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A
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30-Year Plan for Greater Adelaide
- 2009-06-03
- 2009-07-16
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2009-07-17
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2009-09-22
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Question Time (8)
- The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. M. PARNELL, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. CARMEL ZOLLO, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. M. PARNELL, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.P. WORTLEY, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
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2009-09-23
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Motions (1)
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Question Time (1)
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2009-09-24
- 2009-10-14
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2009-10-15
- 2009-10-27
- 2009-11-19
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women's Gathering
- Aboriginal Homelands
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Aboriginal Lands Parliamentary Standing Committee
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Aboriginal Lands Parliamentary Standing Committee: Annual Report
- Abortion Statistics
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Address in Reply
- 2008-09-10
- 2008-09-10
- 2008-09-11
- 2008-09-23
- 2008-09-24
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2008-09-25
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Address in Reply (2)
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Adelaide 36ers
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Adelaide Airport
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Adelaide City Council
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2009-03-05
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Question Time (2)
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- Adelaide Coastal Waters Study
- Adelaide Festival
- Adelaide Hellenic Cultural Festival
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Adelaide Hills Housing
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2009-06-04
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2009-06-17
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- Adelaide Hills Rail Line
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Adelaide Oval
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2009-12-02
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Ministerial Statement (1)
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Question Time (1)
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- Adelaide Parks, Trees and Gardens
- Adelaide Plains Sporting Community
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Adelaide Ship Construction International
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2009-06-16
- 2009-07-02
- 2009-09-24
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Adelaide Showground
- Adelaide United Football Club
- Adelaider Liedertafel
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Administration and Probate (Distribution on Intestacy) Amendment Bill
- 2009-02-04
- 2009-02-05
- 2009-02-18
- 2009-02-18
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2009-02-19
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Bills (2)
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- 2009-03-03
- Administrative Decisions (Effect of International Instruments) Act Repeal Bill
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Adoption
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2008-09-10
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Questions & Answers (2)
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2008-09-10
- 2008-10-29
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2009-02-18
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Matters of Interest (1)
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Questions & Answers (1)
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2009-02-18
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Answers to Questions (1)
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Matters of Interest (1)
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- 2009-11-18
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Adoption (Restrictions on Publication) Amendment Bill
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Adult Bookshops
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2009-10-27
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- Affordable Homes Program
- Ageism
- Agribusiness
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Agricultural Education
- AIDS Council
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Alcohol Consumption
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Alcohol Sales to Minors
- Aldinga Turkeys
- ALP State Convention
- Amy's Ride
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Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Land Rights (Mintabie) Amendment Bill
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Andamooka
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2009-05-12
- 2009-06-02
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- Anna Stewart Memorial Program
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Anti-Corruption Body
- Anti-Violence Community Education
- Antiviolence Public Awareness Campaign
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AP Services
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Apprenticeships
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Appropriation Bill
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APY Lands
- 2008-11-11
- 2008-11-13
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2008-11-25
- 2008-11-26
- 2009-02-03
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2009-05-14
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Answers to Questions (2)
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- 2009-12-02
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APY Lands Swimming Pools
- APY Lands, Road Maintenance
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Aquaculture
- Aquaculture Act
- Aquaculture Act Regulations
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Architectural Practice Bill
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Armenian-Australian Community
- Assault
- Attorney-General
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Auditor-General's Report
- 2008-11-27
- 2008-11-27
- 2009-02-03
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2009-06-03
- 2009-07-02
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2009-09-08
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Answers to Questions (2)
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- 2009-10-28
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Auditor-General's Supplementary Report
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2009-07-02
- 2009-10-28
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Augusta Zadow Scholarships
- Australasian Road Safety Conference
- Australia Day
- Australia Day Honours
- Australia Donna Website
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Australian Bight Abalone
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2009-09-09
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- Australian Building and Construction Commission
- Australian Charter of Rights
- Australian Road Rules
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Authorised Betting Operations (Trade Practices Exemption) Amendment Bill
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B
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Baha'i Community
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Bail (Arson) Amendment Bill
- Bail (Discretion) Amendment Bill
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Banks, American
- BankSA State Monitor
- BankSA Trends Bulletin
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Barossa Rail Service
- Barrier Highway
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Baseball Facilities
- Bathroom Facilities
- Bawden, Ms G.
- Berlin Wall
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Beverley Four Mile Native Title Agreement
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2009-03-25
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- BHP Billiton, Desalination Plant
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Bicycle Lanes
- Bicycle Safety Initiatives
- Bicycle Tracks
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Biocompostable Containers
- Births, Deaths and Marriages (Change of Name) Amendment Bill
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Black Spot Program
- Blind Cords
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Blue, Mr J.N.
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2009-11-18
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Matters of Interest (1)
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Personal Explanation (1)
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Bradken Foundry
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BreastScreen SA
- Bridgestone Australia
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Broadband Access
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2009-04-28
- 2009-04-29
- 2009-06-03
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- Bromley, Mr D.
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Buckland Park
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2009-05-13
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Questions & Answers (7)
- The Hon. R.P. WORTLEY, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. M. PARNELL, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. J.S.L. DAWKINS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. M. PARNELL, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. D.G.E. HOOD, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.L. BROKENSHIRE, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
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2009-05-13
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Question Time (7)
- The Hon. R.P. WORTLEY, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. M. PARNELL, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. J.S.L. DAWKINS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. M. PARNELL, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. D.G.E. HOOD, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.L. BROKENSHIRE, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
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2009-05-14
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Budget and Finance Committee
- 2008-09-10
- 2008-09-10
- 2008-11-12
- 2008-11-26
- 2009-02-04
- 2009-04-07
- 2009-06-17
- 2009-10-14
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2009-10-28
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Parliamentary Committees (2)
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- 2009-11-18
- Budget and Finance Committee: Operations Report
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Building Advisory Committee
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2008-09-10
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Questions & Answers (2)
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2008-09-10
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2008-11-27
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Members (1)
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Questions & Answers (2)
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2008-11-27
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Personal Explanation (1)
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Question Time (2)
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Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Bill
- 2008-09-24
- 2009-10-29
- 2009-11-19
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2009-12-02
- 2009-12-03
- Building Safety
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Building Surveyor Accreditation
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Building Work Contractors
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2009-04-28
- 2009-06-18
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Bulk Commodity Ports
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2009-04-08
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Burnside City Council
- 2009-06-17
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2009-06-18
- 2009-07-02
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2009-07-14
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Personal Explanation (1)
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Question Time (4)
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2009-07-15
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2009-07-16
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Ministerial Statement (1)
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Question Time (1)
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- 2009-09-22
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2009-09-24
- 2009-10-13
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2009-10-14
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2009-10-27
- 2009-10-28
- 2009-12-02
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Burnside Council Development Assessment Panel
- Burton, Mrs M.
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Buses, Disability Accessible
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Bushfire Bunkers
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2009-10-28
- 2009-11-17
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- Bushfire Planning
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Bushfire Prevention
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2009-02-18
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Questions & Answers (2)
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2009-02-18
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Bushfire Task Force
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Bushfires
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Business Enterprise Centres
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2009-07-15
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2009-07-17
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Ministerial Statement (1)
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Question Time (2)
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C
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Cabinet Ministers
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2009-03-03
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Ministerial Statement (1)
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Question Time (2)
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- 2009-03-04
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- Cabinet Reshuffle
- Call Direct
- Cancer Services Review
- Cannabis Crops
- Car Parking
- Caravan Parks
- Carbon Neutral Economy
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Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- Carnie, Hon. J.A.
- Catherine House
- Central Violence Intervention Program
- Centrex Metals
- Chapman, Ms V.A.
- Charities
- Charles Darwin
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Charles Sturt Council
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Chelsea Cinema
- 2009-04-08
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2009-06-02
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Cheltenham Park
- 2008-09-23
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2009-02-05
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Ministerial Statement (1)
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Question Time (6)
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Child Abuse
- 2009-07-15
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2009-09-08
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Answers to Questions (2)
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- Child Product Safety
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Child Protection
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2009-02-03
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Answers to Questions (2)
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- 2009-03-05
- 2009-09-08
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- Child Protection Case
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Child Restraint Laws
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Child Sex Offenders Registration (Registration of Internet Activities) Amendment Bill
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Children in State Care
- Children's Centres
- Children's Protection (Harbouring) Amendment Bill
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Children's Protection (Implementation of Report Recommendations) Amendment Bill
- 2009-10-15
- 2009-11-17
- 2009-11-18
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2009-11-19
- 2009-12-01
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Children's Scooters
- Chinese Investment
- Chocolate
- Christ the King School
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Churchill Fellowship
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Citizen's Right of Reply
- City West Precinct
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Civil Liability (Food Donors and Distributors) Amendment Bill
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Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) (Classification Process) Amendment Bill
- 2008-09-11
- 2008-10-14
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2008-10-28
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Classification (Publications, Films and Computer Games) (R 18+ Films) Amendment Bill
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Clayton Bay
- Climate Change
- Climate Change and Greenhouse Emissions Reduction Act Review
- Clubs SA
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Cockle Quotas
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Cockles, Delivery
- Comfort Women
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Commencement
- 2008-09-10
- 2008-09-11
- 2008-09-23
- 2008-09-24
- 2008-09-25
- 2008-10-14
- 2008-10-15
- 2008-10-16
- 2008-10-28
- 2008-10-29
- 2008-10-30
- 2008-11-11
- 2008-11-12
- 2008-11-13
- 2008-11-25
- 2008-11-26
- 2008-11-27
- 2008-12-02
- 2009-02-03
- 2009-02-04
- 2009-02-05
- 2009-02-17
- 2009-02-18
- 2009-02-19
- 2009-03-03
- 2009-03-04
- 2009-03-05
- 2009-03-24
- 2009-03-25
- 2009-03-26
- 2009-04-07
- 2009-04-08
- 2009-04-28
- 2009-04-29
- 2009-04-30
- 2009-05-12
- 2009-05-13
- 2009-05-14
- 2009-06-02
- 2009-06-03
- 2009-06-04
- 2009-06-16
- 2009-06-17
- 2009-06-18
- 2009-07-02
- 2009-07-14
- 2009-07-15
- 2009-07-16
- 2009-07-17
- 2009-09-08
- 2009-09-09
- 2009-09-10
- 2009-09-22
- 2009-09-23
- 2009-09-24
- 2009-10-13
- 2009-10-14
- 2009-10-15
- 2009-10-27
- 2009-10-28
- 2009-10-29
- 2009-11-17
- 2009-11-18
- 2009-11-19
- 2009-12-01
- 2009-12-02
- 2009-12-03
- Commercial Development
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Committee Stage
- 2008-11-27
- 2008-12-02
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2009-05-13
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Bills (3)
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Commonwealth Nation Building Program
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Commonwealth Powers (De Facto Relationships) Bill
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2009-12-03
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- Community Corrections
- Community Food SA
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Community Television Funding
- Competitions
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Compulsory Third Party Premiums
- Condolence Motion: Flying Officer Michael Herbert
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Consent to Medical Treatment and Palliative Care (Parental Consent) Amendment Bill
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Consent to Medical Treatment and Palliative Care (Voluntary Euthanasia) Amendment Bill
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Constitution (Appointments) Bill
- 2009-11-17
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2009-11-18
- 2009-12-01
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Constitution (Fixed Session Preceding Election) Amendment Bill
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Constitution (Reform of Legislative Council and Settlement of Deadlocks on Legislation) Amendment Bill
- 2009-09-23
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2009-10-13
- 2009-10-15
- Consultants and Contractors
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Consumer Compliance and Enforcement
- Consumer Credit
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Consumer Credit (South Australia) (Pay Day Lending) Amendment Bill
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Consumer Protection
- 2009-02-17
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2009-04-08
- 2009-09-09
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Consumer Rights
- Container Deposit Legislation
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Controlled Substances (Palliative Use of Cannabis) Amendment Bill
- Controlled Substances (Simple Possession Offences) Amendment Bill
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Coober Pedy, Housing
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Cooper Basin
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2008-09-25
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- Cooper Creek
- Coorong
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Copper Coast District Council
- 2008-09-10
- 2008-09-10
- 2008-09-23
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2008-10-28
- 2008-10-29
- 2008-11-11
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2008-11-12
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Motions (1)
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Parliamentary Procedure (1)
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2008-11-25
- 2008-11-26
- 2009-02-18
- 2009-02-18
- 2009-03-04
- 2009-06-18
- Copper Hills Station
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Coroners (Recommendations) Amendment Bill
- Coronial System
- Corporate Sponsorship
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Correctional Services
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Correctional Services (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill
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Correctional Services Awards
- Correctional Services Department
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Correctional Services Officers
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2008-10-30
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2009-02-18
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Questions & Answers (2)
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2009-02-18
- 2009-06-17
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- Correctional Services, Budget Cuts
- Cost of Living
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Council Consolidation and Better Development Plan
- Counselling Services Funding
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Country Hospitals
- Country Press SA Awards
- Country Taxis SA Incorporated
- Court Delays
- Court Registry Closures
- Courts
- Credit Cards
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Crime Prevention Unit
- Crime Rates
- Criminal Intelligence
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Criminal Investigation (Covert Operations) Bill
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Criminal Law (Clamping, Impounding and Forfeiture of Vehicles) (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill
- Criminal Law (Sentencing) (Victims of Crime) Amendment Bill
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Criminal Law (Undercover Operations) Act
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Criminal Law and Mental Health
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2009-03-25
- 2009-10-13
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- Criminal Law Consolidation (Aggravated Offences) Amendment Bill
- Criminal Offences
- Criminal Trials
- Cronin, Dr S.
- Crosby, Dr R.
- Cross Border Family Violence Program
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Cross-Border Justice Bill
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Crown Land Management Bill
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D
- Daylight Saving Extension
- Deaf Australia
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Debt Collectors
- Defence White Paper
- DEH Fencing
- Department of Transport Inquiry Line
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Departmental Employees
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2009-04-28
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Answers to Questions (15)
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
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- Departmental Regional Boundaries
- Departmental Travel
- Deputy Clerk
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Desalination Plant
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2008-09-25
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2008-11-11
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Ministerial Statement (1)
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Question Time (1)
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2009-03-03
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2009-03-26
- 2009-05-13
- 2009-05-13
- 2009-06-03
- 2009-09-08
- 2009-10-14
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- Desalination Plants
- Desert Spirit Cup
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Development (Control of External Painting) Amendment Bill
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Development (Major Developments) Amendment Bill
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Development (Planning and Development Review) Amendment Bill
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Development (Regulated Trees) Amendment Bill
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Development (Water Harvesting) Amendment Bill
- Development Act
- Development Applications
- Development Laws
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Development Plans
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2009-12-01
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- Development Policy
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Development Policy Advisory Committee
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2009-09-08
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Development Sites
- Disability Advocacy
- Disability Funding
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Disability SA
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Disability Services
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Disadvantaged Youth Programs
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Discrimination
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Domestic Violence
- 2009-02-03
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2009-02-04
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Question Time (2)
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- 2009-03-25
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2009-03-26
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Question Time (2)
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- 2009-07-02
- 2009-09-08
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2009-09-10
- 2009-12-01
- Domestic Violence Alert Units
- Domestic Violence Units
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Domiciliary Care
- Don't Cross the Line Campaign
- Door-to-Door Traders
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Down Syndrome Society of South Australia
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Drag and Track Racing
- Dress Codes
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Driver's Licence Renewal
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2009-10-14
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- Driving Record
- Drought Reach Program
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Drug Court
- Drug Policy
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Drug Use Monitoring
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Drugs, Detoxification
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2008-10-29
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Drugs, Hydroponic Cultivation
- Dryland Salinity Management
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E
- Easling, Mr T.
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East Timor
- Easter
- Economic Development Board
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Economic Stimulus Package
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2009-02-03
- 2009-02-17
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2009-03-03
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Ecotourist Village
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2009-09-08
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Edgington, Mr S.
- Education (Ombudsman and School Discipline) Amendment Bill
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Education Department
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Education Works
- Educational Software
- Eid Al-Fitr
- Electoral (Cost of By-Elections) Amendment Bill
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Electoral (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill
- 2009-06-03
- 2009-06-04
- 2009-07-02
- 2009-09-08
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2009-09-10
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Bills (2)
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- 2009-09-22
- 2009-09-24
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2009-10-13
- 2009-10-27
- Electoral Act
- Electoral Education Centres
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Electricians, Licensing
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Electricity (Compensation for Blackouts) Amendment Bill
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Electricity (Electricity Supply Industry Planning Council) Amendment Bill
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Electricity (Feed-In Rates) Amendment Bill
- Electricity Feed-In Scheme
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Emissions Trading Scheme
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2008-11-13
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- Employee Expenses
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Encounter Youth
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2008-11-13
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Personal Explanation (1)
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Question Time (1)
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- Energy Pipelines CRC
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Energy, Star Rating
- Entertainment Industry
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Environment and Heritage Department
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Environment Protection (Pulp Mills) Amendment Bill
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Environment Protection (Right to Farm) Amendment Bill
- Environment Protection (Testing, Monitoring and Auditing) Amendment Bill
- Environment Protection Authority
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Environment, Resources and Development Committee
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Environment, Resources and Development Committee: Desalination Plants
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Environment, Resources and Development Committee: Natural Burial Grounds
- Environment, Resources and Development Committee: Port Bonython Desalination Plant
- Environment, Resources and Development Committee: Public Transport
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Equal Opportunity (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill
- 2008-11-26
- 2009-02-03
- 2009-02-18
- 2009-02-18
- 2009-02-19
- 2009-03-03
- 2009-03-04
- 2009-03-05
- 2009-03-24
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2009-03-26
- 2009-04-07
- 2009-04-08
- 2009-07-14
- 2009-09-08
- Evidence (Propensity Evidence) Amendment Bill
- Excellence in Mining and Exploration Conference
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Executive Positions
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F
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Fair Trading (Telemarketing) Amendment Bill
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Fair Work (Commonwealth Powers) Bill
- Fair Work (Powers of Entry and Inspection) Amendment Bill
- Fairtrade Labelling Organisation
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Families SA
- 2008-10-29
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2009-03-24
- 2009-09-08
- 2009-09-22
- 2009-12-01
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Family Businesses
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Family Day Care
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2009-06-17
- 2009-09-23
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- Family Planning Guidelines
- Family Safety Framework
- Fathi Shahin
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Female Genital Mutilation
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2009-10-13
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Question Time (2)
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Field River Valley
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2008-10-30
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Answers to Questions (2)
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Final Stages
- Fine Food Exhibition
- Fine Increases
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Finks Motorcycle Club
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Fire and Emergency Services (Review) Amendment Bill
- 2009-09-09
- 2009-09-22
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2009-09-24
- 2009-10-13
- Fire Sirens
- Firearms Amnesty
- Firearms Regulations
- Firefighting Aircraft
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First Home Owner Grant
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First Home Owner Grant (Special Eligible Transactions) Amendment Bill
- Fisheries Management Act
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Fitzsimons, Mr D.
- Flagstaff Pines
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Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps
- Flinders Chase Fire
- Flinders Medical Centre
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Flood Mitigation
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2009-02-05
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2009-12-02
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- Flooding, Port Adelaide
- Food Labelling
- Food Scorecard
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Foreign Aid
- Forensic Pathology Report
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Former Member for Hammond
- Fort Largs
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Fossil Fuel Reserves
- Four Mile Mine
- Fraser, Mr G.B.
- Free-Range Eggs
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Freedom of Information
- 2008-11-12
- 2009-03-25
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2009-05-13
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Questions & Answers (2)
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2009-05-13
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Freedom of Information (Victimisation and Interference) Amendment Bill
- Freightlink
- Frequent Flyer Points
- Friends of the Women's and Children's Hospital Auxiliaries Division Conference
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G
- Gallipoli Underpass
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Gamblers Rehabilitation Fund
- 2008-10-29
- 2008-11-11
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2009-04-08
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Answers to Questions (2)
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- Gambling
- Gambling Minister
- Garbage Collection
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Gawler East Development
- 2008-09-23
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2009-06-03
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Gawler Racecourse Redevelopment
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Gawler Rail Line
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Gene Technology (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill
- Genesee and Wyoming Australia
- Genetically Modified Crops Management (Right to Damages) Amendment Bill
- Geological Awards
- Geological Experts
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Geothermal Energy
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Gift Cards
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2009-12-03
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Question Time (2)
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- Glassware, Shatterproof
- Glenelg Tram
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Glenside Hospital
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Glenside Hospital Redevelopment
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Glenthorne Farm
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Global Financial Crisis
- GM Crops
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Government Advertising
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Government Appointments
- 2008-12-02
- 2008-12-02
- 2009-03-25
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2009-04-28
- 2009-04-30
- Government Boards and Committees
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Government Contracts, Probity
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2008-10-30
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2008-11-11
- 2008-11-13
- 2008-11-26
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Government Procurement
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2009-02-03
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Government Red Tape
- Government Services Online
- Government Spending
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Governor's Speech
- Grain Exports
- Grandparents for Grandchildren Incorporated
- Greater Adelaide Region
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Grocery Unit Pricing
- Guardianship
- Gun Amnesty
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H
- Hallett Cove Conservation Park
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Harbors and Navigation (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill
- Health and Community Services Complaints Commission
- Health and Fitness Code of Practice
- Health Budget
-
Health Care (Country Health) Amendment Bill
- Health Claims
- Health Department
-
Heatwave
- 2009-02-03
-
2009-02-04
-
Matters of Interest (1)
-
Ministerial Statement (1)
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- Hellene and Hellene-Cypriot Women of Australia and New Zealand
-
Hemmerling, Dr M.
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2009-09-24
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- Highbury Residential and Open Space Dpa
- HIV Rates
- Home Improvement Tradespeople
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Homelessness
- HomeStart
-
Houseboat Strategy
-
2009-03-26
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- Housing Affordability
- Housing Developments
- Housing Indemnity Insurance
-
Housing SA
- 2008-10-15
-
2009-03-05
-
2009-07-15
-
Answers to Questions (2)
-
- 2009-09-23
-
Housing SA, Smoke Alarms
- Human Cloning
- Hydro Lord
-
Hydroponics Industry Control Bill
- 2009-09-24
- 2009-10-13
-
2009-10-15
- 2009-10-27
- 2009-11-17
-
I
- In 2 Life
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Independent Commission Against Corruption Bill
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Independent Commission Against Crime and Corruption Bill
- Independent Gambling Authority
-
Indigenous Consumers
-
2009-11-18
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- Indigenous Offenders
- Indigenous Women
- Industrial Relations Commission
-
Infrastructure Projects
-
2009-07-16
-
- Innovation Development Grants
-
Insurance Aggregators
-
International Day Against Homophobia
-
International Women's Day
- International Workers Memorial Day
- Internet Sweep Day
-
Intervention Orders (Prevention of Abuse) Bill
- 2009-10-28
-
2009-11-19
- 2009-12-01
-
Introduction and First Reading
-
2008-11-27
-
2009-02-18
-
Bills (7)
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2009-05-13
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- IRIS Systems
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Iron Ore, Eyre Peninsula
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Irrigation Bill
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Isolated Children's Parents' Association
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Isolated Students Funding
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Italian Consulate
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Italian Liberation Day
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Itinerant Traders
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J
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James Nash House
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John Knox Church and Schoolhouse
- Johns, Mr K.
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Julia Farr Services
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2009-06-18
- 2009-09-24
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- Juvenile Diabetes
-
-
K
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Kanck, Hon. S.M.
- Kangaroo Island
- Kangaroo Island Natural Resources Management Plan
- Kangaroos
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Kapunda Hospital (Variation of Trust) Bill
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King, Mr J.
- Kirby, Justice Michael
- Kleenmaid
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L
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Labor Party
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Laidlaw, Hon. D.H.
- Lakes and Coorong Fishery—Pipi Quotas
- Land Agents
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Land Management Corporation
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Land Tax
- 2008-11-13
-
2009-03-04
- 2009-03-25
- 2009-03-26
-
Land Valuation
- Landscape Futures Project
- Law and Order
- Law Enforcement
-
Le Cornu Site
-
2008-09-23
-
2008-09-25
-
- LeFevre Peninsula
- Legislation
- Legislative Council
-
Legislative Council Reform
-
2009-07-15
-
-
Legislative Council Select Committees
- Legislative Council Vacancy
-
Legislative Review Committee
- 2008-09-10
- 2008-09-10
- 2008-09-24
- 2008-10-15
- 2008-10-29
- 2008-11-12
- 2008-11-26
- 2009-02-04
- 2009-02-18
- 2009-02-18
- 2009-03-04
- 2009-03-24
- 2009-03-25
- 2009-04-08
- 2009-04-29
- 2009-05-13
- 2009-05-13
- 2009-06-03
- 2009-06-17
- 2009-07-15
-
2009-09-09
-
Parliamentary Committees (2)
-
- 2009-09-22
- 2009-09-23
- 2009-10-14
- 2009-10-28
- 2009-11-18
- 2009-12-02
- Legislative Review Committee: Aquaculture Variation Regulations
-
Liberal Party
- 2008-09-10
- 2008-09-10
- 2009-02-04
- 2009-04-29
-
2009-06-17
-
Matters of Interest (2)
-
- 2009-09-09
-
Liquor Licensing
-
Liquor Licensing (Power to Bar) Amendment Bill
-
Liquor Licensing (Producers, Responsible Service and Other Matters) Amendment Bill
- Liquor Licensing Act
-
Liquor Licensing Officers
-
2008-10-16
-
- Livestock Transport Legislation
-
Local Government
-
Local Government (Accountability Framework) Amendment Bill
-
Local Government (Elections) (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill
-
Local Government (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill
- Local Government (Notice of Meetings) Amendment Bill
-
Local Government (Stormwater Harvesting) Amendment Bill
-
Local Government (Waste Collection) Amendment Bill
- Local Government Accountability
- Local Government Association
-
Local Government Awards
-
Local Government Contracts
-
2008-11-25
-
Question Time (2)
-
-
- Local Government Enforcement Powers
- Local Government Funding
- Local Government Heritage
- Local Government Land
-
Local Government, CEO Remuneration
-
2009-09-23
-
Question Time (2)
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-
-
Long Service Leave (Unpaid Leave) Amendment Bill
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-
M
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Magill Training Facility
- Magill Youth Training Facility
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Magistrates Court (Special Justices) Amendment Bill
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Main North Road
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Main North Road, Evanston Park
-
Major Project Developments
-
Major Projects
-
2009-04-30
-
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Maltarra Road, Munno Para
- Maltese Senior Citizens Association of South Australia
- Mannum Ferry
- Manock, Dr C.
- Manuel, Dr B.
- Maralinga Lands
- Maralinga Tjarutja Land Rights (Miscellaneous) Amendment
-
Maralinga Tjarutja Land Rights (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill
-
Marathon Resources
- 2008-09-10
- 2008-09-10
- 2008-09-11
-
2009-02-05
- 2009-04-28
- 2009-09-09
-
2009-10-13
-
Marine Protected Areas
- Marine Scalefish Fisheries—Pipi Quotas
-
Maritime Services (Access) (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill
-
Marjorie Jackson-Nelson Hospital
- Marla Infrastructure
- Marshall, Ms A.
- Maternal Alienation Project
- Mccann, Mr W.
- McLaren
- McLaren Vale Police Station
-
Meals on Wheels
- Medvet
-
Melrose Park School
-
Member, New
- Member, Swearing in
-
Member's Remarks
- 2008-11-26
-
2009-03-05
-
Parliamentary Procedure (1)
-
Personal Explanation (1)
-
- Members of Parliament
-
Members' Contribution
- Members' Register of Interests
- Members' Remarks
- Members' Travel Expenditure
-
Mental Health Bill
-
Mental Health Practices
- Mental Health Services, Women
- Mental Health, Rural Communities
- Mercy Ministries
- Messenger Press
- Mid North Regional Land Use Framework
- Mid-Murray Region
-
Mid-Year Budget Review
-
2009-04-28
-
Answers to Questions (2)
-
-
2009-07-16
-
-
Mineral Exploration
-
Mineral Exploration, Indigenous Communities
-
2009-10-29
-
- Mining (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill
-
Mining Engineers
-
Mining Industry
-
Mining Projects
- 2008-09-25
-
2009-06-02
-
Mining Royalties
-
Mining Sector
-
Minister's Overseas Trip
-
Ministerial Staff
-
2008-10-16
-
2008-11-25
- 2009-02-19
- 2009-05-12
- 2009-06-02
-
-
Ministerial Travel
- 2008-09-10
- 2008-09-10
- 2008-10-16
-
2009-04-28
-
Answers to Questions (2)
-
- 2009-05-12
- 2009-06-16
- 2009-07-16
- 2009-10-13
- Mitsubishi
-
Mitsubishi Motors
-
2008-11-13
-
-
Mobile Phones
- 2008-11-12
-
2009-04-07
-
Answers to Questions (2)
-
- 2009-07-17
-
Mobilong Correctional Facility
-
2008-09-10
-
2008-09-10
-
- Modbury Hospital Oncology Service
- Monterola, Mr V.D.
- Moomba Gas Field
- Mortgage Broking
- Motor Vehicle Security
-
Motor Vehicles (Miscellaneous No. 2) Amendment Bill
-
Motor Vehicles (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill
- Motorsport Facility
-
Mount Barker
-
2009-07-02
-
Ministerial Statement (1)
-
Question Time (1)
-
-
2009-07-15
-
-
Mount Barker Rail Service
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2009-02-03
-
-
Mount Gambier Hospital Hydrotherapy Pool Fund Bill
-
Multicultural Affairs
- Multicultural Aged Care
- Murray Bridge Racing Facilities
-
Murray River
-
Murray River Buyback Scheme
-
2009-02-18
-
Questions & Answers (2)
-
-
2009-02-18
-
-
Murray River Communities
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2008-10-30
-
- Murray River Ferries
- Murray River Marina Strategy
-
Murray River, Lower Lakes
- Murray-Darling Association
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Murray-Darling Basin
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Murray-Darling Basin Agreement
-
Murray-Darling Basin Bill
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N
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Nairne Primary School
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National Electricity (South Australia) (National Electricity Law—Australian Energy Market Operator) Amendment Bill
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National Electricity (South Australia) (Smart Meters) Amendment Bill
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National Gas (South Australia) (National Gas Law—Australian Energy Market Operator) Amendment Bill
-
National Gas (South Australia) (Short Term Trading Market) Amendment Bill
- National Parks and Wildlife (Arkaroola-Mt Painter Sanctuary Mining Prohibition) Amendment Bill
-
National Parks and Wildlife (Ban on Hunting Protected Animals) Amendment Bill
-
Native Vegetation (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill
- Native Vegetation Code of Practice
- Native Waterbirds
- Natural Burials
-
Natural Resources Committee
- 2008-09-11
- 2008-09-25
- 2008-11-26
- 2009-02-17
- 2009-03-26
- 2009-04-30
- 2009-06-04
- 2009-06-18
- 2009-09-08
-
2009-09-24
-
Parliamentary Committees (2)
-
- 2009-10-15
-
2009-11-19
-
Parliamentary Committees (2)
-
-
Natural Resources Committee: Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board
-
Natural Resources Committee: Annual Report
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Natural Resources Committee: Arid Lands Natural Resources Management Board
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Natural Resources Committee: Deep Creek
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Natural Resources Committee: Eyre Peninsula Natural Resources Management Board
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Natural Resources Committee: Kangaroo Island Natural Resources Management Board
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Natural Resources Committee: Murray-Darling Basin (Volume 1)
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Natural Resources Committee: Northern and Yorke Natural Resources Management Board
-
Natural Resources Committee: South Australian Murray-Darling Basin Natural Resources Management Board
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Natural Resources Committee: Upper South East Dryland Salinity and Flood Management Act
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Natural Resources Committee: Water Resource Management in the Murray-Darling Basin
- Natural Resources Management
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Natural Resources Management (Water Harvesting) Amendment Bill
- NCA Bombing
- Newport Quays
- Niarchos, Mr N.
- Noarlunga Railway Line
- Non-Alcoholic Beverages
- North Para Flood Mitigation Dam
- North Plympton Development
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Northern Connections
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Northern Flinders Ranges
-
Northern Suburbs Bus Routes
-
2009-12-03
-
-
Northern Suburbs Development
-
Noske, Ms K.
-
2009-03-05
-
-
Nuclear Waste Storage Facility
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2008-09-10
-
2008-09-10
-
-
Nuclear Weapons
- Nurse Staffing Levels
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Nursing and Midwifery Practice Bill
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-
O
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O-Bahn Extension
- Ocean Energy
- Office for the Northern Suburbs
- Office for Women
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Office of Consumer and Business Affairs
- Oil and Gas Exploration
- Old Noarlunga Development
- Olson, Mr J.W.
-
Olympic Dam
- Olympic Dam Expansion
-
Ombudsman
- 2008-09-25
- 2009-02-03
-
2009-03-04
- 2009-04-07
- 2009-04-08
- 2009-09-22
- Ombudsman's Report
-
One and All
-
2009-02-04
- 2009-02-19
- 2009-03-24
-
- OPEL Broadband Network
-
Open Space
-
Opening of Parliament
- Operation Flinders Foundation
- Opie, Major L.M.
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Outback Areas Community Development Trust
-
2008-10-16
-
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Outback Communities
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2008-11-25
- 2009-03-24
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Outback Communities (Administration and Management) Bill
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Outback Roads
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2009-09-08
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- Oyster Growers Levy
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-
P
- Palliative Care
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Panter, Dr D.
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Papers
- 2008-09-10
- 2008-09-10
- 2008-09-11
- 2008-09-23
- 2008-09-24
- 2008-09-25
- 2008-10-14
- 2008-10-28
- 2008-10-29
- 2008-10-30
- 2008-11-11
- 2008-11-12
- 2008-11-13
- 2008-11-25
- 2008-11-26
- 2008-11-27
- 2008-11-27
- 2008-12-02
- 2008-12-02
- 2009-02-03
- 2009-02-04
- 2009-02-05
- 2009-02-17
- 2009-02-18
- 2009-02-18
- 2009-02-19
- 2009-03-03
- 2009-03-04
- 2009-03-24
- 2009-03-25
- 2009-03-26
- 2009-04-07
- 2009-04-28
- 2009-04-30
- 2009-05-12
- 2009-05-14
- 2009-06-02
- 2009-06-03
- 2009-06-04
- 2009-06-16
- 2009-06-17
- 2009-06-18
- 2009-07-02
- 2009-07-14
- 2009-07-15
- 2009-07-16
- 2009-09-08
- 2009-09-10
- 2009-09-22
- 2009-09-24
- 2009-10-13
- 2009-10-14
- 2009-10-15
- 2009-10-27
- 2009-10-28
- 2009-10-29
- 2009-11-17
- 2009-11-18
- 2009-11-19
- 2009-12-01
- 2009-12-02
- 2009-12-03
- Para Wirra Recreation Park
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Parental Rights and Child Protection
- Parking
- Parliament, Sitting Program
- Parliamentary Committee on Occupational Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation
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Parliamentary Debate
- Parliamentary Remuneration (Basic Salary Determinations) Amendment Bill
- Parole
-
Partnerships (Venture Capital) Amendment Bill
-
Passenger Transport (Driver Accreditation) Amendment Bill
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Passenger Transport Act
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Payroll Tax Bill
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Penola Bypass
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Penrice Mine
-
2009-11-18
-
-
Personal Property Securities (Commonwealth Powers) Bill
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Petroleum (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill
- Petroleum Act
-
Petroleum Exploration
-
2008-11-25
- 2009-06-03
-
- Petroleum Industry
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Petroleum Products Subsidy Act Repeal Bill
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Photographer
- Physiotherapy Board of South Australia
- Pike River Conservation Park
- Pipi Quota Management System
- Places for People Program
- Planning and Development Fund Grants
-
Planning and Development Report
- Planning and Local Government Department
-
Planning Approvals
-
2009-02-19
-
-
Planning SA
-
2008-10-16
-
Ministerial Statement (1)
-
Question Time (2)
-
- 2009-05-12
-
-
Plant Health Bill
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Plastic Shopping Bags (Waste Avoidance) Bill
- Player Tracking Technology
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Point Lowly
-
Police Bail, Children
- Police Barring Orders
- Police Commissioner
- Police Complaints Authority
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Police Conduct
- Police Headquarters
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Police Numbers
-
Police Prisons
-
Police Procedure
-
2009-03-26
- 2009-07-16
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-
Police Recruitment
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Police Resources
- Police Response
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Police Road Safety Policy
-
2009-04-07
- 2009-04-08
-
-
Police Uniforms
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Police, APY Lands
- Police, Indigenous Staff
- Political Conduct
- Political Donations
-
Population Growth
- Port Adelaide Redevelopment
-
Port Augusta
-
2009-02-05
-
-
Port Augusta Hospital
- Port Augusta Medical Transfers
-
Port Augusta Prison
-
2008-10-14
-
Ministerial Statement (1)
-
Question Time (3)
-
-
2008-10-15
-
2008-10-16
-
Question Time (2)
-
-
2008-10-28
- 2008-10-29
-
2009-02-17
-
Ministerial Statement (1)
-
Question Time (1)
-
-
2009-02-18
-
Questions & Answers (2)
-
-
2009-02-18
- 2009-06-17
-
- Port Facilities
- Port Hughes Development
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Port Lincoln
-
Port Lincoln Iron Ore Export Facility
-
Port Lincoln, Planning
-
2009-03-05
- 2009-09-08
-
- Port Pirie, Future Development
-
Power Assisted Pedal Bikes
-
2009-06-03
-
- Powers of Attorney
-
Premier's Council for Women
-
2009-02-03
-
- Premier's Twitter Site
-
Premier's Women's Directory
-
President Barack Obama
- Price Comparator Websites
- Price Scanning
-
Primary Industries and Resources SA
-
Printing Committee
-
Prison Staffing
- 2008-10-15
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2008-11-12
- 2009-02-18
- 2009-02-18
- Prisoner Education
- Prisoner Rehabilitation
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Prisoner Rehabilitation Programs
-
2009-10-13
-
Answers to Questions (2)
-
-
-
Prisons
-
2008-09-10
-
Questions & Answers (2)
-
-
2008-09-10
- 2008-10-29
- 2009-03-04
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-
Prisons, Beds
- Prisons, Hepatitis C
-
Prisons, New
-
2008-10-28
-
-
Prisons, Overcrowding
- Private Certifiers
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Privatisation
-
Product Safety
- Project Coordination Board
- Property Valuations
- Prospector of the Year Award
-
Psychological Practice Bill
- Public Employment Commissioner
- Public Infrastructure
- Public Interest Litigation
- Public Schools
-
Public Sector Bill
- 2009-02-18
- 2009-02-18
- 2009-03-24
- 2009-03-26
- 2009-04-28
- 2009-04-30
- 2009-05-13
- 2009-05-13
- 2009-05-14
- 2009-06-02
- 2009-06-03
-
2009-06-04
-
Answers to Questions (1)
- Bills
-
Personal Explanation (1)
-
- 2009-07-14
- 2009-07-16
- 2009-09-08
- Public Sector Executive Contracts
-
Public Sector Management (Consequential) Amendment Bill
- Public Sector Reform
- Public Service Appointments
-
Public Service Employees
-
2009-04-28
-
Answers to Questions (60)
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
- The Hon. R.I. LUCAS, The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY
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Public Transport
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Public Transport, Advertising
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Public-Private Partnerships
- 2008-09-11
- 2009-04-08
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2009-09-08
-
Answers to Questions (1)
-
Question Time (1)
-
-
Publishing Committee
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Q
- Queama, Mr Kunmanara
- Questions on Notice
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Questions Without Notice
-
2008-11-27
-
Questions & Answers (2)
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-
2008-11-27
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-
R
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Racing Industry
- 2008-09-11
- 2009-03-25
-
2009-04-08
-
Motions (1)
-
Question Time (1)
-
- 2009-04-29
- 2009-06-17
-
Rail Commissioner Bill
-
Rail Line, Northern Suburbs
- Rail Line, Southern Suburbs
-
Rail Safety
-
2009-02-05
-
- Rail Stock
-
Railcars
- Rankine, Mr H.
- Rau
-
Real Estate Industry
- Reclaim the Night
- Recreational Boating
- Recreational Services
-
Recreational Water Craft
- Redford, Mr A.
-
Referendum (Reform of Legislative Council and Settlement of Deadlocks on Legislation) Bill
-
Refuse Control
- Regional Airstrips
- Regional Communities
-
Regional Development Australia
- 2009-06-04
- 2009-10-13
-
2009-10-15
-
Regional Development Boards
- Regional Land Use Frameworks
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Regional Local Government Associations
- Regional Rail Service
-
Regulating Government Publicity Bill
- Remembrance Day
-
Renewable Energy
-
Renmark Irrigation Trust Bill
- Renmark/Paringa Hospital
- Rental Auctions
-
Repay SA
- Replies to Questions
-
Reproductive Technology (Clinical Practices) (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill
-
Residential Development
-
Residential Development Code
-
2009-03-04
- 2009-04-07
- 2009-04-28
-
2009-05-13
-
Questions & Answers (2)
-
-
2009-05-13
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CONSENT TO MEDICAL TREATMENT AND PALLIATIVE CARE (VOLUNTARY EUTHANASIA) AMENDMENT BILL
Second Reading
Adjourned debate on second reading.
(Continued from 26 November 2008. Page 943.)
The Hon. D.G.E. HOOD (22:07): Time and again, world wide, the euthanasia issue has been put to a vote or an inquiry, and on each of those occasions, in my view, it has been found wanting. World wide, the only countries allowing the practice of legalised euthanasia are the Netherlands, Belgium, Albania and, most recently, Luxembourg. Oregon and Washington states in the US also allow it, and it is not listed as a crime specifically in Switzerland. Numerous inquiries world wide have criticised and reported negatively on the practice. Indeed, our own Prime Minister (Hon. Kevin Rudd) condemned the practice during an interview on Macquarie radio in just May last year, saying he was concerned that laws allowing euthanasia could lead to the elderly and terminally ill thinking they were a burden on their loved ones and, thus, being forced into opting for euthanasia.
I begin by acknowledging that there are many sincere people calling for active euthanasia. It is, indeed, a difficult area, and I am sure everyone would acknowledge that. I have listened respectfully to the arguments that they have put to me in numerous letters and emails that have come across my desk, and I have tremendous sympathy for people in hospital who are suffering what they consider to be unbearable pain through disease, accident, or whatever the cause may be.
However, I have consistently opposed euthanasia and our party has consistently opposed all bills that have as their objective the legalisation of active euthanasia. We maintain that the position of allowing so-called mercy killing or assisted suicide sends the wrong message about the sanctity of life and may result in some elderly South Australians feeling that they almost have a duty to die so as not to be a burden on others.
Our opposition to active euthanasia is based on a public policy ground that it is inappropriate for a state such as ours to tacitly condone or, indeed, even promote the taking of life, either by suicide, assisted suicide or active euthanasia. One person dies by suicide in South Australia every second day on average. The South Australian rate is 14 per cent above the national average. In my view, our priority at the moment must be to promote the value of human life rather than to see people succumb to the pressure that may be placed upon them to euthanise themselves.
This is not to say that we believe that artificial methods should be employed to prolong life where there are no prospects of recovery—we do not; or indeed when the patient does not consent to medical intervention—that should be up to them. In many medical cases pain relief or other medication is required by a patient even when there is the knowledge that the treatment or pain relief may actually shorten the patient's life as a side effect of that treatment.
If the treatment is required to alleviate suffering or for other medical needs, again, Family First is not opposed to it. We do not argue that life needs to be artificially prolonged or, indeed, that pain be left untreated. I should point out that a number of people I have spoken to who have lobbied in favour of euthanasia have misunderstood that allowing euthanasia laws would allow their life not to be artificially prolonged. Of course, that is not what euthanasia is. When I have explained that on the phone or in person, some people have changed their view during those discussions.
When the figures of four out of five South Australians being in support of euthanasia are commonly quoted, I suspect that many of these people have in mind what I have just mentioned, that is, the administration of a drug to alleviate suffering; or they may be opposed to artificial methods that are sometimes employed to prolong life needlessly. In fact, the majority of survey questions can contain loaded language. Indeed, one survey I was sent, which noted that 80 per cent of people in Adelaide wanted euthanasia laws, actually asked, when I checked the language of the policy:
If a hopelessly ill patient experiencing unbelievable suffering with absolutely no chance of recovering asks for a lethal dose, should a doctor be allowed to provide a lethal dose or not?
That is hardly an objective question: indeed, it is quite leading. Correspondingly, if we asked a loaded question along the lines of, 'Is a doctor's oath that they do no harm important to you, and would you object to a doctor being legally able to harm or kill you?', I suspect that the number apparently opposed to euthanasia would fall just as far the other way. Indeed, I could not believe that numbers alone is a sufficient reason to enact euthanasia legislation, that is, that apparently 80 per cent of people want it. I do not accept that figure, as I have just indicated.
I have seen figures that indicate that of the order of 70 per cent of people want capital punishment introduced in Australia. That is something I certainly would not support, and I suspect that no member of this chamber should support it. Sometimes numbers just do not tell the full story. I personally think that the majority of South Australians, when the methods and circumstances are fully explained to them, would find the active killing of an elderly or sick patient by another person completely repugnant and certainly poor public policy.
Indeed, in the 2002 state election, Philip Nitschke drew the No. 1 spot on the ballot paper for the upper house but was able to get only 10,941 votes—a mere 1.8 per cent of the vote. The other candidate supporting voluntary euthanasia, the Hon. Sandra Kanck of the former Democrats, made a very clear statement before the election that she was in favour of voluntary euthanasia and would introduce a bill during the first session of parliament. Instead of the Democrats' vote increasing it actually fell by 58,000 votes. I suspect that support for active euthanasia is not as strong as often stated.
The Australian Medical Association's Tasmanian President, Chris Middleton, recently affirmed the following:
Legalising euthanasia would definitely poison the doctor/patient relationship, creating fear and distrust.
That is a concern I share. I recently received a letter from Frances Coombe, President of the South Australian Voluntary Euthanasia Society (SAVES), dated 26 June 2009, in which she argued that euthanasia is 'not an issue of conscience', and I agree with her in many ways. I agree with her: it is not an issue that I think allows me or my conscience to support.
I took the opportunity to write to the heads of several churches inquiring of their attitude toward euthanasia, because we have been lobbied by some group claiming to be Christians for Euthanasia. I will read some of their responses onto the Hansard record. The Most Reverend Philip Wilson, Archbishop of Adelaide, wrote this to me:
The Catholic Church's position on euthanasia is clear: the right to life is the most fundamental of all human rights and one which cannot be diminished by any other right, real or imagined. Life is to be cherished and protected from the moment of conception through to natural death. Once we seek to create exceptions such as euthanasia we effectively diminish the value of all human life. If we begin to make value judgments about the relative quality of people's lives, we lose sight of the objective reality that all life is sacred. Science and medical knowledge should always be at the service of human life. In Australia, and especially in South Australia, we are fortunate indeed that our palliative care services are amongst the best in the world. I am convinced that a broader understanding of palliative care support services in our community would serve to diminish the call for euthanasia. People are naturally concerned about what might happen to them should they experience a life threatening illness. They deserve reassurance and care, not simply the spectre of a hastened death.
I believe that legalising voluntary euthanasia will only increase people's fears of what might happen to them. I understand in the Netherlands that people fearing the possibility of being euthanized now carry cards on their person making it known that they do not want to be killed should they fall ill and need hospitalisation.
In a world where so-called 'mercy killing' was permitted, what would happen to the doctor-patient relationship? Would the aged and infirm among us feel pressured into accepting euthanasia for themselves as a 'duty' also as to 'unburden' their families of their care? As we have seen in the Netherlands, how long would it be before restrictions on euthanasia for the use only for the terminally ill be extended to others; the depressed, the lonely, the disabled?
The letter goes on to state, 'Thank you for taking up this fight.' In his letter to me, the Archbishop mentioned the case of the Netherlands, which has allowed legalised active euthanasia for some time now. His concern was that, once the floodgates to euthanasia were opened in that country, the practice gradually became accepted and, indeed, extended into other areas. In 1990, for example, there were some 10,558 cases in the Netherlands of doctors who had expressed intent to kill.
The Remmelink Report, an official Dutch government survey of euthanasia practices, found that over 1,000 patients are euthanased non-voluntarily in that country each year. In a 1998 submission to the Tasmanian Committee of Inquiry into Euthanasia, the Australian Medical Association stated:
We do not think it is possible to set safe limits on voluntary euthanasia...we took account of the present situation in the Netherlands; indeed some of us visited that country and talked to doctors, lawyers and others. We returned feeling uncomfortable, especially in the light of evidence indicating that non-voluntary euthanasia...was commonly performed.
In his letter, the Archbishop also asked how long it would be before the depressed, lonely or simply disabled sought out euthanasia services—and this is not an unrealistic concern, in my view.
Philip Nitschke once stated in an interview with the National Review in the US that euthanasia should be available to anyone who feels the need for it. The interviewer asked him whether the lonely, old and depressed should be able to request euthanasia and he said yes. The interviewer then asked about the depressed, troubled teenager—a teenager—and, again, Nitschke said yes. I find those sentiments outrageous. Frankly, his advertisement last weekend which he sent to his supporters and which I forwarded to The Advertiser advertising a bundled copy of his book The Peaceful Pill, so-called, along with a helium bottle, was just plain irresponsible.
The depressed, troubled teenager that he quotes—as many teenagers are at some point in time—need family support when they miss out on making the football team or when they have broken up with a boyfriend or girlfriend or whatever it might be. They do not need euthanasia or a seedy deal to buy a helium bottle bundled with a suicide manual.
The undeniable truth, in my mind, is that, despite the good intentions behind this bill, if a new field of euthanasia medicine was to open in South Australia it would be quickly filled with people who have a real focus on this, like Dr Nitschke, for example, selling helium bottles, do-it-yourself suicide kits and perhaps other substances in order to assist the process. Of course, we would then become the target of interstate and, indeed, international suicide tourists, as they are called.
Dignitas International in Switzerland, a company which specialises in euthanasia services and which is often lauded as the model of a compassionate euthanasia service, recently found itself the target of an exposé in the British Daily Mail, which I will place on the record. The article states:
When Maxine Coombes decided she could no longer live with...pain...her family tried to convince her to battle on. But she was drawn to the idea of an assisted suicide in Switzerland, where she believed she would meet a peaceful end surrounded by music, candles, flowers and compassionate staff. After saving money from her weekly benefits and selling her car she raised the £10,000 needed and booked herself into the Dignitas clinic in Zurich, whose motto is 'Live with dignity, die with dignity'.
However, her son and twin sister, who travelled to Zurich with the 59-year-old mother of three earlier this month, claim her end was far from dignified. Paul Clifford, 40, said the family had a 'terrible' experience and likened the flat where his mother died to a 'backstreet abortion place' with graffiti-covered walls. To add to his shock, when Mrs Coombes raised concerns that her son might struggle to cope with her death, a member of staff said he, too, could die at a 'cut price' rate.
Mr Clifford, who is back home in [his hometown], South London, following his mother's death on January 10 said: 'When we arrived at the place it was a block of flats, with a buzzer marked Dignitas but there was no answer.
'We were standing there for about three-quarters of an hour until a man arrived wearing a leather jacket with a sports bag over his shoulder, a dirty blue T shirt, jeans with the knees cut out and smoking a roll-up.
There was paint and graffiti on the walls outside, and the same on the door to the apartment.
Inside there was a coffee table, four chairs around it, a bench, and a little washbasin.
He said he had to make a video and asked my mother, 'You know what you're doing, don't you? Nobody's pressuring you to drink this drink, are they? You know if you drink this you are going to die?'
Mr Clifford said his mother, a former court usher, took a lethal dose of barbiturates just 15 minutes after entering the room.
He and Mrs Coombes's sister, Dawn Davis, were told she would be conscious for another 45 minutes, but just 40 seconds later they, watched her head slump to her chest.
The Swiss member of staff, who had introduced himself as Arthur, then announced: 'Let's make sure we get our stories straight.'
Mr Clifford, a lorry driver's mate, said: 'We don't have a story to 'get straight'.'
I was just saying, 'Mum, I love you, are you sure you know what you are doing? I wanted to take the drink off her and chuck it on the floor but that would have been selfish.
He wanted us to go out of the room while he checked she was dead. We had to sit on a flight of stairs which stank of urine.
Another Daily Mail article, somewhat shorter, contains the allegations of a former Dignitas nurse, Soraya Wernli, who worked at the clinic for two years. The article states:
The room where people were to die was often filthy, because Minelli skimped on the cleaning bills. Often there would be shoes or underwear or some other deeply personal item of an earlier victim lying beneath the bed or around the room. It was shameful.
The article also discussed the euthanasia of a 23 year old, Daniel James, a young rugby player from Worcester in the UK who had been paralysed after being caught in a rugby scrum during training and did not want to live a life in a wheelchair. He was not terminally ill.
I take the opportunity to point out that, under clause 6 of this bill, a person in 23 year old Daniel James' position would also be able to be euthanised, notwithstanding that, at some future point, there may be a medical treatment that would see him walk again. The only requirement in clause 6 is that the injury is apparently 'intolerable'. Presumably, severe depression might also be regarded by some people as an intolerable medical condition. The words contained in clause 6 provide:
...an illness, injury or other medical condition that...irreversibly impairs the person's quality of life so that life has become intolerable to that person.
That wording sounds both subjective and very wide in scope. Was it intolerable for Daniel James to keep living after his rugby accident, given that he was confined to a wheelchair? Would it be intolerable for someone to live with arthritis or shingles, for example? Most elderly people in any nursing home have an illness that could subjectively qualify under this test.
As members would be aware, in 1995 the world's first euthanasia legislation, the Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995, was passed in the Northern Territory, and saw several deaths until it was overturned in a 1997 commonwealth act. In the patient examples from the limited Northern Territory experience, it is clear that four of the patients mentioned in a follow-up report prepared jointly by Dr Nitschke were not in severe pain at all.
In fact, the medical notes indicate that in case 3 'the patient took morphine for generalised bone pain'. In case 4, 'pain was well controlled'. In case 5, the patient 'complained of mild background pain incompletely relieved by medication'. In case 6, 'regular analgesia was needed for abdominal pain'. In each case, despite the low or controlled level of pain indicated, the request for euthanasia was accepted.
Another question may be whether it is intolerable for someone to live with depression following the death of a spouse, for example. I note that clause 9 of the bill does not require a referral to a psychiatrist but leaves the question of whether a referral is necessary to the treating doctor. This discretionary provision, as far as I can see, has been taken from Oregon's Death With Dignity Act, and I understand that of the 49 people who sought euthanasia in that state in 2007 not one of them was referred to a psychiatrist.
In the Northern Territory experience, it is apparent that in cases 3 and 4 mentioned in Nitschke's report there were depressive symptoms. In the Northern Territory case 5, a psychological assessment took place on the day on which euthanasia was planned. The case involved an elderly English migrant who was unmarried and had no relatives in Australia. Dr Nitschke refers to his 'sadness over the man's loneliness and isolation' as he administered euthanasia. In evidence to a Senate committee, Dr Nitschke later admitted that he personally paid for this psychiatric consultation for this man and that it took less than 20 minutes.
Returning to the Swiss experience, the Daily Mail article contained discussion of one particularly gruesome episode, the 70 hour death of Peter Auhagen, a German man who had sought out the services of the clinic in 2004. Mr Auhagen's death became the subject of a TV documentary in Germany given its horrific nature. The article reads with commentary from a former nurse at the clinic, as follows:
The majority of Dignitas clients kill themselves by drinking a spiked drug cocktail containing a lethal dose of barbiturates.
Mrs Wernli recalls:
On this occasion, Minelli wanted to try out a suicide machine—which operated by a system of tubes and valves that the patient controlled to administer the drug intravenously.
I don't know where Minelli had got this machine from. All I know is the man was still alive in the death room 24 hours later. I had to take over from the female companion who was there because she was exhausted.
The machine had a fault, which meant it couldn't pump all the poison into his system. The man was partially poisoned, in agony and thrashing around in a coma, frothing at the mouth and sweating. I had to clean him. It was a terrible thing to witness, and I knew it could not go on.
I slept on the kitchen floor of the apartment that night. In the morning, after 48 hours had gone by, I told the family that Mr Auhagen had to go to hospital. I rang Minelli and he broke with his usual habit by actually turning up at the death house. This was indeed out of character—Minelli's offices are in a different area to the flat, and he normally stays well clear of the scene.
Mrs Wernli went on:
He was angry—not at the failed suicide, but with me for suggesting that man should be in a hospital bed. 'Are you crazy?' he said. 'Do you know what the papers will say about this—that Dignitas has mucked it all up? We are falling behind here—there are others waiting to use that room!'
Supporters of euthanasia may well say that I am being unfair or bringing too much emotion into the debate by raising the death of Mr Auhagen. I raise this instance because I submit that it is profoundly untrue to paint the practice of euthanasia as a uniformly loving, peaceful and problem-free practice. The Swiss experience has clearly had several problems.
When human life is cheapened to the extent that killing becomes allowed and endorsed by the state, it is just hard to understand—or impossible, I should say—how some people who have that view of life will somehow respect the death and dying process. South Australia will become a haven for doctors pursuing this sort of activity—if I can put it that way—like Dr Philip Nitschke with his low view of life. If this bill passes in this place and the other place, no doubt it will set up something here that will resemble the practice currently performed in Switzerland—a euthanasia business, if I can call it that.
Further, I doubt that Dr Nitschke and other doctors like him will be scrupulous in applying the law. Dr Nitschke gave evidence recently (on 31 August) to a Tasmanian parliamentary inquiry into the Dying with Dignity Bill presented by the Greens, in which he actually admitted that he might have broken the law when he euthanased a patient in 1997.
A small number of people died during the short time that the Northern Territory's Rights of the Terminally Ill Act was in operation, before it was quashed by the federal parliament. Serious questions have remained surrounding several of the deaths.
In response to a question from a Tasmanian Liberal member, Brett Whiteley, Dr Nitschke admitted to euthanasing an unnamed man in breach of psychiatric assessment rules contained in the act. Dr Nitschke told the inquiry:
Maybe it was a breach, but it was a breach motivated, I would say, by compassion.
He ignored the person's legally enacted rights and killed them—and somehow this is the compassion he is claiming.
There were also questions raised during the committee whether one particular woman, Janet Mills, died in breach of the law because her skin condition was assessed by an orthopaedic surgeon rather than someone with expertise in her illness. In his evidence to the committee, Dr Nitschke seemed to indicate that he thought any specialist could carry out the examination even though the act and regulations clearly stated that the specialist had to be qualified in dealing with a terminal illness from which the patient was suffering. How many of the guidelines in the present bill would be breached when we begin entrusting its operation to the type of medical practitioner who will actually want to work and specialise in this field?
Members will also be aware of Nancy Crick's circumstances—an Australian woman who took her own life by drinking a solution of Nembutal. Nancy's decision to end her life was supported by Dr Nitschke, and her death to escape the ravages of bowel cancer was trumpeted by euthanasia advocates as a humane end. The autopsy results later showed that Mrs Crick did not, in fact, have bowel cancer at all, despite Dr Nitschke's contrary assertions. How many cases similar to Nancy Crick's will result if this bill passes? Dr Russell Stitz, a Queensland bowel cancer expert, has said that if Mrs Crick did not have cancer, as the tests clearly showed, her symptoms could have been simply treated with pain management and psychological support.
I have read onto the record a letter from the Catholic Church regarding this bill. I was also grateful to receive a letter from the Most Reverend Dr Jeffrey Driver, Archbishop of Adelaide for the Anglican Church. He states:
The Anglican Church in Australia has maintained opposition to voluntary euthanasia, while at the same time supporting the palliative use of painkilling medication, even where the use of such medication to control pain may also have the possible side effect of shortening life [although this is not the intention]. Similarly, we do not support the use of 'artificial means' to prolong life when there are no prospects of recovery.
The Reverend Mike Mills, State Executive Minister, and Mr Allan Priest, President of the Baptist Churches of South Australia, were also kind enough to reply to my call for input, and their letter reads:
We feel compelled to write and express our deep disquiet concerning the recently introduced bill to allow voluntary euthanasia. The Baptist Churches of South Australia strongly oppose any legislative change that would make euthanasia legal. As Baptists we place a very high value on the sanctity and gift of human life and do not believe legislative provisions allowing intentional action to end it are justifiable or appropriate...Christians who make representation in support of moves to legalise euthanasia are representative of a very tiny minority and do not in any way reflect the views of the overwhelming majority of the Baptist movement. We therefore implore you to oppose this proposed legislation.
Many countries have investigated the practice of active euthanasia and rejected it. The House of Lords carried out intensive investigations, hearing and obtaining evidence from experts. It came to the following conclusion in recommendation 237:
We do not think it possible to set secure limits on voluntary euthanasia...it would be impossible to frame adequate safeguards against non-voluntary euthanasia if voluntary euthanasia were to be legalised. It would be next to impossible to ensure that all acts of euthanasia were truly voluntary, and that any liberalisation of the law is not abused. Moreover, to create an exception to the general prohibition of intentional killing would inevitably open the way to its further erosion whether by design, by inadvertence, or by the human tendency to test the limits of any regulation. These dangers are such that we believe that any decriminalisation of voluntary euthanasia would give rise to more and more grave problems than those it sought to address.
A 1998 report prepared by the Tasmanian Community Development Committee, House of Assembly, at finding No. 6 states:
The committee does not consider the legalisation of voluntary euthanasia as an appropriate solution to abuses that may be occurring in the current system.
Finding No. 10 from the same report states:
The committee found that the legalisation of voluntary euthanasia would pose a serious threat to the more vulnerable members of society and that the obligation of the state to protect all its members equally outweighs the individual's freedom to choose voluntary euthanasia.
In 1994, the New York Task Force on Life and the Law noted that if voluntary euthanasia were to be legalised the potential for abuse would be profound. Once euthanasia is established as a therapeutic alternative, the line between patients who are competent to consent and those who are not will seem arbitrary to some doctors. To others it will seem outright discriminatory or unjust to deny a therapy because of the patient's incapacity to consent.
An argument is sometimes raised noting that if a particular person or church does not believe in euthanasia then that is their choice, but that it is inappropriate for them to force their choice onto others. However, my role as a legislator means that if I believe that a certain type of action is wrong, as I believe that active euthanasia is wrong, then it is my role to vote to ensure that it remains a criminal offence. I would not vote to legalise drug dealing, for example, simply because some people believe that drugs are harmless and it is their choice to abuse illicit substances: it does more harm than good. In my view, there are profound public policy reasons why we limit the supply of illicit drugs and why the practice of active euthanasia should remain illegal. My voting will reflect this, in both examples.
I have serious concerns regarding this bill, which I have outlined. It goes further than the Northern Territory bill. It does not require a second medical opinion, or for the medical practitioner to have any expertise at all in dealing with the patient's particular illness. The bill allows active euthanasia on patients who may have years to live. There is no requirement in the bill for terminal illness, or even any physical pain. It leaves elderly and sick South Australians with the thought that they are a burden and that the right thing to do is to request euthanasia, fully sanctioned and legalised by this government. I can just see the elderly and weak feeling almost compelled to opt for that option in order to relieve the burden on others.
Lastly, it will set up South Australia as a hub for suicide tourists—a terrible term—and I can see them coming here from all parts of the country. This well-meaning law will inevitably be abused. I believe it is poor public policy; it sends the wrong message about this state's view and value of life, and I indicate that I strongly oppose it. I leave members who are considering voting for this bill with one question: can they be certain that if they support this bill becoming law it will not lead to a single person being killed without their consent as a direct result of the passage of this bill?
Debate adjourned on motion of Hon. I.K. Hunter.