Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart) (12:52): What absolute and complete rubbish. Let me be very clear: the Minister for Energy clearly does not have the stomach to hear what I am about to say. I do not doubt for a second that he believes what he said, I am sure he practices it before the […]
Month: November 2017
RFDS – Criminal Law (Forensic Procedures) (Emergency Services Providers) Amendment Bill | SPEECH
Second Reading Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart) (11:07): I thank the Government Whip and very much thank the government for supporting this private member’s bill. This is an important but very simple and very straightforward change. I will not go over all the reasons why both the opposition and the government have decided to support […]
Constitution (One Vote One Value) Amendment Bill | VIDEO
Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart) (22:36): What an extraordinary disappointment this government has become in so many ways. It does not matter whether it is child protection. It does not matter whether it is energy. It does not matter whether it is the economy. It does not matter whether it is unemployment. It does not […]
Energy Policy | VIDEO
Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart) (15:22): I rise to speak about the very unfortunate and avoidable energy crisis that we have here in our state. Everybody in this chamber, and in fact all over the state and all over the nation, knows that unfortunately South Australia has the most expensive and the most unreliable electricity […]
Nuclear Waste Storage Facility (Prohibition) (Public Money) Amendment (2017) Bill | SPEECH
Second Reading Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart) (12:21): I rise to speak on the Nuclear Waste Storage Facility (Prohibition)(Public Money) Amendment Bill 2017. I am the lead speaker for the opposition, but I will not be keeping the house too long. I think this will go fairly smoothly, but I would like to put a […]
Shop local this Christmas
Member for Stuart, Dan van Holst Pellekaan, is encouraging people to shop local this Christmas to provide a much needed boost to the local economy. Mr van Holst Pellekaan said spending money locally was more important than ever before. “South Australian businesses are facing many challenges at the moment, so every dollar we spend locally […]
Electoral (Government Advertising) Amendment Bill | SPEECH
Second Reading (Continued from 19 October 2017) Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart) (11:20): I rise to support the Electoral (Government Advertising) Amendment Bill brought to this house by our deputy leader, the member for Bragg. This is an incredibly important principle, and I support everything the member for Morialta has just said on this […]
Labor refuses additional protection for RFDS
The Member for Stuart, Dan van Holst Pellekaan has labelled the Weatherill Labor Government refusal to provide additional protection for Royal Flying Doctor Service staff as nothing short of disgraceful. Today in State Parliament the Labor Government again refused to support the State Liberal’s Criminal Law (Forensic Procedures) Bill which provides for a range of […]
Port Augusta bridges | VIDEO
Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart) (15:17): I rise today to talk about a very important issue for us in Port Augusta at the moment. Of course, it also affects a lot of people in the broader district and, in some ways, people in Perth, Adelaide, Sydney and Darwin because we are having great difficulty with […]
Women in Agriculture and Business
Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart) (12:29): I rise to support this very good motion from the member for Frome. Women in Agriculture and Business is an absolutely outstanding organisation in South Australia and have been for 100 years now, as we know from the centenary celebrations that were held in late October in Riverton. Unfortunately, […]