I wish to briefly talk about the agreement between Business SA and the SDA regarding the new shop trading hours, which has opened up a number of public holidays to shop trading but has also created two new public holidays from 5pm to midnight on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. I fail to understand…
DetailsFirstly, I would like to thank His Excellency the Governor for overseeing the opening ceremony of parliament. The ceremony was conducted with great respect and sense of occasion, in keeping with the dignity of His Excellency’s office and that of this great institution, the Parliament of South Australia. I welcome the extension of His Excellency’s…
DetailsI rise on behalf of the Liberal Party to indicate our position on this bill. We are prepared to support the second reading of the bill. The Victorian government is currently leading research on behalf of the Community and Disability Services Ministerial Council to identify options currently available to respond to the issue of abandoned…
DetailsI rise to speak briefly—and people do know that when I say ‘briefly’ it will be brief—on this extremely important bill. What I will not do is trawl over the ground in the excellent contributions from my colleagues the Hon. David Ridgway, the Hon. Michelle Lensink, the Hon. Stephen Wade and, of course, the Hon.…
DetailsI rise to speak about the celebration that I attended last Friday night, The Advertiser/Channel 7 Sports Star of the Year award, and also the new inductees into the South Australian Sporting Hall of Fame. I acknowledge that particular function was attended by the Hon. Carmel Zollo, the Leader of the Opposition (Isobel Redmond MP)…
DetailsI rise to speak to the Correctional Services (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill, which has two distinct parts affecting prison management and the parole system. I would like to acknowledge the work of the Hon. Stephen Wade, who has already spoken on this bill on behalf of the Liberal Party as the shadow attorney-general. I thank him…
DetailsI wish to talk about the dire state of the corrections system in this state, specifically using the example of the proposed Mount Gambier Prison expansion. As honourable members would know, the Mount Gambier Prison is privately run by the private security firm G4S. In the context of the government’s abandoning of the new prison…
DetailsI rise to speak on the Small Business Commissioner Bill. As lead speaker for the Liberal Party, I will outline the opposition’s concerns with regards to this bill. As honourable members are aware, the Liberal Party opposed this bill in the other place. The Small Business Commissioner Bill establishes an agency of the Crown to…
DetailsThe Hon. John Darley has moved this bill in response to an incident that occurred at the Adelaide Casino some months ago. In addressing this bill, my focus will be on the future and on the past. In planning for the future, we should understand what has gone before, and we should be guided by…
DetailsI rise to make a brief contribution on the Appropriation Bill. I commend the Hon. Rob Lucas on (a) his speech and (b) the fine work that his Budget and Finance Committee does in keeping this government, at best, remotely honest. I just want to highlight a couple of disturbing things before I touch on…
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