2000 News Releases
  from the three Democrat Members of the Legislative Council, in the S.A. Parliament.

Three MLCs in the Legislative Council

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29 December Rape is a Four Letter Word - Sandra Kanck
28 December River Murray:  Olsen Skis While Native Fish Take Last Gasp - Ian Gilfillan
22 December Is Santa Claus Coming to Town? Mike Elliott
22 December Australian Democrats Fight Fire Blight - Sandra Kanck
21 December Liberal Government Fails Electricity Users - Sandra Kanck
20 December Democrats Hopping Mad About Locust Control Funding - Ian Gilfillan
20 December State Government Minister's Accountability Report Card - Mike Elliott 
13 December  State Government Proposes to Pump Pollution Off Adelaide Coast - Mike Elliott
8 December Premier Must Get Serious about PMG Report - Mike Elliott
7 December On the Doorstep of Reconciliation - Sandra Kanck
6 December Black Plumes of Pollutants off Adelaide's Coast - Mike Elliott
1 December All I want for Christmas... - Ian Gilfillan
1 December State Government Bloodied and Bruised By Auditor-General's ETSA Report -Sandra Kanck

30 November


Death With Dignity Back On Parliamentary Agenda - Sandra Kanck

30 November Water Resources Allocations - Autumn is not Spring Mr Brindal - Mike Elliott

29 November

Spy Cameras in Bedrooms Need Privacy Protection - Ian Gilfillan
29 November Call to Dismantle ESAU - Ian Gilfillan

29 November

Democrats Move for Gambling Impact Authority - Mike Elliott
28 November 35 Black Marks on the State Government's Privatisation Record - Sandra Kanck

24 November

Democrats Move to Phase Out Battery Hen Cages - Mike Elliott

23 November

Democrats Running To Win In Waite - Sandra Kanck

22 November

Independent Study Shows Regulated Marijuana Supply Results in Less Use - Mike Elliott

21 November

Graffiti, Guns or Violence - Ian Gilfillan

21 November

Delay in Caffeine in Soft Drinks Decision - Mike Elliott

17 November

State Government Keeping $300m Nest Egg? - Mike Elliott

17 November

Minister Forces Cattle to Move East - Ian Gilfillan

17 November

Government Breaks South East Water Promise? - Mike Elliott

16 November

Key Fisheries Board Gutted - Ian Gilfillan

16 November

The Low Level Nuclear Waste Dump Is On The Way - Sandra Kanck

15 November

Another Step Towards Prostitution Law Reform - Sandra Kanck

14 November

Government Ignores Yorke Peninsula Tourism - Mike Elliott

13 November

Government Must Come Clean on Holdfast Shores - Mike Elliott

13 November

Reproclaim Gammons and Review All National Parks - Mike Elliott

13 November

Democrats Running to Win in Schubert - Mike Elliott

11 November

Democrats Respond to Sitting Days Proposals - Mike Elliott

10 November

Renmark-Paringa Shopping Hours petition in State Parliament - Ian Gilfillan

9 November

At Last Some Good News on Employment - Mike Elliott

9 November

More Funds for Pen Pushing not Fire Fighting - Ian Gilfillan

7 November

Democrats Amendment to Prevent Interstate Nuclear Waste Being Shipped into South Australia - Sandra Kanck

6 November

Democrats Welcome BHP Gammon Ranges Decision - Mike Elliott

5 November

Tired of Being Choked By Thick Plumes of Car Smoke? - Sandra Kanck

3 November

More Money and Greater Accountability Should be Top of Premier's COAG Agenda - Sandra Kanck

1 November

Eco-Tourism Leader to Take on Brown - Ian Gilfillan

1 November

How Many Need Die Before Ministers Take Action? - Sandra Kanck

31 October

Soft Drinks - Soft Drugs? Mike Elliott

31 October

Democrats Running to Win in Senate - Mike Elliott

30 October

Poll Confirms Democrats Running To Win In Greenbelt Seats - Mike Elliott

30 October

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Crisis Can Only Worsen - Sandra Kanck

28 October

Prawn Fishery Strategy: Cough Up to Cover Up - Ian Gilfillan

27 October

Keep our IT Industry Virus Free - Mike Elliott

25 October

Green Power Gone Missing - Sandra Kanck

25 October

Govt must end Inactivity on Physical Inactivity - Mike Elliott

23 October

Freedom of Information: Sir Humphrey's Last Stand? - Ian Gilfillan

20 October

Regional Youth: Ignore Them and They Will Go Away - Ian Gilfillan

18 October

SA's Regional Youth: 26 cents each, per year! - Ian Gilfillan

17 October

Recreation Facility Community Forum in Mt Barker - Mike Elliott

16 October

Read Your Own Research Mr Buckby - Mike Elliott

16 October

Raise School Age to Cover Up Year 12 Failing? - Mike Elliott

12 October

Ecological Sustainability Training a Must for Aquaculture - Ian Gilfillan

12 October

The Never Ending Unemployment Battle- Mike Elliott

12 October

Battle for the Hills Begins - Sandra Kanck

11 October

Stop the Squabbling and Start the Partnerships 21 Inquiry - Mike Elliott

10 October

Why the Wait for the Extension of Container Deposit Legislation? - Sandra Kanck

5 October

Dairy Package Stamp Duty a Double Discrimination - Ian Gilfillan

4 October

Queen Elizabeth's Casualty at Death's Door - Sandra Kanck

4 October

Fuel Excise freeze: Democrats Back SA Farmers Federation - Ian Gilfillan

3 October

South Australia Sold Out on the Waterfront - Sandra Kanck

21 September

Deeper into Red: We Never Should Have Sold ETSA - Mike Elliott

20 September

State Government Sold SA Short Again - Mike Elliott

15 September

End State of Secrecy - FoI Report Means No Excuse Any Longer - Mike Elliott

14 September

Smokescreen in SA Sporting Stands Funding - Mike Elliott

13 September

'City In the Park': Olsen's Actions Speak Louder - Ian Gilfillan

13 September

Quarter-Hearted Attempt at Sustainable Aquaculture - Ian Gilfillan

10 September

SA: Hacker's Haven - Ian Gilfillan

8 September

Libraries to Become 'Law Info Shops'? - Ian Gilfillan

7 September

SA Young Unemployed Stuck in the Mud - Mike Elliott

7 September

Democrats Call For Partnerships 21 Inquiry - Mike Elliott

7 September

Democrats Running to Win in Hills Seat of Davenport - Mike Elliott

31 August

Democrats Plan to Slash Country Fuel Costs - Ian Gilfillan

29 August

Now is Not the Time for More Elite Sport Stand Funding - Mike Elliott

25 August

Protect SA Crops: Urgent Appeal from Democrats - Ian Gilfillan

23 August

Double Standards on the Buses - Sandra Kanck

22 August

150 words: And Don't Mention the Council! - Ian Gilfillan

20 August

Bee Line Out of the Tourist Loop - Sandra Kanck

17 August

Virtual Joke? - Mike Elliott

11 August

Minister Buckby Blatant About Gawler P21 Bribes - Mike Elliott

11 August

Democrats Call for Education Minister's Resignation - Mike Elliott

10 August

Stop the Big Squeeze on South Coast Schools - Mike Elliott 

10 August

Riverland Locals to Have a Say in Shop Trading Hours - Ian Gilfillan

10 August

Delays Over Inman River must Stop - Mike Elliott

10 August

Brindal Must Make a Stand on Jobless Promise - Mike Elliott

10 August

The Facts Can Quell Native Title Fears - Sandra Kanck

9 August

Uncaring Kerin Abandons SE Dairy Farmers - Ian Gilfillan

8 August 

No protection for Hills Face Zone in Supreme Court ruling- Mike Elliott

8 August

Democrats to Cap Medical Malpractice Payments - Sandra Kanck

7 August

Stop the Big Squeeze on South Coast Schools: Democrats - Mike Elliott

7 August

Kerin: Spray First, Ask Questions Afterwards - Ian Gilfillan

4 August

The Democrats in Coalition? - Ian Gilfillan

3 August

Kerin's Aquaculture Bungling Exposed by Supreme Court - Ian Gilfillan

2 August

SA Kids getting Fatter Not Fitter, Government must Act - Mike Elliott

1 August

Each State Should Accept Radioactive Responsibility - Sandra Kanck

31 July

Taxpayers Hit Twice for Footy Park Seats - Mike Elliott

28 July

GM Labelling: Can We Believe the Wellington Agreement? - Ian Gilfillan

27 July

FARMBIS: Constipated by Red Tape - Ian Gilfillan

21 July

P21 Public Liability Concerns Over Shade Cloth Falls - Mike Elliott

20 July

Marion Residents Have Their Say! - Mike Elliott

20 July

Boothby Poll Opposes Horticulture in Hills Face Zone - Mike Elliott

14 July

Government Bloody-Mindness On Nuclear Waste - Sandra Kanck

13 July

CFS Chief Sacked for Not Promoting Government Policy - Ian Gilfillan

13 July

SA: State of Employment Disillusionment - Mike Elliott

12 July

Cannabis and School Fee regs disallowed - Mike Elliott

12 July

Two Referendums for the Price of One! - Mike Elliott / Sandra Kanck

12 July

Democrats Receive Cattle Saleyards Petition - Ian Gilfillan

9 July

Nuclear Dump Legislation Needed Now - Sandra Kanck

7 July

Call for Lawyers 'Sin Bin' - Ian Gilfillan

6 July

Premier Olsen or the State Government Must Go - Mike Elliott

6 July

$1m per year for decades: How Much Can One Industry be Ripped Off? - Ian Gilfillan

4 July

Train Commuters Corralled At Adelaide - Sandra Kanck

3 July

Democrats to Hold Hills Face Zone Forum Tonight - Mike Elliott

30 June

Govt Secrecy Hiding Other Contract Blunders? - Mike Elliott

30 June

Electricity Prices in SA Set To Rise?-Sandra Kanck

29 June

State of Secrecy - Sandra Kanck

29 June

State Government Supports Democrats Call for ADHD Inquiry - Mike Elliott

28 June

What Worth the Consultants in Electricity Privatisation? Sandra Kanck

28 June

Censure for AWOL Minister - Sandra Kanck

28 June

South East Water Users at Risk - Mike Elliott

25 June

GM Food Labelling: SA Should "Go It Alone" - Ian Gilfillan

23 June

Minister Misjudges Hills Face Zone Concerns - Mike Elliott

23 June

SA Going Backwards on Drug Reform - Mike Elliott

22 June

Minister's Hills Face Zone Moves Inadequate - Mike Elliott

22 June

Hills Face Zone Community Forum set for July 3rd - Mike Elliott

22 June

54,000 Fatter Fans in Footy Park Stands - Mike Elliott

20 June

GM Moratorium Plan Gathers Support - Ian Gilfillan

20 June

Housing Crisis for Domestic Violence Survivors - Sandra Kanck

16 June

5-Year Moratorium on Genetically Modified Crops - Ian Gilfillan

9 June

Light Towers FOI Request: Code of Silence Rejected - Ian Gilfillan

9 June

Voluntary Euthanasia Legislation Back on Agenda - Sandra Kanck

8 June

Employment Growth Stalled and Falling - Mike Elliott

8 June

Child Sex Offenders: "Cross Your Fingers" Policy - Ian Gilfillan

7 June

Transport Community Forum in Mitcham Hills - Sandra Kanck

6 June

Dairy Deregulation: Big Companies the Only Winners - Ian Gilfillan

6 June

Barcoo Outlet Must Be Stopped - Mike Elliott

5 June

World Environment Day: Top 10 Blemishes - Mike Elliott

4 June

Community Protest at International Awards - Mike Elliott

2 June 

Elliott to attend today's E.P.A. Round Table - Mike Elliott

2 June

Government Sets Up Police 'Strip Search' Video Library - Ian Gilfillan

1 June

Naracoorte Caves: Only the Names have Changed to Sell the Innocent - Mike Elliott

1 June

Minister for Aboriginal Affairs to Face Censure Motion - Sandra Kanck

31 May

Government's School Fees Contempt - Mike Elliott

30 May

Amend the Environment Protection Act or We Will! - Mike Elliott

30 May

Reconciliation: Actions Speak Louder Than Words - Sandra Kanck

26 May

SA Government Must Investigate Claims Of Foreign Ship's Environmental Vandalism - Sandra Kanck

26 May

Budgets Push SA Students Out of School - Mike Elliott

26 May

Budget 2000: Asset Sales Where's the Reward? - Mike Elliott

25 May

Why condoms "yes", needles "no"? - Sandra Kanck

25 May 

Polluters Must Pay the Price - Sandra Kanck

25 May

Budget 2000: Glossy Brochure Hides Grim Regional Reality - Ian Gilfillan

25 May

Budget 2000: Selling the Future Not Buying It - Mike Elliott

25 May

'Stingy' Government Leaves Cattle Industry Behind - Ian Gilfillan

24 May

Regional Waterways: Pollution Signs on North Para and Inman Rivers - Mike Elliott

23 May

The Yo-Yo Emergency Services Levy: It Can Go Up Again Just as Easily - Ian Gilfillan

22 May

Emergency Services Levy to Cover Holdfast Shores Loss - Mike Elliott

19 May

State Government Must Get Smelter Right - Mike Elliott

18 May

Media Statement - ADHD Drug Law Suit - Mike Elliott

18 May

Nuclear Waste Dump: State of Honour - Sandra Kanck

17 May

Premier's Conversion on the Road to Damascus - Sandra Kanck

15 May

ADHD Medication Must Be Made More Affordable - Mike Elliott

13 May

National Parks Seem to have no value but for Mining - Mike Elliott

11 May

Sale of Synergen Concentrates the Power - Sandra Kanck

11 May

Olsen's Employment Failure - Mike Elliott

11 May

Regional Libraries Services Under Threat - Sandra Kanck

11 May

Police Suppressing Media? - Ian Gilfillan

11 May

Alcohol Ads - Part of the Real Youth Drugs Problem - Mike Elliott

9 May

Dublin Cattle Yards: $306M v Zero - Ian Gilfillan

5 May

Whyalla Indenture: A Beginning, not the end of Negotiatons - Ian Gilfillan

5 May

Taxi Vouchers For The Blind - Sandra Kanck

4 May

Torrens Island Sale: Another Step To Higher Electricity Price - Sandra Kanck

4 May

SA Government Admits Holdfast Shores Money Pits - Mike Elliott

4 May

ALP Two Faced On Nuclear Industry - Sandra Kanck

3 May

Olympians Fitter, Fans Fatter in the Stands - Mike Elliott

2 May

Police Complaints Authority - Hands to Stay Tied - Ian Gilfillan

2 May 

Minchin's Maralinga Media Statement Misses Mark - Sandra Kanck

2 May

Premier Hides Legal Advice On SA Nuclear Dump - Sandra Kanck

1 May

Water Allocation Threat to South East Investors - Mike Elliott

28 April

Democrats Members Vote To Legalise Voluntary Euthanasia - Sandra Kanck

19 April

Why the Wait in Water Alert? - Sandra Kanck

19 April

Fairness for Retirement Village Residents: "It's Too Hard" says Government - Ian Gilfillan

18 April

Democrats Give Qualified Support to Mount Barker Products Re-opening - Mike Elliott

17 April

ALP Paves Way For Government To Reduce Regional Services - Sandra Kanck.

14 April

ALP Makes It Easier For Government To Cut QEH Services - Sandra Kanck

13 April 

Nuclear Advice - Sandra Kanck

12 April

'Clever Australia': Vision Right, Methods Wrong - Ian Gilfillan

7 April

Offshore Mining Could Result in Onshore Disaster - Sandra Kanck

6 April

Fisheries Law? What Law? Exemptions rule OK - Ian Gilfillan

6 April

Democrats Warn Government Not To Boast Too Soon Over Employment Figures - Mike Elliott

6 April

Australian Democrats call for a Parliamentary Inquiry into Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - Mike Elliott

4 April

SA Parliamentary Motion To Acknowledge and Apologise to the Stolen Generation - Sandra Kanck

3 April

Committee Gagged over Leigh Creek Coal Mine Report - Mike Elliott

31 March

Democrats listen to Whyalla's Neta Kranz Kindy concerns - Mike Elliott

29 March

Louth Bay Tuna Feedlot Report Vindicates Democrats Criticisms - Ian Gilfillan

29 March

SA Government puts Mobil Rates Cart before the Horse - Mike Elliott

29 March

Government Secrecy - WA Shows the Way - Mike Elliott

29 March

Emergency Services Levy Cut: It's on the Table! - Ian Gilfillan

28 March

Australian Democrats Support Parliamentary Reform - Mike Elliott

27 March

Australian Democrats' Vision for Urban Development - Mike Elliott

24 March

Lake Eyre Floods while Murray River Mouth Closes - Mike Elliott

23 March

State Government Buries Barcoo Outlet Problem - Mike Elliott

23 March

State Government must intervene on job losses at T & R Meatworks - Mike Elliott

21 March

Democrats Echo Hilary Clinton Call with Inquiry into ADHD - Mike Elliott

20 March

Mount Barker Products Foundry needs Long Term Solution - Mike Elliott

20 March

Democrats Support Voice from the Wilderness on Environment - Mike Elliott

19 March

Hazardous Household Waste Depot - Sandra Kanck 

17 March

Development Assessment Must be Transparent - Ian Gilfillan

17 March

Partnerships 21: When is a Bribe not a Bribe - Mike Elliott

17 March

Football Buses No Solution - Sandra Kanck

17 March

New Whyalla Steelworks Indenture: A Great Opportunity - Ian Gilfillan

15 March

Democrats Move to Cut "Monster" Levy by 33% - Ian Gilfillan

14 March

SA Government Contracting Robs Schools - Mike Elliott

14 March

Email Marketing Scheme Illegal: Democrats Warn - Ian Gilfillan

13 March

Democrats Running to Win: Lower House Seats in Sight - Mike Elliott

12 March

Crafers to Adelaide Truck Speed Limit Must Be Reduced - Sandra Kanck

10 March

Emergency Services Levy: Adelaide Hills Paying Too Much - Ian Gilfillan

10 March

Hills Commuters Need To Monitor New Adelaide To Crafers Highway- Sandra Kanck

10 March

Stone Industry Plan Supported - Sandra Kanck

9 March

Employment: Democrats Tell Olsen He's Dreaming - Mike Elliott

8 March

Voluntary Adelaide-Crafers Truck Speed Limit Must Become Mandatory - Sandra Kanck

7 March

Victim Services Needed in Whyalla - Ian Gilfillan

7 March

Emergency Services Levy: Whyalla Paying Too Much - Ian Gilfillan

6 March

Reducing the Litter Stream to a Trickle - Sandra Kanck

5 March

Democrats Demand a Re-Think on the Levy - Ian Gilfillan

5 March

Nuclear Waste Bills to be Discussed at Conference - Sandra Kanck

3 March

Too Chicken to Ban Battery Hen Cages? - Mike Elliott

2 March

No More Equity Standards for SA Schools - Mike Elliott

25 February

Emergency Services Volunteers: How Much is Enough? - Ian Gilfillan

23 February

Casino Sale: What Odds Now for a Gambling Commission? - Sandra Kanck

23 February

Ignorant City Push at Expense of Country - Ian Gilfillan

23 February

Cabinet Rural Sub-Committees Essential - Ian Gilfillan

23 February

SA a GM-free zone? Potential Benefits Enormous - Ian Gilfillan

21 February

Bus Drivers: Ticket to Ride - Free Please - Sandra Kanck

17 February

Ord River Pipeline: Minister for Water in Wayne's World - Sandra Kanck

17 February

Two Years On: ETSA Sale Excuses Exposed - Sandra Kanck

15 February

Are S.A. Fisheries Licences Illegal? - Ian Gilfillan

15 February

Youth Unemployment: Spread 'Jobshare' Project - Ian Gilfillan

15 February

SA a GM-free zone? Potential Benefits Enormous - Ian Gilfillan

11 February

Government to Raid Rural Health Coffers? - Sandra Kanck

10 February

No Job Security for Young or Regional South Australians - Sandra Kanck

10 February

Time Shift Would Reduce Load Shedding - Sandra Kanck

10 February

Water Resources Boots Too Big for Brindal? - Sandra Kanck

9 February

Democrats Demand Kotz Must Go - Sandra Kanck

8 February

TAB and Lotteries Sale: Regulate Now or Pay Later! - Sandra Kanck

8 February

Cabinet Rural Sub-Committees Essential - Ian Gilfillan

8 February

Youth Unemployment: Spread 'Jobshare' Project - Ian Gilfillan

8 February

SA a GM-free zone? Potential Benefits Enormous - Ian Gilfillan

7 February

Youth Jobs: Brindal Confesses Economic Incompetence - Sandra Kanck

4 February

ETSA Maintenance Cuts Coming Home to Roost - Sandra Kanck

4 February

Kotz: Minister for Bird Shooting and Native Vegetation Clearance - Mike Elliott

4 February

Democrats Listening to Port Pirie Concerns - Ian Gilfillan

3 February

Victory for QEH Community but don't open Champagne Just Yet! - Sandra Kanck

3 February

Power Failure: Government Mismanagement the Cause - Sandra Kanck

3 February

Democrats Call for ADHD Inquiry - Mike Elliott

31 January

Government Tough on Drugs but Soft on Spirit Advertising? - Mike Elliott

31 January

Today's New Students: Will they make Year 12? - Mike Elliott

30 January

Retirement Villages: Who's Fooling Who? - Ian Gilfillan

28 January

ETSA Privatisation: Tom Playford Turning in his Grave - Sandra Kanck

27 January

Public Transport Price Freeze Urged - Sandra Kanck

21 January

Investigate Operational Standards at Olympic Dam - Sandra Kanck

20 January

Foster Care: Who's Looking After the Kids? - Sandra Kanck

19 January

Praise for Police Pulling Prostitution Charges - Sandra Kanck

19 January

ADHD Needs More than a Drug and a Shrug - Mike Elliott

19 January

Democrats Demand 'Clean Water' Aquaculture Act - Ian Gilfillan

17 January

State Policies Must Be Rural-Proofed - Ian Gilfillan

14 January

Small ETSA Customers Left Swinging In the Breeze - Sandra Kanck

14 January

SA One Step Closer to the Edge of N-Waste Darkness - Sandra Kanck

13 January

Employment Trend Figures Show Increase in Casualisation - Mike Elliott

12 January

State Government's Renewable Power Failure - Sandra Kanck

11 January

Lawyers Complaint Files Missing - Ian Gilfillan

4 January

Another Attack on Upper House Shows Olsen Desperation - Mike Elliott

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