Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 15:34 :03 ): Let me support the member for Elder in saying no to domestic violence. Any effort whatsoever that can go towards doing that is incredibly important. The subject of my grievance speech today is the soon to be imposed new fishing regulations for coastal waters […]
Month: March 2017
Labor Government – no confidence motion | SPEECH
Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 14:35 :35 ): I stand here to support the Leader of the Opposition and the motion, as all members on this side of the house do. It is very clear that by any standard this government has failed with regard to energy policy and the delivery of […]
Energy/Alinta | QUESTION TIME
Excerpt from Question Time transcript 29 March 2017 Mr MARSHALL ( Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:04:57): My question is to the Premier. Will the Premier tell the people of South Australia why, on 17 March this year, he claimed that Alinta had not made an offer to keep the Northern power station open given today’s revelation […]
Weatherill’s billion dollar bungle (Northern Power Station)
Steven Marshall MP State Liberal Leader Jay Weatherill’s refusal to provide just $24 million to keep the Northern Power Station open is the most economically damaging decision by a State Government since the collapse of the State Bank. “Jay Weatherill’s decision to force the Northern Power Station to close will cost South Australian households well […]
Energy generation/Alinta/Hazelwood | QUESTION TIME
Excerpt from Question Time transcript 28 March 2017 Mr MARSHALL ( Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:33:37): My question is to the Premier. Did the government undertake any modelling to determine whether 250 megawatts of reserve generation could be contracted from existing providers at a lower price and sooner than the government’s proposed $360 million gas generator? […]
Emergency Management (Electricity Supply Emergencies) Amendment Bill | SPEECH
Second Reading Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 12:07 :00 ): Let me say first of all that the opposition will not oppose this bill going through this house, but we will consider it in great detail between the houses. It will not surprise anybody here to know that, essentially, we have no […]
Answer is blowing in the wind
Steven Marshall MP State Liberal Leader The Australian Energy Market Operator’s (AEMO) confirmation that the loss of power from wind farms was instrumental in South Australia’s state-wide blackout on the 28th of September last year has exposed Jay Weatherill’s claims it was wholly the result of the storm. “AEMO’s report makes clear that had nine […]
Future power just got more expensive
Steven Marshall MP State Liberal Leader The State Liberals have released Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) base future contracts data showing that Jay Weatherill’s patch-up job on South Australia’s fragile electricity network is pushing the price of electricity up even further. In the two weeks since Jay Weatherill released his $550 million taxpayer funded plan to […]
2017 South Australian Volunteer Awards
The Member for Stuart, Dan van Holst Pellekaan MP is pleased to advise nominations for the 2017 South Australian Volunteer Awards are now open. Mr van Holst Pellekaan would like to encourage people to nominate community members, groups and businesses who they believe play an integral role in their local community as volunteers. Award […]
Renewable energy jobs vanish from South Australia
Jobs in the South Australian renewable energy sector have been in freefall since Jay Weatherill became Premier. Analysis of the latest ABS Employment in Renewable Energy data for SA has revealed jobs in the sector peaked in 2011-12 and have been on the decline ever since. “Jay Weatherill likes to trumpet his green credentials, but […]