I rise to make a few comments on the South Australian economy, and in particular the government's handling of it. In an excellent opinion piece in last Tuesday's Advertiser, the Commonwealth Minister for Finance, one of the Coalition Government's shining lights, Senator the Hon. Mathias Cormann, stated some home truths for the people of South Australia. His comments relate…
Introduction and First Reading The Hon. T.J. STEPHENS (16:17): Obtained leave and introduced a bill for an act to establish a scheme for ex gratia payments of compensation to be made to members of the Stolen Generations; and for other purposes. Read a first time. Second Reading The Hon. T.J. STEPHENS (16:18): I move: That…
I rise to support the remarks of the Hon. Tung Ngo and thank him for his summation of the hard work of the Aboriginal Lands Standing Committee. I would say that the Aboriginal Lands Standing Committee is a tripartisan committee, not a bipartisan committee, because of course we have the Hon. Tammy Franks who participates…
I acknowledge that the opposition supports the bill; however, just not in its current form. It is my understanding that amendments will be introduced at a later stage, and it is the reasoning for those amendments that I largely wish to talk about now. Whilst it is somewhat unusual for this place to recommend amendments…
I rise to make some comment on the Appropriation Bill which, as promised by the opposition, passed the other place unfettered, as I predict it will here. Despite the predictable scaremongering from the Treasurer that we planned on blocking supply, no such thing occurred. However, the opposition does have a few concerns with the budget—in fact,…
I rise to make a few comments on the impending budget tomorrow. A few weeks ago in this place, I touched on the need for the government to cut spending and red tape in order to encourage economic growth. There, of course, is another benefit to cutting spending: getting the budget back in the black…
I rise to support the motion. At the outset I congratulate the Governor and Mrs Scarce on the way they conduct themselves at all times and represent the people of South Australia. I am incredibly proud of the work they do and, as I said in a previous speech, I rarely congratulate the former premier…
I wish to speak today about the dire state of the South Australian economy. Everyone in this place would be aware that the Liberal Party ran on a platform of reinvigorating the economy through a combination of tax cuts and lowering government spending. Unfortunately, the election result, while close, did not see a change of…
I start my contribution by thanking the Hon. Carmel Zollo for her stewardship over the last five years. I have been on this committee for my entire parliamentary career and she has had this committee in her control over the last five years. I believe it is a very good committee that serves the people…
I rise on behalf of the opposition to speak on this bill. As outlined previously by the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation, this bill amends the Motor Vehicles Act to enable the minister to exempt remote Aboriginal communities, initially the APY and MT peoples, from the onerous licensing regulations. The opposition believes this to…