Ian Gilfillan
Ian Gilfillan
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REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

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2001

Legend

22 November

Lights Out in Regional South Australia - Sandra Kanck NR
11 October

Democrats To Push Goyder To Marginal - Ian Gilfillan NR

25 September Beachport Boat Ramp - GR to Mike Elliott
20 September

If Your Can't Save Pasminco, You Must Save Port Pirie - Mike Elliott NR

14 August

Where will the Money Come From Ms Penfold? Sandra Kanck NR

5 July

Green Power? Not Under SA's Monopoly - Ian Gilfillan NR

5 July

Regional Budget Expenditure - Ian Gilfillan PQ

5 July

Wind Turbines - Ian Gilfillan PQ
3 July Rural Health - Sandra Kanck Q

27 June

School Buses Safer But Children Still In Danger - Ian Gilfillan  NR

21 June

Democrats Amendments Solve Netball Dilemma For Country Women - Mike Elliott
7 June Barossa Valley Hospital - Sandra Kanck Q

6 June

Kalbeeba Conflict of Interest - Sandra Kanck NR

6 June

Riverland Fruit Co-operative - Ian Gilfillan Q
5 June School Buses - Ian Gilfillan PQ
30 May Kangaroo Island - Ian Gilfillan Q
15 May Beds Not Bureaucracy - Sandra Kanck NR
14 May  Closing Beds No Solution To The Barossa Health Crisis - Sandra Kanck NR
3 May Shop Trading Hours, Riverland - Ian Gilfillan PQ
1 May Kangaroo Island - Ian Gilfillan GR
4 April South Australian Regional Organisations of Councils - Ian Gilfillan PS
19 March A Voice for Regional South Australia - Ian Gilfillan
13 March  Regional and Rural Rivers - Mike Elliott GR
20 February Action to Slash Rural Petrol Prices - Ian Gilfillan NR
16 January Democrats Target Regional SA - Ian Gilfillan NR
16 January McNaughton to do More than just "Stand" for Chaffey - Ian Gilfillan NR

4 January

Democrats Warn of Houseboat Swim Deck Dangers - Ian Gilfillan NR

2000

Legend

16 November South Australian Ports (Disposal of Maritime Assets) - Sandra Kanck 2RS
15 November Roxby Downs Rail Link - Sandra Kanck Q
14 November Government Ignores Yorke Peninsula Tourism - Mike Elliott
14 November ADAM Project - Sandra Kanck Q
8 November Social Development Committee : Rural Health - Sandra Kanck
20 October Regional Youth: Ignore Them and They Will Go Away - Ian Gilfillan NR
18 October SA's Regional Youth: 26 cents each, per year! - Ian Gilfillan NR
5 October Penneshaw Freight Levies Unfair? - Ian Gilfillan PQ

4 October

Fuel Excise freeze: Democrats Back SA Farmers Federation - Ian Gilfillan NR
31 August Democrats Plan to Slash Country Fuel Costs - Ian Gilfillan NR
10 August Riverland Locals to Have a Say in Shop Trading Hours - Ian Gilfillan NR
8 August Democrats to Cap Medical Malpractice Payments - Sandra Kanck NR
7 August Stop the Big Squeeze on South Coast Schools: Democrats - Mike Elliott NR
6 July Immunity for Pollution at BHP Whyalla Site - GR to Ian Gilfillan
4 July Removal of Water Carting Subsidy West of Ceduna?  - GR to Ian Gilfillan
28 June South East Water Users at Risk - Mike Elliott
31 May Native Vegetation Regulations: Disallowance - Mike Elliott SM
25 May Budget 2000: Glossy Brochure Hides Grim Regional Reality - Ian Gilfillan NR
24 May Regional Waterways: Pollution Signs on North Para and Inman Rivers - Mike Elliott NR
23 May Water Resources (Water Allocations) Amendment Bill - Mike Elliott 2RS
23 May Pollution in Rural Rivers - Mike Elliott Q
19 May State Government Must Get Smelter Right - Mike Elliott NR
11 May Regional Libraries Services Under Threat - Sandra Kanck NR
9 May Dublin Cattle Yards: $306M v Zero - Ian Gilfillan NR
5 May Whyalla Indenture: A Beginning, not the end of Negotiatons - Ian Gilfillan NR
4 May Democrats Support Allied Steel/BHP Whyalla Indenture Bill - Ian Gilfillan BC
3 May Regional Australia Conference, Whyalla - Ian Gilfillan PS
2 May Democrats Support Allied Steel - BHP Whyalla Indenture Bill - Ian Gilfillan PS
17 April ALP Paves Way For Government To Reduce Regional Services - Sandra Kanck. NR
13 April "The New Politics of Regional Development": Ian Gilfillan's speech to National 'Regional Australia Conference'
12 April 'Clever Australia': Vision Right, Methods Wrong - Ian Gilfillan NR
5 April Effect of Ports Corporation asset sales on Kangaroo Island? - GR to Ian Gilfillan
4 April SA Water - Sandra Kanck Q
17 March New Whyalla Steelworks Indenture: A Great Opportunity - Ian Gilfillan NR
14 March SA Government Contracting Robs Schools - Mike Elliott NR
7 March Emergency Services Levy: Whyalla Paying Too Much - Ian Gilfillan NR
23 February Ignorant City Push at Expense of Country - Ian Gilfillan NR
15 February Youth Unemployment: Spread 'Jobshare' Project - Ian Gilfillan NR
11 February Government to Raid Rural Health Coffers? - Sandra Kanck NR
10 February No Job Security for Young or Regional South Australians - Sandra Kanck NR
8 February Cabinet Rural Sub-Committees Essential - Ian Gilfillan NR
8 February Youth Unemployment: Spread 'Jobshare' Project - Ian Gilfillan NR
4 February Democrats Listening to Port Pirie Concerns - Ian Gilfillan NR
24 January 'The Country Book':  Gone, Like the Government's Commitment to Rural SA - Ian Gilfillan SA
17 January State Policies Must Be Rural-Proofed - Ian Gilfillan NR

1999

Legend

17 December SAGRIC sale a Blunder - Mike Elliott NR
17 December Tuna Decision Reveals Government as "Cowboys" - Ian Gilfillan NR
10 December Regional Business Ignored by SA Government - Mike Elliott NR
8 December Blackout: Who Forgot to Put the Port Lincoln Plug In? - Sandra Kanck NR
2 December Whyalla Young Jobless: Falling Between the Cracks - Sandra Kanck NR
9 November Rail Reform Transition Program Funding and Liz Penfold MP - Sandra Kanck PQ
4 November Country Electricity Consumers to be Cut Adrift - Sandra Kanck NR
2 November Future Directions for Whyalla - Ian Gilfillan NR
1 November River Fishery: Democrats Follow Up Concerns - Ian Gilfillan NR
29 October Government Confirms: Kangaroo Island Crossing the Dearest - Ian Gilfillan NR
28 October High Freight Costs to/from Kangaroo Island - GR to Ian Gilfillan
28 October Aquaculture Management Condemned from Within - Ian Gilfillan NR
22 October Time to Standardise the Mount Gambier Rail Line - Sandra Kanck NR
19 October River Fishery: No Information to Justify Exploitation - Ian Gilfillan NR
6 October Democrats Evidence to Tuna Farms Inquiry - Ian Gilfillan NR
29 September Effect of Ports Corp Asset Sales on Kangaroo Island - Ian Gilfillan PQ
28 September Disability Respite Care: Why Are We Waiting? - Ian Gilfillan NR
2 September Regional Jobs: New South Wales shows how - Mike Elliott NR
3 August Removal of Water Carting Subsidy West of Ceduna - Ian Gilfillan PQ
2 August Letting Whyalla Go With a Whimper? - Ian Gilfillan NR
28 July Democrats Support Continued Public Access to Jetties - Ian Gilfillan PS
28 July Government Ignores Regional Development in S.A. - Ian Gilfillan PS
8 July Sustainability of Commercial Fishing in River Murray - Ian Gilfillan PQ
7 July Who Pays for Restructure of Marine Scale Fishery? - GR to Ian Gilfillan
11 June Launch of Whyalla Job Share Initiative - Ian Gilfillan NR
10 June Degradation of Eyre Peninsula Water Pipeline - Sandra Kanck PQ
7 June Democrats Form Finniss Branch on Fleurieu;   Push Into Regional SA - Ian Gilfillan NR
4 June Louth Bay Tuna: 7 Questions Must Now be Answered - Ian Gilfillan NR
2 June Louth Bay Tuna Farms -  Government fails to stop investigation - Ian Gilfillan PS
26 May Port Lincoln Tuna Factory Discharge - Sandra Kanck MOI
26 May Not more Daylight Saving - Change Central Standard Time instead - Sandra Kanck NR
25 May Non-Compliance with Well Drilling Applications - GR to Sandra Kanck
25 May Aquatic Animals: Introduced Exotic Diseases - GR to Mike Elliott
25 May Imported Pilchards suspected as cause of Pilchard Deaths - GR to Mike Elliott
25 May Waste Management Strategy affects Buffer Zones and Barley Crops? GR to Sandra Kanck
25 May Aquaculture - Government Backs Down - Ian Gilfillan NR
Winter Kerin: SA's King Neptune?  - Ian Gilfillan I.S
9 April Aquaculture:  Minister vetoes Public Consultation, Appeal Rights - Ian Gilfillan NR
24 March Water Licences in the Upper South-East - Mike Elliott PQ
24 March Committee to Investigate Legality of Tuna Feedlots off Louth Bay? - Ian Gilfillan PS
16 March Something Fishy Going on at Louth Bay - Ian Gilfillan NR
4 March Aquaculture:  Public Service Support Lacking, Even for a Growth Industry - Ian Gilfillan NR
3 March Tuna Farms at Louth Bay - Ian Gilfillan PQ
18 February Aquatic Animals: Introduced Exotic Diseases - Mike Elliott PQ
18 February Non-Compliance with Well Drilling Applications - Sandra Kanck PQ
17 February Outback TV Coverage a result of Competition Policy - Mike Elliott PS
9 February Rural Grants vs V8 Car Race in Adelaide - GR to Ian Gilfillan
9 February Approval Process for Aquaculture - GR to Ian Gilfillan
4 February   Local Government: Ombudsman 'Out' and Regional Councils Under Minister's Thumb - Ian Gilfillan
2 February Country Road Deaths: It Won't Happen to Me - Sandra Kanck NR
13 January Government Re-Negs on Community Legal Centre Promises - Ian Gilfillan NR

1998

Legend

December  9 Report on Rural Road Safety Strategy - Mike Ellliott PS
December  8 Rural SA People Over-represented In Road Fatality Statistics - Mike Elliott NR
November 17 Sustainable Aquaculture Development: Government Getting it Wrong - Ian Gilfillan PQ
October 13 Aquaculture: Government Mistakes Threaten both Industry and Environment - Ian Gilfillan NR
September 2 Government Commitment to Rural Grants compared to V8 car race in Adelaide - Ian Gilfillan PQ
August 23 Maintaining public ownership of ETSA a Circuit Breaker for Regional SA - Ian Gilfillan NR
August 4 Measures to address Rural Poverty - Ian Gilfillan PQ & GR
July 17 Kangaroo Island Singled Out for Sewage Pollution - Ian Gilfillan NR
July 1 Government Plan: Country Electricity Protection to Fade Away - Ian Gilfillan NR
July 1 Country Electricity Pricing - Ian Gilfillan PQ
June 26 Regional S.A. Protected by ETSA "No Sale" Decision - Ian Gilfillan NR
June 11 ALP's electoral contempt for Kangaroo Islanders - Ian Gilfillan NR

LEGEND:
NR:   News Release
PQ:   Parliamentary Question
PS:    Parliamentary Speech
GR:   Government Reply to issue or question raised by the Democrats
IS:    Article in Democrats Newsletter "Inside Story"
SA:   Special Article for general release
BC:   Debate on a Bill during Parliament's Committee stages

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