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 […]

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 15:29 ): I take this opportunity to say a few words about the Port Augusta Greyhound Club. There would not be a member among us who was not shocked and deeply concerned by the revelations of live baiting going on in the greyhound industry in other states, […]

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 12:54 ): It is a pleasure to rise again to speak on the Statutes Amendment (Boards and Committees—Abolition and Reform) Bill. For people who are following this issue closely, I ask them to look at Hansard from 2 December, when this bill was dealt with in this […]

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 11:27 :25 ): It gives me great pleasure to support the member for Mitchell and shadow minister for road safety in his desire to have this select committee established by this house. I think this is a very responsible initiative that he has taken. This is not […]

Notice of Motion for 30 July 2015  I move that this House Acknowledges the very good work of the Repower Port Augusta Group, Alinta Energy and the Port Augusta community more broadly to initiate and progress investigation of concentrated solar thermal power generation at Port Augusta; Notes that the report funded by Alinta and the […]

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 16:04 :00 ): I want to take my first opportunity to speak in parliament in this year to talk about the very important Cadell ferry. Members who have been here for a while will know how the government tried to close it down a few years ago […]

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 11:25 :25 ): It gives me great pleasure to speak on the Emergency Services Funding (SACAT) Amendment Bill. This is a very important bill, and there would be nobody in our state who is not aware of what the government is doing with emergency services at the […]

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 12:03 :37 ): I too rise to support the motion wholeheartedly and I know that my colleagues in opposition do as well. The member for Frome has clearly put forward some very useful background information supporting the motion, which I will not go over, but I would […]

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 12:44 :49 ): I rise to speak to this motion. I appreciate the fact that the Premier has brought it forward, and I wholeheartedly agree with it, as does the Leader of the Opposition and as do my colleagues. We wholeheartedly agree with the words in the […]

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 17:28 :18 ): I rise to speak on the Statutes Amendment (Boards and Committees—Abolition and Reform) Bill on behalf of the people of Stuart. I will just touch on a few issues because our deputy leader (member for Bragg) has gone into good detail with great clarity in […]