Member for Stuart Dan van Holst Pellekaan has welcomed the decision by the Weatherill Government to agree, after many months, to the Liberal Party’s amendment in Parliament to retain the state’s Pastoral Board. “The Liberal Party stood firm by refusing to allow the passage of the Statutes Amendment (Boards and Committees) Bill abolishing the Pastoral […]
Month: March 2015
Births, Deaths and Marriages – Death Certificate Records | SPEECH
Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 12:11 :16 ): I move: That this house request the Legislative Review Committee to inquire into an amendment to the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulations 2011 to enable de facto relatio nships to be recognised on the r egister recording the death of a person (death […]
Port Augusta Greyhound Club | SPEECH
Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 15:29 ): I take this opportunity to say a few words about the Port Augusta Greyhound Club. There would not be a member among us who was not shocked and deeply concerned by the revelations of live baiting going on in the greyhound industry in other states, […]
Statutes Amendment (Boards and Committees – Abolition and Reform) Bill | SPEECH
Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 12:54 ): It is a pleasure to rise again to speak on the Statutes Amendment (Boards and Committees—Abolition and Reform) Bill. For people who are following this issue closely, I ask them to look at Hansard from 2 December, when this bill was dealt with in this […]
Retail sales down under weight of Labor’s high taxes | MEDIA RELEASE
Figures released yesterday by the ABS show in seasonally adjusted terms, retail sales in South Australia fell by 0.4 per cent in December. South Australia recorded the worst retail sales growth of all mainland states and territories. “Households were busy paying off Labor’s massive debt, rather than Christmas shopping or eating out in our fantastic […]
Cadell ferry | SPEECH
12-Feb-2015Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 16:04 :00 ): I want to take my first opportunity to speak in parliament in this year to talk about the very important Cadell ferry. Members who have been here for a while will know how the government tried to close it down a few years ago […]