Helllo Hon. Duncan McFetridge
With regards to the King Street Bridge I think it would be good to ask the aborginal community from the area if they would like to suggest a name for the bridge, as a gesture of healing and reconcilliation i would hope that they may even have some say in the architectural and aesthetic design- in contrast to the Hindamarsh bridge saga that occurred in another South Australian area.

I would be more inclined to support your approaches for funding if I knew what the original funding arrangements were for the upkeep of the bridge, which were no doubt put in place when it was built. And if they weren't, should have been, long before it started to deteriorate so badly! Perhaps you could apprise me on this matter.
I am an ex-serviceman, by the way, not just a crotchetty old malcontent, but I do not understand this compulsion to want to name bridges, underpasses etc after certain people or events from conflicts past, no matter how deserving they may seem. To my mind, King Street bridge readily identifies it. Why we have to have a Gallipoli underpass instead of simply the 'ANZAC Highway underpass', I don't know. And the Birkinhead Bridge stood for an awful long time, and perhaps that needed to be remembered, rather than Tom Derrick, deserving though he is of remembering. William Kibby VC has already been honoured with a street named after him in the Glenelg area, as have a number of other recipients of awards for valour. And Duncan, I am not sure about the statement that Kibby is one of only two South Australians who have been awarded the VC. Is this correct, or am I missing something?