The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN: I am pleased to report to the house on progress to address community concerns around the access to timely metering services in electricity. On 1 December 2017, as part of the national Power of Choice reforms agreed by the previous government, responsibility for metering services switched to energy retailers. This […]
Month: May 2018
Address in Reply to the Governor’s official opening of Parliament | SPEECH
The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart—Minister for Energy and Mining) (20:43): I rise, as have many others in the last couple of weeks, to contribute to the Address in Reply. I will not go into too many details, but let me say that, like everybody else, I have enormous respect for the Governor and […]
Grants for disaster resilience
Grants to help communities better prepare for natural disasters have opened for applications, with up to $250,000 per year available as a contribution towards projects. Member for Stuart, Dan van Holst Pellekaan MP said our electorate of Stuart was susceptible to bushfires, storms and floods, with many communities in the past experiencing firsthand the devastating […]
Thanking our volunteers
Member for Stuart, Dan van Holst Pellekaan MP, is encouraging volunteers and their organisations to register for the 2018 Thank You event on Monday, June 11. “We have so many dedicated volunteers in our electorate who help make our communities wonderful places to live,” Mr van Holst Pellekaan said. “While they don’t expect to be […]
Wild dogs | SPEECH
The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart—Minister for Energy and Mining) (17:15): Thank you very much, Mr Speaker, and congratulations on your election to that important role today. Unlike the member for West Torrens, I am going to talk about something that is very important to South Australia, particularly in the north of South Australia. […]