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, […]

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart) (11:59): I rise on behalf of the people of Stuart and the Liberal opposition as the lead speaker on the Statutes Amendment (Leading Practice in Mining) Bill 2017. This is incredibly important work. We need improvements in this area; there is absolutely no doubt about it. The Liberal opposition will […]

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart) (16:52): I advise that I am not the opposition’s lead speaker on this issue, but I do appreciate the opportunity to say a few words at the start of this debate. This is an issue that is dear to my heart for quite a few reasons. My wife is a […]

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart) (12:10): I rise to support the member for Mount Gambier in the unamended motion. It reflects very poorly on the government to come in here and use their numbers to change the intent of motions from opposition and other members of parliament. The member for Mount Gambier has done a great […]

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart) (10:33): This is a very straightforward bill. I propose to introduce a private member’s bill to amend the Criminal Law (Forensic Procedures) Act 2007 to include the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) on the prescribed employment list under ’emergency service provider’ that can require an offender who spits or bites […]

“The difficulty is that after six years of being the energy minister, we have the most expensive electricity in the nation, we have the most unreliable electricity in the nation, we have people who are terrified to open their bills and we have people who worry about blackouts.”

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart) (11:05): With regard to the Public Works Committee’s Installation of Hybrid Turbines as a Long Term Backup Power Plant report, I can understand why the government is doing this, because they have got themselves in a real bind. The government were told way back in 2009, by two independent consulting […]

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart) (15:27): The electorate of Stuart is serviced by 17 country hospitals, nine of which are actually within the electorate and eight that are just outside the boundary of the electorate but happen to be the closest hospital to the people who live within the electorate. Everybody in this chamber knows how […]

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart) (11:50): I rise to add my comments on the Social Development Committee’s inquiry into regional health services. There is a very long history to this report. I believe it was back in April 2011 when I first asked the government if it would undertake this work, and I was told […]

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart) (16:02): The opposition takes the energy crisis in South Australia extremely seriously, but we do not take this motion seriously. It is just a political stunt by the government. The opposition wants to deal productively with this issue, but this motion is just a stunt by the government and a […]