Put your family first ...

The Hons Dennis Hood and Andrew Evans MLC (to July 2008, then the Hon Robert Brokenshire MLC since then) make speeches in the Legislative Council of the South Australian Parliament, addressing a broad range of subjects arising from:

· Bills & Motions introduced by FAMILY FIRST;

· Bills & Motions introduced by the Government, Opposition or other Independents;

· Matters of Interest raised by FAMILY FIRST.

Copies of those speeches, extracted from Hansard, are linked below (Adobe Acrobat PDF form).

2008

 

Criminal Law (Sentencing) (Victims of Crime) Amendment Bill, 12.02.08
Paradise Community Services, 13.02.08 (Matter of Interest)
Health Care Bill, 14.02.08
Controlled Substances (Cultivation of Controlled Plants) Amendment Bill, 05.03.08
Motion on Roadside Drug Testing, 05.03.08
Criminal Law Consolidation (Rape & Sexual Offences) Amendment Bill, 06.03.08
Serious and Organised Crime (Control) Bill, 06.03.08
Statutes Amendment (Public Order Offences) Bill 01.04.08
Women’s and Children’s Hospital 02.04.08 — Matter of Interest
Firearms (Firearms Prohibition Orders) Amendment Bill 02.04.08
Controlled Substances (Drug Detection Powers) Amendment Bill 03.04.08
Criminal Law Consolidation (Double Jeopardy) Amendment Bill 03.04.08 — the Hon Andrew Evans MLC
Computer Games (Grand Theft Auto IV) - Matter of Interest - April 30th, 2008
Environment Protection (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill (Container Deposit reforms) - April 30, 2008
Fair Work Act Motion (Outworker Regulations) - April 30, 2008
Public Transport Motion (Rail Network Expansion) — April 30, 2008 (FAMILY FIRST Motion)
Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Scheme Review) Amendment Bill (Workcover changes) — April 30, 2008
Statutes Amendment (Ethical Superannuation—State Superannuation) Bill — May 7th, 2008
Bail (Discretion) Amendment Bill — Summing Up Speech — May 7th, 2008
Public Transport Motion (Rail Network Expansion) - Summing Up Speech — June 4th, 2008 (FAMILY FIRST Motion)
Mercy Ministries — Matter of Interest — June 4th, 2008
National Gas (South Australia) Bill — June 17th, 2008
Criminal Law (Abolition of Suspended Sentences for Subsequent Serious Offences) Amendment Bill — Family First Bill — June 18th, 2008
Statutes Amendment (Minimum Sentences) Bill — FAMILY FIRST Bill — June 18th, 2008
Statutes Amendment (Surrogacy) Bill — June 18th, 2008
Motion concerning Israel and Palestine — June 18th, 2008
Apology to Children abused in State Care — June 19th, 2008
Statutes Amendment (Transport Portfolio) Bill — June 19th, 2008
Training & Skills Development Bill — July 3rd, 2008
Controlled Substances (Controlled Drugs, Precursors and Cannabis) Amendment Bill — July 3rd, 2008
The Hon Andrew Evans MLC— Retirement (Valedictory Speech)— July 3rd, 2008 — includes farewells from other Members of Legislative Council
Statutes Amendment (Budget 2008) Bill — (Relief on Pay Roll Tax and First Home Buyer Stamp Duty) — July 23rd, 2008
Appropriation Bill — Addressing the 2008/2009 State Budget — Dennis Hood —  July 24th, 2008
Robert Brokenshire’s Maiden Speech (addressing Appropriation — the 2008/2009 State Budget) — July 29th, 2008
Water Supply — Matter of Interest — Wed Sep 10, 2008
             River Murray, Lower Lakes, Environmental Concerns
Address in Reply to Governor’s Speech—Thurs Sep 11, 2008

Lack of Government Vision—AAA Credit Rating—Stormwater Harvesting—Murray-Darling Basin Agreement—Irrigation Water Buyback—Mental Health—Adelaide’s South—Transport Network—Workcover—Education Leaving Age—Homelessness