Venue: Damien on Fisher
Guest Speaker: Honourable Steven Marshall MP
Guests: Graham Ey, Genese Mullins, Kavish Nagpal, Emma Slape, Rosa Tse
Attendance: 31 members 6 guests
Valerie Bonython called the meeting to order. President Ken welcomed our guests. The Bunnings BBQ (with receipts of $1300) and the Variety Club BBQ at the Zoo were successful events. Oleh Bilyk is back in hospital. Welcome back Reno.
Guest Speaker: Honourable Steven Marshall - Technology to propel us forward
Stephen Baker introduced
Steven who was elected to the South Australian Parliament as the Member for Norwood in 2010 and was re-elected to the seat of Dunstan at the 2014, 2018 and 2022 elections.
In 2013, Steven was elected Leader of the Liberal Party. In March 2018, he was elected South Australia’s 46th Premier. From 2018 to 2022 Steven served as Minister for the Arts. During this time, he delivered the Arts and Culture Plan 2019-2024.
Prior to entering public life, Steven worked in the manufacturing industry, and served on several boards.
Born and educated in Adelaide, he graduated from the University of South Australia with a Bachelor of Business, and Durham University with an MBA. Most importantly Steven was a member of our club during the 1990s.
Steven reflected that he took over the Marshall family furniture manufacturing business from his father in 1997 at a time when there was fierce competition from ready-made furniture like Ikea and suppliers were becoming tougher to deal with. They were complex times. He became more critical of government performance.....his complaints were met by.....
Do something about it! And so he did, by standing for the seat of Norwood in 2010 which was then marginal Labor. During the 8 years as Leader of the Opposition he researched the revival of New Zealand under Prime Minister John Key and Finance Minister Bill English. Their advice was to not look in the rear-vision but look forward to future opportunities.
Out of this discussion emerged the focus on emerging technologies and industries....like space research, cyber, ag tech, machine learning and artificial intelligence. For SA to be part of this future a major attraction was required, and so emerged Lot 14, The land had been earmarked for units by the previous government. It is 7 hectares of prime space between Adelaide Uni and the Botanic Gardens. 6 of the RAH heritage buildings have been refurbished and the remainder demolished. A 42,000 square foot building will soon be erected to accommodate entrepreneur expansion. Steven was delighted to have captured the Australian Space Agency, Mission Control and the Space Research Centre. The Australian Institute of Machine Learning has been established which will collaborate on cyber security. And there is an incubator accelerator. Currently 1700 people are working on-site, with plans to expand to 7000. [SA has shown its first turn around from negative interstate migration for 40 years with positive inflow.] The likes of Google, Amazon, and Deloitte's are there. Phase 2 is the building of the large entrepreneur innovation centre and the 15,000 square foot Aboriginal Art and Cultural Centre. Interestingly the attraction for young people to come to Adelaide for high tech opportunities is due to connectivity (compared to the silos interstate). They also look for sustainability. Lot 14 is a commercial enterprise. An interesting development is the local construction of nano satellites capable of circling the globe.
Steven was applauded for his presentation.
Now it must be said that for those of us who are digitally challenged, the enthusiasm of Steven for Dick Tracey like Apple watches was a stretch too far
SPOTS
Trevor McGuirk was delighted to report that a request made to our Thrift Shop from Eudunda for a wheelchair for a woman's son was readily met by David Cockshell of DIK.
Patsy Beckett announced that there is to be the Calperum Bush Ball on Friday 28 October 2022...3 days before her Redex Car Trial. She is aiming to get together a table of 10. Cost is $95, plus $15 for a bus if being ferried from Renmark. Please contact Patsy 0407 249 850 if you are ready to tango.
Haydn Baillie asked everyone to diarise Sunday December 11 when we will be hosting Carols at the Rotunda.
Rhonda Hoare urged everyone to book tickets with plenty of friends for the showing of Mrs Harris Comes to Paris at Wallis Cinemas on Monday 31 October...funds raised by the Young Friends of Unley Rotary will again be channeled to the needy women and children of Afghanistan. Also, it would be rather nice if members could wave off our 3 participants who are sailing on the One and All next Sunday at 8am from Dock 2 Port Adelaide or welcome their return at the same venue at 3pm on the following Thursday.
Rajat Nagpal provided an insight into the Multiple Births Festival website which he had constructed. Elements included - Something for everyone/daily countdown/sponsorship/ community partners/ importance of Rotary/ ticket booking. It will be held at Orphanage Park. Events of the day will soon be entered on the site and marketing will commence early October.
Finale
The winners of the McGuirk raffle were David M, Stephen, John P and Virgina. It is a tad suspicious that Valerie and Trevor refused to accept any of the fabulous prizes when their tickets were drawn. Valerie nailed a good story about eggs and back seat driving....figure that one out.
Meeting closed a tad past the witching hour.
Variety Club BBQ
This is our motley crew who helped dispense close to 1000 meals in partnership with RC Campbelltown at the Variety Club BBQ for children with disabilities at the Adelaide Zoo today. Thank you Greg, Graham, Graeme Kewen, Patsy, John. Ken, Valerie, Marlene, Virginia and Graham Ey. Those with a keen eye will note that Graham B and Ken are having a discussion about the All Blacks rather than facing the camera
Rotary International News
Coffee Chat at Impressa, Unley Shopping Centre
10.30 am on the first Friday of the month is good for a chat with Rotary friends and a caffeine fix! Next one is Friday 7 October 2022
Upcoming Meetings
Tuesday 4 October 2022 6 for 6.30pm Damien on Fisher
Guest Speaker: John Arvier The work of ROMAC
Attendance and welcome: Vera-Ann Stacy & Christina Way
Tuesday 11 October 2022 6 for 6.30pm Damien on Fisher
Event: Committees Night
Attendance and welcome: Vera-Ann Stacy & Christina Way
Apologies and Meeting Enquiries to: Secretary Greg McLeod on 0417 811 838 or email to secretary@unleyrotary.org.au
Venue Set-up Enquiries to: Bulletin Editor Stephen Baker on 0403 687 015
Saturday Thrift Shop Roster
Early Shift: 10.00am to 1.00pm Late Shift: 1.00pm to 4.00pm
Week 1: 1 October 2022
Early: John Peacham (Jerry Casburn) & Haydn Baillie | Late: Robyn Carnachan & Leonie Kewen
Week 2: 8 October 2022
Early: Greg Mcleod & Wendy Andrews | Late: Virginia Cossid & Ging Tadiar
Week 3: 15 October 2022
Early: David Middleton & Nathan White | Late: Vera Holt & Rhonda Hoare
Week 4: 22 October 2022
Early: Stephen Baker & Judi Corcoran | Late: Jason Booth & Vera-Ann Stacy
Week 5: 29 October 2022
Early: Bob Mullins & Wendy Andrews | Late: Virginia Cossid & Paul Duke
Rotarians, who are unable to attend as rostered, please arrange a swap or as a very last resort contact: Vivienne Wood 0408 819 630; e-mail: vwood#ozemail.com.au
Mitre 10 and Bunnings Barbeques
The Mitre 10 BBQs are the first and third Saturdays of each month. Morning shift 9.00am - 12 noon; afternoon shift 12.00 - 3.30pm, then clean-up.....next one is Saturday 1 October 2022
ALL the Bunnings Mile End Barbeque shifts are from 8am to 5pm
Morning shift: 8.00am – 12.30pm | Afternoon shift: 12.30 – 5pm
We have been allocated the last Monday of each month.....next one is Monday 31 October 2022
The Tale End.....
Last week the editor promised explosive humour about women but none was provided......so we just had to settle for good driving.
Jerry provided this while cruising
Robyn provided this about parking in Tasmania as a warning to Heather