1999 News Releases
  from the three Democrat Members of the Legislative Council, in the S.A. Parliament.

 

 

Three MLCs in the Legislative Council

The news releases below are listed in date order. However 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.

24 December Hello Hello: Why Frisk Young Lads? - Ian Gilfillan
23 December Rape Is a Four-Letter Word - Sandra Kanck
23 December Supplementary Police Training Long Overdue - Ian Gilfillan
22 December ETSA Christmas Present for Cheung Kong Shareholders - Sandra Kanck
21 December Who is Going to Look After Our New Park? - Mike Elliott
21 December SA Government over-rides ERD Court to Hide Louth Bay Blunder - Mike Elliott
21 December Ministers Brown & Armitage Fail Accountability Test & Laidlaw Top of the Class - Mike Elliott
20 December Hill's Eastern State Irrigation Caps Not Enough - Mike Elliott
20 December ADHD Kids more materialistic at Christmas - Mike Elliott
17 December SAGRIC sale a Blunder - Mike Elliott
17 December Tuna Decision Reveals Government as "Cowboys" - Ian Gilfillan
17 December Inquiry Into Olsen's Taxpayer-Funded Propaganda - Mike Elliott
15 December Beneficiaries Denied Emergency Services Levy Concessions - Ian Gilfillan
13 December ADHD: Teachers Need More than Going Back to the Classroom - Mike Elliott
13 December $3.5bn ETSA Lease: The Taxpayer Loses Out - Sandra Kanck
11 December Why Sell SAGRIC? - Ian Gilfillan
10 December Regional Business Ignored by SA Government - Mike Elliott
9 December SA Government's Deceptive Unemployment Ploy - Mike Elliott
9 December 'Genetically Modified Foods Rule' in SA: Not OK - Ian Gilfillan
8 December Blackout: Who Forgot to Put the Plug In? - Sandra Kanck
7 December How Many More Must Die Before Government Heeds Heroin Research?  - Mike Elliott
7 December Research Reveals Fewer Partnerships with P21 - Mike Elliott
6 December Candles and Matches or Demand Management? - Sandra Kanck
6 December Challenge to Ministers: Come to Henley Beach to debate Levy - Ian Gilfillan
2 December Whyalla Young Jobless: Falling Between the Cracks - Sandra Kanck
2 December Yumbarra National Park Mining Fears Confirmed - Mike Elliott
1 December Privacy Bill to Protect SA from Big Brother - Mike Elliott

26 November Another ALP defection to Democrats - Ian Gilfillan
26 November Food Labelling: 'Aussie Made' and More Required - Ian Gilfillan
26 November Farmers Hit With Gobbledygook on Emergency Services Levy - Ian Gilfillan
26 November Employment Casualisation Concerns Confirmed - Mike Elliott
25 November WA Rules Out Nuclear Waste: SA Left Holding the Bag - Sandra Kanck
23 November Democrats Mourn Pristine Wilderness to be Mined - Mike Elliott
23 November Yumbarra Mining Motion "Severely Defective" - Mke Elliott
23 November River Fishery: No Guarantee from Government - Ian Gilfillan
22 November International ADHD Study to Release Findings - Mike Elliott
22 November K.I. "Tortured" by Government Inaction on O.J.D. - Ian Gilfillan
21 November South Australia: The Radioactive State - Sandra Kanck
19 November Low-Level; Medium-Level; High-Level Nuclear Wasteland - Sandra Kanck
19 November Government's Christmas Holiday Hideaway - Mike Elliott
18 November Too Soon to Sign Partnerships 21 Services Agreements - Mike Elliott
18 November Auditor General to Investigate Hindmarsh Soccer Stadium Development - Mike Elliott
18 November ETSA Shows Government Couldn't Run a Chook Raffle - Sandra Kanck
17 November ADHD Information Meeting in Northern Suburbs - Mike Elliott
17 November Liberal, Labor, wanted "life" for Babysitters - Ian Gilfillan
16 November Chance for SA to Rule Out Nuclear Waste Facility - Sandra Kanck
16 November Health of the Nation Discussed at Victor Harbor - Sandra Kanck
16 November EPA: Government Gutting Freedom of Information - Mike Elliott
15 November Which Soccer Inquiry? It's the Government's Choice - Mike Elliott
11 November

No Millenium Celebration for SA's Workers - Mike Elliott

11 November Democrats Move to Appoint Select Committee on QEH - Sandra Kanck
10 November

Education Minister to decide if Mintabie School Council Sacked - Mike Elliott

9 November Parliamentary Hemlock Committee - Sandra Kanck
9 November

Police Complaints: Unfettered Initiative Required - Ian Gilfillan

5 November SA Government Sprung over Education CEO Spring - Mike Elliott
4 November A.D.H.D. Information Meeting in Northern Suburbs - Mike Elliott
4 November Country Electricity Consumers to be Cut Adrift - Sandra Kanck
2 November Women of SA Should Lead the Way Again, on Republic - Sandra Kanck
2 November Future Directions for Whyalla - Ian Gilfillan
1 November River Fishery: Democrats Follow Up Concerns - Ian Gilfillan
1 November Challenge to Minister: Come to Blackwood & Debate Levy - Ian Gilfillan

29 October Government Confirms Kangaroo Island Crossing the Dearest - Ian Gilfillan
29 October Democrats Move to Ensure Release of Auditor-General's Probity Report - Sandra Kanck
28 October Aquaculture Management Condemned from Within - Ian Gilfillan
28 October All Roads Open to South Australia's Nuclear Dump - Sandra Kanck
26 October Belair Backdown Good News - For Now... - Mike Elliott
25 October Blackwood to Host Emergency Services Levy Forum - Ian Gilfillan
23 October Prisoners:  SA Below the UN Standard Minimum Conditions - Ian Gilfillan
22 October SA's Water Taken with a Pinch of Salt - Mike Elliott
22 October Time to Standardise the Mount Gambier Rail Line - Sandra Kanck
21 October State Government Hobbles Jet Skis Law - Sandra Kanck
21 October Committee Report on Heroin "A Missed Opportunity" - Mike Elliott
21 October Democrats Endorse International Year of Community - Mike Elliott
21 October ETSA Sale Excuses: Treasurer Caught With His Pants Down - Sandra Kanck
20 October Voluntary Euthanasia: Committee Turned its Back, Closed its Mind - Sandra Kanck
20 October Pelican Point:  EPA's Hands Are Tied - Mike Elliott
20 October Special Needs Fears Over Partnerships 21 - Mike Elliott
19 October River Fishery: No Information to Justify Exploitation - Ian Gilfillan
19 October Buckby's Drop in the School Maintenance Bucket - Mike Elliott
19 October Ambulance Service Bleeding: Is the Levy a Bandage? - Ian Gilfillan
18 October Victor Harbor to Host Emergency Services Levy "forum" - Ian Gilfillan
18 October Bond Issue Proposed for Adelaide-Darwin Rail Link - Sandra Kanck
18 October SA Public Nominates First President - Mike Elliott
17 October Victoria Square: A City Central Park for the Parkland City - Ian Gilfillan
16 October Democrats Nominate SA Resident for President - Mike Elliott
15 October Democrats Propose Legislation to Thwart Pangea Nuclear Dump Proposal - Sandra Kanck
8 October Will Bikies Lose Their Guns?   No Thanks to Labor, Libs - Ian Gilfillan
8 October Call Centres:  SA Leading from Behind - Mike Elliott
6 October Democrats Evidence to Tuna Farms Inquiry - Ian Gilfillan
5 October Government Bickering at Pensioners Expense - Ian Gilfillan
4 October Police Discipline Denied: Please Explain - Ian Gilfillan
2 October Government Silence on Cost of Beach Development - Mike Elliott
1 October Lessons for EPA in Foundry Closure - Mike Elliott
1 October Mount Barker Foundry Operating Without a Licence? - Mike Elliott

30 September Auditors Report Highlights Lack of Accountability - Mike Elliott
30 September Democrats Support Medical Use of Cannabis - Mike Elliott
29 September SA Education Act Review "Verging on Racist" - Mike Elliott
29 September Christies Shelter Workers: 12 Years Too Long to Wait - Mike Elliott
28 September Disability Respite Care: Why Are We Waiting? - Ian Gilfillan
28 September Yumbarra De-Gazettal: Treating Parks with Contempt - Mike Elliott
28 September Emergency Services Levy: the cost of the GRN remains - Ian Gilfillan
27 September EPA & Mt Barker Foundry:  What You Can't See Can Hurt You - Mike Elliott
23 September Public Rebukes Government Over Yumbarra Mining - Mike Elliott
21 September Youth Complex Scrapped - On Your Skates Mr Brindal - Sandra Kanck
20 September Government's Parklands Commitment: Short-Lived and Shallow - Mike Elliott
20 September How Far will John Follow Jeff   to Election Rejection? - Mike Elliott
18 September No More Buck Passing: Commit to Medicare in Sickness and In Health - Mike Elliott
16 September Port Stanvac Spill:  Oils Ain't Oils - Sandra Kanck
15 September Put the Port Stanvac Report on the Table - Sandra Kanck
14 September Port Stanvac Cover-Up? - Sandra Kanck
13 September Kotz: Out of Touch Or Out of the Loop? - Mike Elliott
12 September Greenhouse Seminar Success - Sandra Kanck
11 September Greenhouse Initiatives Seminar in Adelaide - Sandra Kanck
11 September Speaking Out for Public Education - Mike Elliott
9 September SA's Employment Honeymoon Over - Mike Elliott
8 September Public Hospitals: Beds Not Bureaucracy - Sandra Kanck
8 September "Child Abuse" perpetuated by State Government - Sandra Kanck
7 September SA Ripped Off By Canberra's Local Government Funding - Mike Elliott
3 September Will Dumps Harm Gulf St Vincent?  Ask Senate Inquiry - Sandra Kanck
2 September Regional Jobs: New South Wales shows how - Mike Elliott

30 August $100m plus!  ETSA Consultants Overpaid and Over Here - Sandra Kanck
27 August Partnerships 21:  Opt In or be Shut Out - Mike Elliott
26 August Adelaide's Festival Fringe Goes Back to the Wrong Future - Sandra Kanck
25 August Parents to Pay for Publicly-funded ADHD information - Mike Elliott
24 August Bogucki Offers SA Tourism a Lesson - Mike Elliott
24 August Partnerships 21:  Showbag May Steal from Children - Mike Elliott
23 August Adelaide Hills Union leader joins Democrats - Sandra Kanck
22 August What Price the Government Radio Network? - Sandra Kanck
20 August EPA Port Stanvac Delay:  Why are we Waiting? - Mike Elliott
20 August Houghton, Paracombe, Inglewood: Drinkable Water a Right not a Privilege - Sandra Kanck
20 August Partnerships 21: All Gifts, No Guarantees - Mike Elliott
19 August Hidden Charges: Time for Banks to Tell All - Sandra Kanck
18 August Landfill Development Loophole Big Enough for Dumps Galore! - Sandra Kanck
18 August Belair Line Trains:   TransAdelaide Survey Too Narrow - Sandra Kanck
18 August Closure of Gynaecological Services Next Cut to the Q.E.H. - Sandra Kanck
17 August EPA:  New South Wales shows Dorothy how it's done - Mike Elliott
16 August Community Groups Condemn E.P.A. - Mike Elliott
13 August EPA:  Beware the Watchdog's Watchdog - Mike Elliott
13 August Government's Attention Deficit with A.D.H.D. - Mike Elliott
12 August No Full-time job security for SA Workforce - Mike Elliott
11 August Euthanasia: Attorney-General on Morally Dubious Ground - Sandra Kanck
10 August International "Attention Deficit Hyperactivity" Expert to Speak at Public Forum in Adelaide - Mike Elliott
9 August EPA:  No More Know Less - Mike Elliott
6 August Mt Barker Foundry:  Government Slowly Decisive - Mike Elliott
5 August Mt Barker Foundry Fumes Need More Than Cosmetic Cutbacks - Mike Elliott
4 August Government Rejects Covert Criminal Surveillance - Ian Gilfillan
4 August Health Ministers Fail the Genetically-Modified Food Test - Sandra Kanck
3 August Council Voting: Make it a Fairer, Simpler Responsibility - Ian Gilfillan
2 August Letting Whyalla Go With a Whimper? - Ian Gilfillan

31 July Frankenstein Food: Unlabelled, Untested, and in a Store Near You! - Sandra Kanck
30 July Adelaide Parklands Development to go "Up" not "out" - Ian Gilfillan
30 July International ADHD Expert to Speak at Public Forum in Aberfoyle Park - Mike Elliott
30 July Fumes from Mt Barker Products: What's the Delay EPA? - Mike Elliott
28 July S.A. Must Act Now on Drug User Rooms - Mike Elliott
27 July Government Disowns CFS Volunteers, Defends Distortions - Ian Gilfillan
27 July Democrats Tell NCC to "butt out" on Trading Hours - Mike Elliott
27 July SA: The Part-Time and Casual State - Mike Elliott
26 July No More "Culture of Secrecy" in Councils - Ian Gilfillan
26 July Democrats Taking Balanced Approach to Culling Native Species - Mike Elliott
24 July Turning Local Councils Green - Ian Gilfillan
23 July Democrats Support a Health Inquiry, But Not Olsen's Solutions - Sandra Kanck
22 July Public to get "Right of Reply" to Councils - Ian Gilfillan
21 July Government's Fear Campaign for SA Hospitals - Sandra Kanck
21 July Democrats Pull Councils into the 21st Century - Ian Gilfillan
20 July Child Sex Abuse: SA's "Four Corners" Embarassment - Ian Gilfillan
20 July SA's Severe Gambling Problem is NO game - Mike Elliott
18 July Is Government's "Youth Plus" the Answer? - Sandra Kanck
16 July Maternity Services: Private Profit Outweighs Public Health - Sandra Kanck
16 July Violent Criminals Keep their Guns in SA - Ian Gilfillan
15 July No Doctor in the house for Modbury Births - Sandra Kanck
13 July Anti-Corruption:  Watching the Watchers in Adelaide - Ian Gilfillan
10 July Oil Refinery Indenture Acts Need Overhaul - Sandra Kanck
9 July Means Testing Hospitals: Premier Barking Up the Wrong Tree - Sandra Kanck
8 July ADHD in Schools: Less Resources = More Drugs? - Mike Elliott
8 July QEH Maternity Downgrading: Confusion Grows - Sandra Kanck
8 July Unemployment Glitters are not Gold - Mike Elliott
7 July If You Fall, Fall on your Hip (Please) - Ian Gilfillan
7 July Port Stanvac Oil Spill Report Must Be Released Unconditionally - Sandra Kanck
7 July Environmental Protection Agency to be Investigated - Mike Elliott
1 July Walk On By: Pedestrian Road Safety Forgotten - Sandra Kanck

30 June Northern Community Has Its Say on Drugs - Mike Elliott
30 June Democrats call for Inquiry into E.P.A. - Mike Elliott
30 June Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder – Lack of school support means more kids on drugs - Mike Elliott
30 June Was Transport SA / EPA Report Into 1996 Port Stanvac Oil Spill Buried? - Sandra Kanck
29 June Port Stanvac Oil Spill:  History Repeated? - Sandra Kanck
25 June Drug Law Reform:  Does it Take the Death of a Baby? - Mike Elliott
21 June Northern Community Forums to Tackle Drugs Problem - Mike Elliott
18 June Public Vote 'No' to Belair Resort - Mike Elliott
17 June Minister "De-Throned" and Secrecy Out from Local Councils - Ian Gilfillan
15 June Now Yumbarra National Park - Is Nothing Sacred? - Mike Elliott
14 June ETSA Storm Damage Delays - Sandra Kanck
11 June ETSA:  SA Betrayed, Democracy the Poorer   - Sandra Kanck
11 June Launch of Whyalla Job Share Initiative - Ian Gilfillan
10 June Jobs: SA Economy Going Nowhere Fast - Mike Elliott
10 June ETSA:  The Slush Fund has Landed - Sandra Kanck
9 June ETSA:  Potential Profits Given Away - Sandra Kanck
9 June Stobie Pole Posters to Continue - Sandra Kanck
9 June Democrats Take Action to save 200-300 year old trees - Mike Elliott
8 June Longer Shopping Hours: Fewer Jobs, Greater Monopolies - Ian Gilfillan
8 June ETSA lease means more expensive electricity - Sandra Kanck
7 June Democrats Form Finniss Branch on Fleurieu;   Push Into Regional SA - Ian Gilfillan
4 June Louth Bay Tuna: 7 Questions Must Now be Answered - Ian Gilfillan
4 June ETSA:  $7 Billion Needed to Break Even - Sandra Kanck
3 June Last Chance for Democratic Resolution to ETSA sale - Sandra Kanck
2 June Democrats GST package boosts chances for Adelaide-Darwin rail link - Sandra Kanck
2 June Northern Community Forums to Tackle Drugs Problem - Mike Elliott
1 June SA would be sold short by ETSA lease - Sandra Kanck
1 June Democrats Visit Victor Harbour for State Council meeting - Ian Gilfillan

30 May    Tax Reform a National Policy Breakthrough - Ian Gilfillan
29 May    Budget Takes Away 1,000 Public Houses - Sandra Kanck
27 May    SA Health Budget: More Pain, No Gain - Sandra Kanck
27 May    Savage Tax Increases: Blame Runaway Government Expenses- Mike Elliott
26 May    Not more Daylight Saving - Change Central Standard Time instead - Sandra Kanck
26 May    Emergency Services Levy: A Challenge to Labor - Ian Gilfillan
26 May    SA Budget:- 5 years of pain - and more to come - Mike Elliott
25 May    Sustainability: It's About Scallops and Cockles too, not just tuna - Ian Gilfillan
25 May     Aquaculture - Government Backs Down - Ian Gilfillan
24 May     Drug Measures Welcomed - but hasten slowly - Mike Elliott
24 May     Kill-ology: Guns, Knives, Video Games and the Fear of Crime - Ian Gilfillan
21 May    Trial Safe Injecting Room in SA - Mike Elliott

19 May    Democrats extend olive branch on Industrial Relations Bill - Mike Elliott
19 May    Emergency Services Levy: Democrats Again Confront Labor - Ian Gilfillan
16 May    A Challenge to the Premier on Intellectual Disability - Sandra Kanck
13 May    SA Must Address Stagnant Job Market - Mike Elliott
13 May   Q.E.H. Needs Specialist Language Services - Sandra Kanck
12 May   SA's Been 'Done In' By the Feds - Again! - Mike Elliott
8 May    The Hard Sell on Viagra - Sandra Kanck
7 May    Nuclear Waste:  SA's silent senators - Sandra Kanck
6 May    Q.E.H. staff muzzled - Sandra Kanck
5 May    Q.E.H. Midwifery Services: The Beginning of the End - Sandra Kanck
4 May    User Rooms Must be Part of Drugs Strategy - Mike Elliott
3 May     Community Forum to Tackle Drugs Problem - Mike Elliott


30 April      Beverley - Another Nail in S.A.'s Nuclear Coffin - Sandra Kanck
30 April    Accessible Transport for the Disabled, for the Future - Sandra Kanck
21 April     Protection of Child Sex Victims - A Challenge to Major Parties - Ian Gilfillan
21 April     Elliott to Give Evidence Before Heroin Committee - Mike Elliott
17 April     Country Fire Service Losing Control - Ian Gilfillan
16 April     Youth Facilities Before Football Park seats - Mike Elliott
14 April      Nursing Home Funding - How long can Patients wait? - Ian Gilfillan
9 April          Aquaculture:  Minister vetoes Public Consultation, Appeal Rights - Ian Gilfillan
8 April         Encouraging Rise in Full-time Jobs - Mike Elliott
1 April         Government Hastens Development of Inkerman and Dublin Dumps - Sandra Kanck


31 March      Designated Driver Campaign for Hills - Sandra Kanck
25 March    Child Sex Offenders: Prevention of Crime Saves Money too - Ian Gilfillan
24 March    Minister Comes Clean on Nuclear Dump - Sandra Kanck
24 March     ETSA: - No Need for Another Inquiry - Sandra Kanck
24 March    Wingfield: Anyhow, Have a Dump - Sandra Kanck
23 March    Small Retailers:  Promise Broken, Trust Destroyed - Ian Gilfillan
22 March      ETSA sell-off still no benefit for SA - Mike Elliott, Sandra Kanck, Ian Gilfillan
22 March    Native Title Legislation Still On Hold - Sandra Kanck
21 March    The Future of ETSA - Mike Elliott
19 March      Julia Farr Services:  Trust Abused - Sandra Kanck
18 March    S.A. The Nuclear State - Sandra Kanck
16 March     Democrats Call for Gaming Commission - Mike Elliott
16 March     Something Fishy Going on at Louth Bay - Ian Gilfillan
13 March    Native Title Consultation Process Woefully Inadequate - Sandra Kanck
13 March   Democrat Privacy Watchdog Established - Ian Gilfillan
10 March     "Child Abuse" in Court to Continue - Ian Gilfillan
9 March     Salmonella Alert in the Post! - Sandra Kanck
9 March     Parklands "Land Bank" a Pea and Thimble Trick - Ian Gilfillan
5 March    Food Poisoning:  Why the Delay in Public Notification? - Sandra Kanck
4 March    Olsen's Heroin Stance Welcomed - Mike Elliott
4 March    Let the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Keep Delivering - Sandra Kanck
4 March    Aquaculture:  Public Service Support Lacking, Even for a Growth Industry - Ian Gilfillan
3 March    Wingfield Dump Inquiry Closer - Sandra Kanck
3 March    Supply Charge Increase a Disaster for Energy Policy and Environment - Sandra Kanck
2 March    ETSA Tax a Political Stunt - Mike Elliott
1 March    SA's Electricity Assets: Higher Prices the real issue: Joint Statement by Mike Elliott, and Independent MP Rory McEwen
1 March    Minister must scrap Inkerman Dumps - Sandra Kanck


28 February       Comunity Forum to Tackle Drugs problem - Mike Elliott
25 February     Closure Height of Wingfield Dump must be independently determined - Sandra Kanck
25 February      Privacy Not Relevant to Surveillance says Government - Ian Gilfillan
24 February    Howard has his facts wrong on heroin - Mike Elliott
24 February      Put Nuclear Dump Speculation to Rest Premier - Sandra Kanck
23 February     National Report shows SA Education in decline: More funding needed - Mike Elliott
18 February     Government Stealing Our Belair National Park - Mike Elliott
18 February     Industrial Relations:  Government Plan to go back to "Dark Ages" - Mike Elliott
18 February     Democrats Protect Jury System by Allowing Public Discussion - Ian Gilfillan
17 February     Protecting Child Witnesses in Court - Ian Gilfillan
17 February    Democrats Maximise Choice for Expectant Mothers - Sandra Kanck
15 February   $2.5 million public land grab at Glenelg - Mike Elliott
15 February  Public float of ETSA guaranteed fiscal failure - Sandra Kanck
12 February  Lafferty report confirms deficiencies in "trial" uranium mine at Bevereley - Sandra Kanck
11 February  SA Going Backwards on Employment - Mike Elliott
10 February  Olsen Urged: Keep Shop Trading Pledge - Mike Elliott
9 February   Allow Cramond to complete Motorola report: Mike Elliott
6 February  Treasurer Does Backflip on Gas Supplies - Sandra Kanck
4 February   Local Government: Ombudsman 'Out' and Regional Councils Under Minister's Thumb - Ian Gilfillan
3 February   Doubts Over Native Title Legislation - Sandra Kanck
2 February   ETSA Fails Power Consumers - Sandra Kanck
2 February  Country Road Deaths: It Won't Happen to Me - Sandra Kanck


29 January ETSA: SA Won't be Fooled by Government Con - Mike Elliott
28 January NCA: So Who Does Want the Inquest Restricted? - Ian Gilfillan
28 January Shop Trading Hours - It's a Matter of Trust - Mike Elliott
15 January  Hills to Miss Out Again: First Medicare, now Community Legal Centres - Ian Gilfillan
14 January SA Jobless Figures Show Part-Time Trend Continues - Mike Elliott
14 January  Welcome to Adelaide - That will be $107 for Not Carrying Change! - Sandra Kanck
13 January Government Re-Negs on Community Legal Centre Promise - Ian Gilfillan
5 January Government Ignores Domestic Violence Police Training Requirements - Ian Gilfillan

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