My electorate of Boothby is home to one of South Australia's best stretches of coastline, particularly in Adelaide. From North Glenelg to Marino, I am fortunate to represent such a beautiful part of the world and the dedicated volunteers who work tirelessly to maintain and care for our beaches, our native vegetation and our coastline.
A diverse Defence Force better reflects our community and ensures we can draw on different ideas to innovate and adapt to a rapidly evolving strategic environment. A diverse Defence Force means we have the very best capability at a time when national security is at the forefront of our national agenda. Our government is supporting all our men and women in the Australian Defence Force through our record investment of more than $200 billion in Australia's defence capability.
This Sunday, 22 September 2019, the Glenelg Football Club will take on Port Adelaide in the SANFL grand final at Adelaide Oval. Go, Tigers!
We will ensure that under our Government the NDIS is accessible to people living with disability and supporting their families.
On Friday 13 September, the Blackwood Football Club had the grand opening of their brand new change rooms. I joined my state colleagues, the Minister for Sport, Corey Wingard, and local member for Waite, Sam Duluk, along with City of Mitcham councillors, SANFL representatives, club members and guests, for this very special occasion.
Getting heavy vehicles and freight trains out of our hills and suburbs is vital for economic, environmental and social reasons. The compelling case for change has been summarised in the South Australian Liberal government's GlobeLink plan.
Through our $551 million Adelaide City Deal, the Morrison Liberal government will support the redevelopment of lot 14 on North Terrace, which will be home to the Australian Space Agency and cutting-edge technology, and also home to Australia's most significant Indigenous collection in the new National Aboriginal Art and Culture Gallery.
I recently visited the Seacliff Surf Life Saving Club to thank the president, Dr Glen Patten OAM, the immediate past president, Andrew Chandler, and all of the club's wonderful volunteers for their efforts to improve access to our beaches for people living with a disability. The club pioneered a beach-for-all program. Their beach access mat enables wheelchairs to get onto the beach and right down to the water's edge, and a submersible wheelchair and disability-friendly surfboard help get people into the water. Now, thanks the generosity of students at OneSchool Global in Adelaide, Seacliff Surf Life Saving Club can purchase another submersible wheelchair and surfboard.
Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2019-20 and cognate bills really go to the heart of what we are doing as the Morrison government to deliver on our plan for a strong economy. There are a range of elements to our plan for a strong economy, which we took to the Australian people at the May 2019 election, and they're all really important things that we will be doing for the Australian people.
The Morrison Liberal government is working hard to bust congestion in my local community. That's why I was shocked by the South Australian Freight Council's Moving freight report today. If implemented, it would increase congestion on our local roads and reduce safety.