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Web Climate Change (Matters of Interest) - 27/09/2023
The Hon. D.G.E. HOOD (15:46): I rise today to speak on an issue that causes headlines around the world. We read about it almost every day, and that of course is the topic of climate change. I read with some interest just a few weeks ago that the United Nations and also a European science agency stated that the July just passed this year was certai... -
Web Federal Voice to Parliament Referendum (Matters of Interest) - 27/09/2023
The Hon. J.E. HANSON (15:51): About 19 years ago, a then little-known guy called Barack Obama said: Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope! With all due respect to Mr Obama, our nation has always had a place in its heart for the notion of audacity—our poets, our sporting champions, our criminals, and ... -
Web Independent Commission Against Corruption (Matters of Interest) - 27/09/2023
The Hon. F. PANGALLO (15:32): I want to address the extraordinary rant levelled at unnamed media and unnamed parliamentarians by ICAC Commissioner Vanstone KC in her response to the inspector's review of Mr John Hanlon. She presents a perfunctory defence for the institution while admitting its mistakes in the bungled investigation and prosecution.... -
Web World Mental Health Day (Matters of Interest) - 27/09/2023
The Hon. L.A. HENDERSON (15:27): I rise today to speak about World Mental Health Day, which is held on 10 October. This year's theme is 'Mental health is a universal human right' and aims to improve knowledge, raise awareness and drive actions that promote and protect everyone's mental health as a universal human right. One in eight people globall... -
Web Salvemini, Mr L. (Matters of Interest) - 27/09/2023
The Hon. C. BONAROS (15:42): Today, I wish to speak very briefly in memory of a larger than life man I had the privilege of knowing and calling a friend. We met in the worst circumstances following the death of his beloved son Jack, and he is known to many of us in these corridors as Mr Lee Salvemini. It is fair to say that Lee's remaining years a... -
Web Eight-Hour Working Day (Matters of Interest) - 27/09/2023
The Hon. T.T. NGO (15:23): Last Friday, on 22 September, I attended the 150-year anniversary celebration of the eight-hour working day, organised by SA Unions. I want to speak about the significant change that was won for the South Australian working people in 1873. Before 1873, employment was unregulated and workers lived day by day, hoping to pi... -
Web Petrakis, Ms A. (Matters of Interest) - 27/09/2023
The Hon. E.S. BOURKE (15:37): Last sitting week, I made comment on a local sporting champion, and this week I would like to shed light on another local South Australian who is wearing the green and gold. Today, I would like to recognise a member of the South Australian autistic and autism community whose success on and off the tennis court is noth...
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