspapers Pty Ltd prevailed and the “Stop” signs were re-instated by the end of May. This is a great win for our community. 34 Dean Street, Angaston SA 5353

129A Murray Street, TANUNDA SA 5352 ) 8563 3636 www.stephanknoll.com.au SA’S JOBS CRISIS THE REALITY BEHIND ADELAIDE’S SMALL BAR BUZZ AROUND THE Stephan Knoll, InDaily, 13 May 2015 ’s arguments about so-called conservatives stifling innovation and change in ELECTORATE Adelaide are flawed and hide an underlying truth that isn’t as positive as he would have us believe. He cites some fairly obscure statistics to prove his point, stating that 55 liquor licence A snapshot of visits and applications is a measure of a vibrant economy. Now I am a fan of the Royal Croquet Club, functions Stephan has small bars and pop up food trucks but there is more to the South Australian story than that. recently attended: Increased vibrancy is a good thing but there is no such thing as a small bars-led recovery. If the simple act of drinking more alcohol could somehow fix the underlying structural problems in our economy I would say drink another glass of Barossa Shiraz, in fact, drink • Mid Murray Council Reception two. for Volunteers But even if there was such a thing, we would not be having it. ABS statistics show that in 2010 we had 601 pubs, taverns and bars and in 2014 we had 615. Yes that is right: we • Launch of Chateau Yaldara 1847 have had a net increase in new bars of 3.5 bars per annum. Hardly what you would call Wines vibrant growth. At a statewide level the figures are even worse. At the start of 2010 SA had 148,668 • Lyndoch Gemutlichkeit Festival businesses. At the end of 2014 we had 143,585 – a net loss of 5083 businesses. • Flag presentation at Cambrai And why are businesses closing? Area School According to the Commonwealth grants commission we have the highest taxes in the nation. • Yalumba Festival Garden Water prices are 236 per cent higher than when Labor first came to power. Ziegenmarkt A 2015 Uniting Care report shows that we have the highest electricity prices in the nation. • Southern & Hills LGA Board Contrary to Picton’s assertion, people are not coming back to South Australia with the OUT AND ABOUT state losing an average of 3300 people each year over the last decade. Meeting Property rates and charges are up 17.3% in the past 12 months. • Official opening of the Barossa Regulation is so burdensome that it is actually keeping people who have jobs out of work Men’s Shed – we only need to look at the 4000 people currently waiting for background checks to see that. • Judged the Barossa Vintage Conservatives are not looking at “the vibe”, as Picton asserts, they are looking at the Festival Parade statistics. They are on the ground laying off staff and struggling to keep things going and deal with the lack of confidence in South Australia. • Williamstown Dedication Service, As ancient Rome was burning Nero fiddled instead of dealing with the underlying Anzac Centennial Memorial structural problems with the empire. Is the same thing happening here? • Mannum Anzac Day Luncheon We need government to do the boring things and do them well: keep spending modest and disciplined to ensure taxes are lower over the longer term; invest in fixing the • Tanunda RSL Anzac Day Service fundamentals of our economy so that South Australia is the best place to do business; block new regulation that in isolation seems like a good idea but cumulatively boils the • Birdwood High School Anzac proverbial frog. Day Assembly Stephan and the Advanced Care Planning - Barossa, Gawler Light Stephan at the Tanunda RSL on Anzac Day with Trevor Whitehorn (RSL Pop ups and small bars have a lower regulatory burden then bricks and mortar. From Reference Group hosted a Senior’s Forum on the Advance Care Directive President), Father Mark Sexton and Pastor David Gogoll. planning and development regulations, to permanent overheads, to full-time staff, the • RDA Barossa Business to at the Vine Inn, Nuriootpa in June. playing field is anything but level. Business (B2B) Breakfast Pictured at the forum with Stephan are members of the Advanced Care The answer, however, is not to shut down pop ups; it is to find ways to lower unnecessary Planning - Barossa, Gawler Light Reference Group Elizabeth Weaver, • Co-op stall Trudy Vaughan and Wyndham Rogers. regulations for all businesses in South Australia so that instead of a vibrant Victoria Square or Rymill Park, we can have a vibrant South Australia where our business numbers head • Barossa Marathon north and not south. John Key, Prime Minister of New Zealand said in a speech to the Latin America – New • Eden Valley War Horse Exhibition Zealand Business Council: “As a country, we can’t get rich simply by selling things to ourselves; we need to be competitive on a global stage and take advantage of • Visited Lutheran Community international opportunities if we are to lift New Zealand’s economic performance.” Care, Nuriootpa Since the 2011-12 Budget, this Labor Government has slashed funding for the main State Government program aimed at stimulating exports from $30 million to $19 million. As a • Tanunda Town Band’s result, the latest merchandise export figures are stagnant at $11.61 billion. Melodienacht John Key is right: vibrancy is not turning on some fairy lights on Bank Street, it is working • Angaston & District Lions Club to improve our export economy and jobs market. These are the measures by which we should judge our state. Handover Dinner Stephan was pleased to be able to assist Matthew Pick and the families Hopefully, by improving these figures, the ensuing real jobs growth may mean that we who highlighted the need for a bus route through Marananga and • BBQ to thank Sampson Flat have a few extra dollars to spend on an extra glass on Barossa Shiraz at a small bar in Seppeltsfield. Stephan and Matthew worked with LinkSA to re-route the Bushfire volunteers Willaston-Freeling-Tanunda bus so that 20 children and their families Adelaide. could benefit from a school bus service. http://indaily.com.au/opinion/2015/05/13/the-reality-behind-adelaides-small-bar-buzz/ • RDA Barossa Regional Water Stephan travelled to Germany in July to investigate new opportunities for Stephan is pictured at the new bus stop on the corner of Neldner and the region and ways to further promote the region. He is pictured here Jenke Roads with Marina Schultz, Kirsty Waller, Matthew Pick, Margot This article was first published in InDaily on 13 May 2015 after Stephan responded in Forum with Geisenheim University Prof. Hans Reiner Schultz and International Pick, Lane Blieschke, Remi van der Zande, Jude van der Zande, Sidney Parliament to an article Member for Kaurna, Mr Chris Picton MP, wrote in InDaily on 11 Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) President Prof. Dr. Monika Christmann. Pick and Gus Blieschke. May 2015.