Australian Democrats (SA Division)

1998 News Releases

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

The news releases are listed in date order.  If you are looking for a particular subject matter it will probably be easier to refer to the SA Browse index or Search the entire Democrats database.


December 31 1998  The Year of Hiding and Forgetting: Questions Unanswered - Sandra Kanck
December 24 1998  Government Totally Desperate on ETSA Sale - Sandra Kanck
December 18 1998  Genetically Modified Food Labelling: A Victory for Consumers - Ian Gilfillan
December 18 1998  Democrats Consider All Alternatives for Hills Road Safety - Sandra Kanck
December 16 1998  Arts Must Be Nurtured From the Ground Up - Sandra Kanck
December 11 1998  Labor & Liberals 'Sell Out' Jobs and Small Business - Ian Gilfillan
December 11 1998  Government Should Cut Its Losses on Electricity Privatisation - Sandra Kanck
December 10 1998  Casualisation of Workforce Continues in SA - Mike Elliott
December 10 1998  Medical Supplies Costing SA Dearly - Sandra Kanck
December  8 1998  Rural SA People Over-represented In Road Fatality Statistics - Mike Elliott
December  8 1998   SA Would Have Been Sold Short in ETSA/Optima Lease - Sandra Kanck
December  4 1998   Health Budget Money Down the Drain - Sandra Kanck


November 25 1998  ETSA Referendum Option to be Put to a Vote - Sandra Kanck
November 25 1998  A Tale of Guns in Two States - Ian Gilfillan
November 25 1998  ETSA Disposal Bill a "Dog's Breakfast" - Sandra Kanck
November 24 1998  Democrats Support ETSA Lease Referendum - Sandra Kanck
November 23 1998  Glenelg Debacle: A Failure of the E.I.S. Process - Mike Elliott
November 20 1998  Mental Health: How Can the Minister Hear Without Listening? - Sandra Kanck
November 19 1998  Rate of Native Vegetation Clearance a Concern - Mike Elliott
November 17 1998  ETSA Lease a Claytons Sale - Sandra Kanck
November 13 1998  Bevereley Uranium Mine Under Cloud - Sandra Kanck
November 12 1998  SA jobless figures show trend to the "working poor" - Mike Elliott
November 4 1998 - Time for a New Approach to the Drugs Fight - Mike Elliott


October 29 1998 - ETSA's profits up: Customer Service Down - Sandra Kanck
October 27 1998 - Auditor-General Targets Liberal Outsourcing - Mike Elliott
October 24 1998 - Common Youth Allowance Undermines Secondary Education - Sandra Kanck
October 22 1998 - City Council's Moveable Signs Ban: Small Business May Win Reprieve - Ian Gilfillan
October 22 1998 - Glenside Review Under Cloud - Sandra Kanck
October 21 1998 - Shopping Hours: Liberals Propose Fewer Jobs, Great Monopoly - Sandra Kanck
October 17 1998 - Pilchard Virus:  Governments Take a High Stakes Gamble - Ian Gilfillan
October 16 1998 - Blue Sky Mining: Ceduna Council eyes Yumbarra Conservation Park - Sandra Kanck
October 14 1998 - Listening and Learning: Port Pirie Youth Sector Network - Sandra Kanck
October 13 1998 - Aquaculture: Government Mistakes Threaten both Industry and Environment - Ian Gilfillan


September 24 1998 - Retirement Villages: Residents Asked for Solutions - Ian Gilfillan
September 17 1998 - Democrats Back Call for Inquiry Into Water Fiasco - Mike Elliott
September 15 1998 - Ex-Wives Liable for former Husbands' Criminal Law Fees - Ian Gilfillan
September  3 1998 - Firearms Laws: Uniform means Uniformly Weak - Ian Gilfillan
September  2 1998 - ETSA Committee Motion branded a "farce" and passed - Mike Elliott
September  2 1998 - Emergency Levy:  Farmers, Local Government get a Say - Ian Gilfillan
September  2 1998 - Democrats Move to Amend ETSA Committee Motion - Mike Elliott


August 28 1998 - No Appeals on Minister's 'Cash Cow':  the Emergency Services Levy - Ian Gilfillan
August 27 1998 - Retailers New Lease on Life - Ian Gilfillan
August 27 1998 - Government Puts Bottom Line Before Injured Motorists - Mike Elliott
August 26 1998 - NCA Inquest At Last! - Ian Gilfillan
August 26 1998 - Cameron Committee on ETSA sale a "Trojan Horse" - Sandra Kanck
August 25 1998 - Minister's $100m "Cash Cow" - Ian Gilfillan
August 23 1998 - Maintaining public ownership of ETSA a Circuit Breaker for Regional SA - Ian Gilfillan
August 21 1998 - Democrats Welcome Shared Balance of Power - Mike Elliott
August 18 1998 - Prostitution Law Review Applauded - Sandra Kanck
August 18 1998 - Adelaide's Urban Sprawl Threatens SA - Mike Elliott
August 18 1998 - Well done Minister Laidlaw on Brownhill decision - Mike Elliott
August 18 1998 - Democrats Seek Safeguards for Injured Motorists - Mike Elliott
August 14 1998:  Boundaries Commission Creates Electoral Instability - Mike Elliott
August 13 1998:  Hills (Mt Barker) Commuters left in Suspense Again - Sandra Kanck
August 13 1998:  Safeguards sought in Motor Accident Commission changes - Mike Elliott
August 13 1998:  Democrats Secure Seven Major Improvements to Police Bill - Ian Gilfillan
August 12 1998:  More Training Needed for Police in Domestic Violence Cases - Ian Gilfillan
August 7 1998:    Legal Aid - Biggest Abusers Getting Away With It - Ian Gilfillan
August 3 1998:    ETSA & OPTIMA: Fattening the Calf for Sale - Sandra Kanck 


July 31 1998:     The Government's 15 Questions on the Sale of ETSA and Optima Answered! - Sandra Kanck
July 25 1998:     Democrats Call for Gaming Commission - Mike Elliott
July 23 1998:     Libs Fail in Bid to Block Fair Deal For Small Retailers - Ian Gilfillan
July 23 1998:     Call for Protection of Giant Cuttlefish - Mike Elliott
July 23 1998:     Police Performance Standards:  Not For the Boss - Ian Gilfillan
July 21 1998:     Tankard Decision Half-Right - Sandra Kanck
July 20 1998:     Police Bill: Democrats Broker Sensible Outcome - Ian Gilfillan
July 19 1998:     Lights Out More Often in Victoria - Sandra Kanck
July 18 1998:     Call to Counter Greenhouse Effect with Carbon Credits - Mike Elliott
July 17 1998:     Kangaroo Island Singled Out for Sewage Pollution - Ian Gilfillan
July 10 1998:     The Government and Australian Dance Theatre: Dancing to Different Tunes - Sandra Kanck
July 8 1998:       Meryl Tankard Australian Dance Theatre: Independent Inquiry Needed - Sandra Kanck
July 7 1998:       An Inquest Into NCA Bombing: When? - Ian Gilfillan
July 2 1998:       Bill To Stop Liberal Promo Rorts - Mike Elliott
July 1 1998:       Government Plan: Country Electricity Protection to Fade Away
July 1 1998:       Aquaculture Report Highlights Environmental Oversight - Mike Elliott 


June 30 1998:    $6.7 million paid to 65 Police - "A Waste" - Ian Gilfillan
June 30 1998:    Keep the SA in ETSA: Government's Diversion Irrelevant - Sandra Kanck
June 29 1998:    Four Ministers Break the Law to Prevent Jails Scrutiny - Ian Gilfillan
June 28 1998:    ETSA Public Relations Farce - Sandra Kanck
June 26 1998:    Regional S.A. Protected by ETSA "No Sale" Decision - Ian Gilfillan
June 25 1998:    ETSA and OPTIMA Not For Sale - Sandra Kanck
June 18 1998:   ETSA: Liberal Tax Threats a Sham - Sandra Kanck
June 15 1998:    City Council 'Gang of Six' Twice Removed from Ratepayers - Ian Gilfillan
June 14 1998:    ETSA Falling Dollar Will Exclude Australian Buyers - Sandra Kanck
June 11 1998:    ALP's electoral contempt for Kangaroo Islanders - Ian Gilfillan
June 9  1998:    Widening the Literacy Debate - Mike Elliott
June 4  1998:    Negligence or Cover Up in Police Complaints Authority?  We'll Never Know - Ian Gilfillan
June 3  1998:    Pensioners Pay for Government Ambulance Cuts - Ian Gilfillan
June 2  1998:    Hills Face Zone: Will Community Views Be Ignored Again? - Mike Elliott
June 1  1998:    ETSA - Premier Shouldn't Count His Chickens - Sandra Kanck 


May 30 1998:    Fight for Retail Lessees Set to Pay Off - Ian Gilfillan
May 29 1998:    Police Redundancy Packages - Please Explain - Ian Gilfillan
May 29 1998:    Stobie Poles Don't Last Forever -  Sandra Kanck
May 28 1998:    Government Condemns Living Health - Sandra Kanck
May 28 1998:    Liberals Play Politics with ETSA -  Mike Elliott
May 27 1998:    Don't Tie Jobs to ETSA, say Democrats - Mike Elliott
May 26 1998:    Democrats Offer an Apology On National Sorry Day -  Sandra Kanck
May 21 1998:    Workcover Not For Sale - Mike Elliott
May 21 1998:    Lease of Electricity Utilities Not an Option - Sandra Kanck
May 15 1998:    State Budget Must Boost Legal Aid funding - Ian Gilfillan
April 22 1998:    NCC Has Gone Too Far - Mike Elliott
April 21 1998:    NCC's anti-competitive stand on Shopping Hours 


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