Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 11:18 :35 ): I rise to support the member for Goyder in this important motion that this house supports the referral to the Economic and Finance Committee of all regional impact statements with the ability to call witnesses and, two, that this house urges the Minister for […]

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 12:37 :34 ): It gives me great pleasure to support the member for Goyder in his motion: That this house urges the regional development minister, in conjunction with the state government, to— (a) provide adequate core funding for the ongoing operations of seven Regional Development Australia (RDA) […]

Second Reading Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 10:53 :34 ): I rise to support the member for Morphett wholeheartedly in the Fire and Emergency Services (Volunteer Charters) Amendment Bill and I refer members of this house, and others who might be interested, to a contribution I made on Thursday 2 May 2013. Many […]

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 12:06 :03 ): It is a pleasure to support the member for Elder and bring this fantastic motion forward that we recognise International Nurses Day and that we recognise this year’s theme—Nurses: A Force for Change: Care Effective, Cost Effective—and that we congratulate South Australian nurses for […]

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 12:46 :53 ): I rise to very genuinely and enthusiastically support the member for Reynell in her motion that this house (a) recognises National Domestic Violence Remembrance Day; (b) remembers those who have died and the ones left behind due to domestic and family violence; and (c), […]

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 15:11 :30 ): We have had some dreadfully disappointing unemployment figures come out today showing that South Australian unemployment is at 7.1 per cent, compared to 6.2 per cent nationally. However, what I really want to talk about is unemployment in the Upper Spencer Gulf. The latest […]

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 11:50 :48 ): I appreciate the government’s support for this motion. The best way to go was carefully thought through by my colleagues and me in our party room and we resolved that, for some of the reasons mentioned by the member for Elder on behalf of […]

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 16:35 :53 ): I appreciate this opportunity to say a few more words in conjunction with the Supply Bill. I would like to speak about infrastructure, and I am prompted to do this because of the government’s announcement this morning that they are going to start to […]

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 […]