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 […]

Second Reading Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 11:25 :39 ): I also wholeheartedly support the member for Morphett in this bill. In essence, what he is trying to achieve is that adjoining property owners, where their property adjoins a road, would have the ability to clear native vegetation without any restrictions or […]

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 12:04 :37 ): I very strongly support the member for Hammond’s motion. I will not read out all of it, but the intent of the motion is made very clear in paragraph (a): (a) opposes mandatory maximum speed limit reductions on country roads when there is no […]

Second Reading Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 17:20 :15 ): I rise to put my thoughts forward on behalf of the people of Stuart and the opposition. As the member for Bragg, our deputy leader, said in her contribution, we are not opposing this legislation in this house but we do seek […]

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 11:51 :49 ): I rise to support the member for Chaffey in his original motion. It is a very good, positive motion, and I do not believe that in their hearts members opposite would actually disagree with it, to be honest. I think it is churlish and […]

Second Reading Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 15:46 :45 ): I apologise if I held the house up a little. I was expecting this to be the bill after one at the moment, but that was clearly a mix-up. Let me say at the outset that I think this is a pretty […]

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN ( Stuart ) ( 16:29 :00 ): I am pleased to have this opportunity to advise the house of a very serious concern I have which affects my electorate but would certainly affect many other country electorates around the state, that is, a continuous and ongoing issue with regard to stock […]