Fishing Regulations | SPEECH

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 15:34 :03 ): Let me support the member for Elder in saying no to domestic violence. Any effort whatsoever that can go towards doing that is incredibly important. The subject of my grievance speech today is the soon to be imposed new fishing regulations for coastal waters […]

Energy/Alinta | QUESTION TIME

Excerpt from Question Time transcript 29 March 2017 Mr MARSHALL ( Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:04:57): My question is to the Premier. Will the Premier tell the people of South Australia why, on 17 March this year, he claimed that Alinta had not made an offer to keep the Northern power station open given today’s revelation […]

Energy generation/Alinta/Hazelwood | QUESTION TIME

Excerpt from Question Time transcript 28 March 2017 Mr MARSHALL ( Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:33:37): My question is to the Premier. Did the government undertake any modelling to determine whether 250 megawatts of reserve generation could be contracted from existing providers at a lower price and sooner than the government’s proposed $360 million gas generator? […]

Answer is blowing in the wind

Steven Marshall MP State Liberal Leader The Australian Energy Market Operator’s (AEMO) confirmation that the loss of power from wind farms was instrumental in South Australia’s state-wide blackout on the 28th of September last year has exposed Jay Weatherill’s claims it was wholly the result of the storm. “AEMO’s report makes clear that had nine […]

Future power just got more expensive

Steven Marshall MP State Liberal Leader The State Liberals have released Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) base future contracts data showing that Jay Weatherill’s patch-up job on South Australia’s fragile electricity network is pushing the price of electricity up even further. In the two weeks since Jay Weatherill released his $550 million taxpayer funded plan to […]

2017 South Australian Volunteer Awards

The Member for Stuart, Dan van Holst Pellekaan MP is pleased to advise nominations for the 2017 South Australian Volunteer Awards are now open. Mr van Holst Pellekaan would like to encourage people to nominate community members, groups and businesses who they believe play an integral role in their local community as volunteers.   Award […]