The State Liberals have condemned the Weatherill Labor Government’s downgrade to police stations across metropolitan Adelaide that come into effect today. Half of Adelaide’s metropolitan police stations have had their station opening hours downgraded to Monday-Friday 9am to 5pm – similar to a bank or post office hours. “Local residents and business operators have the […]
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Have your say on $12 million to improve railway crossings
With $12 million allocated to upgrading or closing railway crossings in South Australia, Member for Stuart, Dan van Holst Pellekaan MP, is encouraging the community to have their say on how this funding is spent. All level and pedestrian crossings in South Australia are being reviewed with a draft Railway Crossing Safety Strategy released for […]
Could SA’s electricity crisis have been prevented?
The Weatherill Labor Government has refused to release documents to the Opposition regarding negotiations with Alinta since May 2015, despite the Ombudsman making a preliminary decision that it is in the public interest for the documents to be made public. “Minister Koutsantonis must tell the public what deal was offered to the Government by Alinta […]
SA Liberals support calls for inquiry into electricity market
The State Liberals support calls to establish inquiries into South Australia’s spiralling electricity prices and the performance of the National Electricity Market. Local industry leaders have called for an independent inquiry into the electricity market and the State Liberals believe that a Federal Government inquiry into the failures of the National Electricity Market (NEM) is […]
Labor asleep at wheel as electricity crisis developed
The State Liberals say a 280 per cent surge in spot prices for electricity in South Australia from July 2015 to July 2016 is a damning indictment of the Weatherill Government’s incompetent handling of the energy portfolio. As of the 25th of July the average spot price for electricity for the month was $279.50 per […]
Energy policy and programs budget cut
The State Liberals have labelled a decision to cut the budget for the State Government’s Energy Policy and Programs in the midst of South Australia’s electricity crisis as disgraceful. “It takes a special degree of incompetence to cut the unit that is established to ‘provide policy advice and coordination of energy market reforms, including national […]
Liberals move to address SA’s expensive
The State Liberals will introduce new legislation to protect South Australian consumers from further volatility in the electricity market which is driving up prices. The Liberals are drafting a Bill to amend the Development Act 1993 requiring all new wind farm development applications to include an independent electricity market impact assessment. Independent electricity market impact […]
SA’s shocking surge in electricity prices
The State Liberals are warning the massive increase in the spot price of electricity this financial year threatens to undermine the future economic viability of some energy intensive industries in South Australia. “South Australia’s average price of $351 per megawatt hour so far this financial year is stratospheric and is almost 400 per cent higher […]
Labor breaks police recruitment promise again
The Weatherill Labor Government has once again broken its promise to recruit 313 sworn police officers. Last Thursday’s State Budget revealed that the Weatherill Labor Government promise to recruit additional officers has now been pushed back from 2018 to 2020. Labor’s original promise, made prior to the 2010 election, was for ‘300 more police on […]
Natural Resources Committee: Pinery Bushfires | SPEECH
Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 11:42 :03 ): I thank the Natural Resources Committee for taking such a strong interest in this event. When I use the word ‘event’, it seems to really downplay the very significant importance of the Pinery fire, but I do really appreciate the fact that the Natural […]