Member for Mitchell Shadow Minister for Road Safety
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Corey Wingard Shadow Minister for Transport Member for Mitchell Shadow Minister for Road Safety Autumn 2015 Mitchell Electorate Office It has been 12 months since I was elected As previously outlined Treasurer Koutsantonis and what a busy year it’s been. As your has tried to hide my office away on level 2 Level 2, Milham Street local State Member of Parliament I have above the Red Cross Blood Donor Centre in Oaklands Park SA 5046 been working hard to make myself as Oaklands Park. I have had one of my signs (Above Red Cross Blood Donor Centre) accessible and approachable as possible attacked (as you can see from the photo) but Tel (08) 8377 3500 to the entire electorate. I will continue to go to the required lengths to make sure I am visible and accessible to Fax (08) 8377 3522 Having spent my previous working life in the media I understand how important it is to everyone in our community. Please keep an Post PO Box 650, communicate. Communication is a two way eye out for my signs which I display when I am Oaklands Park SA 5046 street, it involves listening and talking and with out and about. Email wingard.mitchell@ this in mind, I have made it my goal to “touch I passionately believe our region is one of the parliament.sa.gov.au base” with as many people as possible to hear greatest places in South Australia to live and your ideas and concerns and to voice them in raise a family. As a proud South Australian I am Web www.coreywingard.com.au Parliament. a strong advocate for making sure our state is I have received a lot of feedback while as good as it can be and I am focused on lifting doorknocking in the electorate, however, for us back up so we are rightly recognised as one those who are not home when I stop by, I of the best states in Australia. always leave a reply paid ‘feedback card’ which This newsletter highlights some of the key I invite you to complete and return. I also issues that people have been contacting my regularly visit local supermarkets at different office about. Pensioner concessions and times during the week and appreciate the health have been important issues from a State feedback I receive from those who stop to chat. perspective but you will also find updates on To keep you updated on what I am doing to a variety of local community issues that I have represent you and to update you on our state’s been working hard on at a grass roots level. big issues, I have a number of publications I look forward to keeping the lines of including this newsletter. Online I have an communication open and doing my very best e-newsletter and my website is regularly to help with every community request to ensure updated. I appreciate that not everyone can our local region and our state thrive into the get in touch with me during business hours future. so I have also incorporated a 24hr office on Milham Street, Oaklands Park my website where you can contact me when it’s convenient for you. I encourage everyone to register their email address via my office or My website is regularly updated to website to ensure you receive my most up to keep you informed on what I am doing. date news – www.coreywingard.com.au. Please visit www.coreywingard.com.au I recognise that not everyone is ‘online’ and for my latest news. welcome letters and visits to the office for a face-to-face chat. I recommend calling first Register your email address to though as between parliamentary sitting receive Corey’s e-news by calling weeks, commitments as Shadow Minister for 8377 3500 or emailing Transport and Road Safety and being out in the [email protected] community, I am often on the move. Tel. 8377 3500 www.coreywingard.com @Corey_Wingard Transport and Road Safety Forums LOCAL Last year I was pleased to host Opposition Leader Steven ISSUES Marshall for a Transport and Road Safety Forum in Old Reynella. The event was very well attended and followed an earlier Transport forum I held for residents in Sheidow Park and Trott Park. These community events later prompted an additional two community meetings in Sturt and Darlington about the Southern Expressway Noise Wall. I am pleased to report that these meetings attracted a staff member from the Minister’s office as well as representatives from the Expressway’s Project Team and resulted in the Department committing to covering the back of the noise wall, Sturt / Darlington Community Meeting improving the landscaping along residential areas and agreeing to a number of other community requests. Progress Reports Contact my office or visit my website for more detail on any of these issues... Sheidow Park Toilet Block & Trott Park Dog Park I have secured $100,000 for each project from the State Government. The projects will be managed by the City of Marion and I will now work with council to ensure these facilities are delivered. Noise Wall at Sturt & Darlington I successfully negotiated a colour bond fence to be erected on the residential side of the Southern Expressway noise wall and a commitment for landscaping and revegetating in line with resident’s requests. The Government have so far failed to meet their own deadlines for this work but I will continue to hold them to account and have regular contact with the Southern Expressway project team. Old Reynella forum Noise Wall at Trott Park Similar issues to those in Sturt and Darlington have recently Fixing Oaklands Crossing been brought to my attention and I will bring this to the attention of the responsible Minister. I am asking residents concerned about this issue to register their interest with my office so they As I’m out and about I continue to be flooded with comments about Oaklands Crossing. I have been can be updated. campaigning hard on this issue both in the community Former Dover Gardens Primary School and in Parliament. After raising my security and safety concerns at the site with the This year I will be continuing my campaign and will host an Marion Council the buildings have now been demolished. No Oaklands Crossing forum in April to specifically discuss fixing the development plans have been submitted to council regarding congestion issues. This will also be the start of a significant online how the land will be used but I continue to keep an interest campaign. To register your interest in attending my forum please in the issue and make the community aware of any new submit your details at www.fixoaklandscrossing.com.au or information when it arises. alternatively, call my office on 8377 3500. To keep up to date on this issue between newsletters, please visit Reynella Community Club www.coreywingard.com.au After assisting to secure a grant for the Reynella Sports and Social club, bitumen has now been laid around the perimeter of the oval and the footy clubroom renovations have been competed in time for the 2015 footy season. Patritti Wines main road signage I called on the Government to reverse their decision to not replace tourism signage to this historical winery in Dover Gardens. A new sign has now been installed. Oaklands Train Station Toilets Responding to constituent requests, I lobbied the Government to extend the opening hours so that they are now available to use on weekends. Seniors Information Session Speeches As well as bringing the issues in our community to the to Parliament attention of State Parliament, I am also enthusiastic about helping to facilitate seminars in the community on topics I recently introduced a motion into parliament to that interest you. establish a committee to enquire into the operation of speed cameras and speed detection devices in SA. The first of these seminars will be hosted by Alzheimer’s SA and while their conversation is tailored to a senior’s audience, all are While I believe it is important to do as much as we can to reduce welcome. I am proudly an Alzheimer’s SA Dementia Champion and road fatalities – and experts will tell you that travelling at the correct in this role I hope to encourage conversation on the impact this speed can help with this – there is a perception in the community illness can have on the whole family environment. This seminar has that speed cameras are primarily a tool for raising revenue. been delivered around the state and has been immensely popular. The aim of the committee is to ensure that speed cameras are Register your interest in attending this Seminar via my office so I installed to make our roads safer, not to raise revenue. can inform you of the event details once they are confirmed. To read my speech introducing the motion, please visit www.coreywingard.com.au/speedcamera_motion Some of the other issues and community initiatives I have spoken about in Parliament include: Transport and Road Safety in Budget Unsung Heroes Awards Reynella Kiwanis and Local Community Oaklands Crossing JDRF The Cove Fair Suicide Prevention Awareness White Ribbon Day Retirement Villages & greater transparency Reynella Primary School end of year BBQ DCSI Checks Ensuring our children and vulnerable community members are safe while in the care of the wider community is absolutely essential and I support preventative checks and balances by Government to ensure this is the case. However, the current process by which the State Government is providing these checks and balances is questionable and many responsible and professional workers are being penalised because of a long administrative maze of applications and paperwork.