Inside Story
CONTENTS
ETSA: NO SALE
Dissecting SA's debt
Australian Democrats State Leader Mike Elliott investigates
why the impact of the community's belt tightening over the past four years has led to more
tax hikes and more pain on the horizon for South Australians.
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Shopping hours ---- Rethinking retail
leases
Small business fights for survival
Democrats' Small Business spokesperson Ian Gilfillan is going
in to bat for SA small business on two fronts, by opposing any extension to shopping
hours, and strengthening protection for small retail lessees, who are often under the
thumb of landlords. Page 3
Feature Story:
The politics of power - SA's power in
SA's hands
OnJune 25, the Australian Democrats announced they would vote
to retain South Australia's electricity utilities as a community asset.
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Protecting our children's future
South Australia's future was an important consideration in
the Australian Democrats' decision not to sell ETSA and its generation arm Optima Energy.
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Pensioners pay the price
The Australian Democrats have criticised the State Government
for slugging South Australian pensioners with a 33 per cent rise in the cost of Ambulance
cover subscriptions.
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Looking at literacy
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Households hit by Emergency Services levy
The Australian Democrats have called on the SA Government to
ensure that savings gained from its new emergency services levy are passed back to the
community.
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S.A. Democrat MP's on the
internet
A word about this site
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Democrats probe police contracts
The State Government's new push to employ police on contracts
is under investigation by the Australian Democrats.
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Save The Trees - trade in
carbon
Imagine if South Australia could earn money from foreign
investors in return for preserving and replanting forests to act as a 'carbon sink' to
counteract polluting industries?
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Putting a price on
conservation
How do we balance economic development with conservation? Do
we only conserve that which we believe has no apparent economic value?
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