Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 15:38 :19 ): I rise today to inform the house of the very successful launch of Parliamentary Friends United against Domestic and Family Violence, which occurred on the last sitting day of parliament, Thursday 10 September. This was a new group launched very cooperatively and jointly by […]

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 11:03 :00 ): I support the recommendations of the report and put on the record the fact that the opposition will support the passage of the bill through both houses of parliament. As was said by everybody, I think, on both sides of this chamber who spoke […]

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 12:03 :32 ): I rise to also support the member for Chaffey in this motion and acknowledge the tremendous contributions of the member for Davenport, the member for Schubert and others who will follow. The government can say all it wants that it is addressing these issues […]

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 15:10 ): My question is for the Minister for Health. Given that it’s three months today since Alinta announced its planned closure of the Leigh Creek coalmine and it’s very likely that that coalmine will be closed within another three months, will the minister advise the house […]

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 12:00 :34 ): I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Whyalla Steel Works (Environmental Authorisation) Amendment Bill 2015. Let me just make it very clear that I, as an Upper Spencer Gulf member of parliament and also as the shadow minister for mineral resources and energy, […]

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 16:55 :40 ): I would like to use the short amount of time available to me in this grieve to touch on the aspect of the budget relating to charging royalties to local government to access quarry rubble. There are quite a few more technical terms and […]

Second Reading Adjourned debate on second reading. (Continued from 14 May 2015.) Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 11:10 :58 ): It is a pleasure for me to wholeheartedly support the member for Hartley on the Controlled Substances (Commercial Offences) Amendment Bill. As the member for Hartley has made very clear, this is […]

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 11:50 :40 ): I commend the new member for Davenport for putting so many issues so succinctly and so accurately into his speech. As a member of the Economic and Finance Committee, of course I played quite a role in this, as did my colleagues on the […]

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 12:25 :34 ): It is a pleasure to follow such a fine speech by the Leader of the Opposition. He has done an absolutely outstanding job, as he does day in day out, leading us and holding the government to account, but it is my turn to […]

QUESTION TIME TRANSCRIPT Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 15:17 :21 ): My question is to the Minister for Regional Development. As the relevant state minister for the federal government’s Mobile Black Spot program, can the minister explain to the house why the state government offered no financial contribution towards this program which […]