Mineral and petroleum exploration expenditure in South Australia decreased by $18.2 million in the March quarter according to statistics released by the ABS. South Australia’s share of the national expenditure fell from 9.1 per cent in 2014-15 to 5.6 per cent in 2015-16. This drop in mineral and petroleum exploration expenditure equates to a reduction […]
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Make your voice heard on Country Health
A Parliamentary Inquiry that will help determine the future delivery of health services in regional South Australia is now open for submissions from all members of the public. Member for Stuart, Dan van Holst Pellekaan MP, is strongly encouraging individuals and organisations to make a submission. “In my capacity as a country and outback MP […]
Electoral (Prisoner Voting) Amendment Bill | SPEECH
Introduction and First Reading Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 10:33 :38 ): Obtained leave and introduced a bill for an act to amend the Electoral Act 1985. Read a first time. Second Reading Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 10:34 :04 ): I move: That this bill be now read […]
Dog and Cat Management (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill | SPEECH
Second Reading Adjourned debate on second reading. (Continued from 23 March 2016.) Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 16:02 :01 ): I will be very brief. I know that there will be several speakers from both sides of the house who will make very fulsome and informed contributions. I appreciate that they are […]
International Nurses Day Motion | SPEECH
Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 12:25 :42 ): I will be brief, because I know others want to contribute to this motion. I thank the member for Fisher for bringing this motion and we certainly all wholeheartedly support it. I am very fortunate to be one of the many members who have […]
Minister for Energy doesn’t understand energy market
In an embarrassing blunder today in Parliament Minister Koutsantonis Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy answered a question about electricity prices that have been paid by South Australian households by referring to contract prices paid by businesses in South Australia. And to make matters worse, he described actual future electricity contract prices simply as predictions, […]
Energy Regulator exposes electricity price shock
The State Liberals have released the latest data from the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) showing South Australian base load electricity prices will be the most expensive in the National Electricity Market (NEM) during the next three years. “Electricity prices in South Australia are set to escalate sharply during the next three years whilst reducing in […]
Mobile Black Spot Program | SPEECH
Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 17:06 :41 ): I take this opportunity to rise on behalf of the people of Stuart, and also regional South Australia more broadly, to talk about mobile phone blackspots. On 25 June last year, the federal government announced that it had completed its $100 million Mobile Black Spot […]
Sports Voucher success in Stuart
More than 1,300 children in the electorate of Stuart have received a $50 voucher to participate in sport. Member for Stuart, Dan van Holst Pellekaan MP, is pleased with the success of the Sports Vouchers program. “In 2015 the electorate of Stuart redeemed 1,319 vouchers totalling $64,930 across 61 locations,” he said. “I strongly encourage […]
Weatherill turns his back on Port Augusta
On the day the Port Augusta power station closes the State Liberals have slammed the Weatherill Government’s callous disregard for the workers and the wider community. “It is disgraceful that the Weatherill Government has failed to deliver an economic rescue package for the local community to counter the impact of losing 500 employees and contractors […]