Questions in Parliament

FAMILY FIRST’s two elected members, the Hons Dennis Hood and Andrew Evans MLC (to July 2008, and since then, the Hon Robert Brokenshire MLC), ask questions of the Labor State Government during “Question Time” every sitting week in the Legislative Council of the South Australian Parliament.  Listed below are copies of those questions, extracted from Hansard (in Adobe Acrobat PDF format).

Put your family first ...

FAMILY FIRST PARTY (SOUTH AUSTRALIA)

The Hon Dennis Hood MLC with over 10,000 FAMILY FIRST petitions against objectionable aspects of the
Equal Opportunity (Miscellaneous)
Amendment Bill

Questions from:    2009   2008   2007   2006   2005   2004   2003   2002

2007
Pharmacy Robberies 06.02.07
SHine SA 20.09.06-06.02.07
Anti-Drug Advertising 08.02.07
Pseudoephedrine Sales 20.02.07
Tobacco Law Enforcement 21.02.07
Drug Paraphernalia 22.02.07
Stevenson, Mr D, 13.03.07
Bromley, Mr D, 14.03.07
Colorectal Cancer 05.12.06, 15.03.07
Police, Drugs, 15.03.07
Stamp Duty, 27.03.07
Education Certificate 09.05.06, 27.03.07
Key Early Year Services 07.06.06, 27.03.07
SHine SA 20.06.06, 27.03.07
Karobran Rehabilitation Centre 22.06.06, 27.03.07
Education, Aquatic Programs 21.11.06, 27.03.07
Obesity 23.11.06, 27.03.07
Families SA 06.12.06, 27.03.07
Stamp Duty, 29.03.07
Water Supply, 02.05.07
Youth Depression, 03.05.07
Smacking of Children, 29.05.07
Montana Meth Project, 30.05.07
Adult Shop, Whyalla, 31.05.07
Rainwater Tanks, 05.06.07
Hazardous Household Waste, 06.06.07
Radiation Protection and Control Act, 07.06.07
Needle Exchange Program, 19.06.07
Needle Exchange Program, 20.06.07
Drug Sentences, 21.06.07
Speed Cameras, 24.07.07
Graffiti Prevention, 25.07.07
Housing Affordability Summit, 26.07.07
Prisoner Amenities, 31.07.07
Tobacco Law Enforcement, 01.08.07
Drug Sentences, 11.09.07
Rainwater Tanks, 12.09.07
Drug Advertising, 13.09.07
Drug Sentence, 25.09.07
Country Fire Service Volunteers, 26.09.07
Conviction Rates, Arson, 27.09.07
Bushfire Arson, 16.10.07
Black-flanked Rock Wallabies, October 17th, 2007 (answered May 8th, 2008)
AIDS Council of South Australia, 18.10.07
Police, Arrest Warrants, 23.10.07
Native Fish, 24.10.07
Sexual Abuse Offences, 25.10.07
Assisted Suicide, 13.11.07
Drug Policy, 14.11.07
Judicial Officers’ Salaries, 15.11.07
Water Infrastructure, 20.11.07
Freedom of Information, 21.11.07

2007 — Budget and Finance Committee 2007*
Department of Families & Communities — 16 July 2007
Department of Education & Children’s Services — 30 July 2007
Department of Health — 13 August 2007
Department of Premier & Cabinet — 27 August 2007
Department of Trade & Economic Development — 10 September 2007

* The Budget and Finance Committee is a Select Committee of the Legislative Council appointed in 2007 to scrutinise Government expenditure by portfolio, calling senior public servants to give evidence to the Committee.

 

2005
Adoption 1.03.05
Community Constables 2.03.05
Disabled Employment 11.04.05
Emergency Accomodation 7.11.05
Film Classification 3.05.05
Financial Education 10.02
Community Constables 1.03 Graduate Housing Loan 13.04.05
Homelessness 7.07.05
Homework Policy 7.02.05
Hospitals Ardrossan 12.04.05
Housing Trust 28.02.05
Mr Clifford Guest 1.06.05
National Competition Policy 21.11.05
Petrol Sniffing 23.04.05
Police Checks 6.04.05
Police Resources 10.11.05
School Bullies 15.02.05
Prostitution 30.06.05
Retirement Villages 5.04.05
Speeding Fine 19.09.05
Stamp Duty 4.04.05
Stolen Generation 28.11.05
Supported Accomodation 30.11.05
Traineeships 29.06.05
Truancy 7.04.05
Whistleblowers 6.07.05
Work Cover 24.05.05
Youth Debt 5.07.05
Adelaide Casino 27.06.2005
Adoption 1.3.05
Bail Breaches 12.04.05
Children in State Care Inquiry 04.04.2005
Correctional Services Employment - 4-5-04
Disability Funding - 04.04.2005
Disability Funding 14.04.05
Disability Services 14.04.2005
Disability Services - 23.09.04
Domestic Violence.04.04.2005
Drugs - 14-04-2005
Drug Driving 13.10.04
Drugs in the Community 12.04.05
Film Classification 15.02.05
Film Classification 28.06.2005
General Practitioners Funding for Clinics 04.04.05
Glenside Hospital 04.04.05
Graduate Housing Loan
Homelessness 7.07.05
Hospitals Ardrossan 27.06.2005
Housing Rental - 27.06.2005
Housing Trust 9.02.05
Industry Assistance Loan Scheme 22.11.05
Mens Health 29 June 2005
Mount Gambier Prison 31.05.05
Parenting Classes 04.04.2005
Police Checks 27.06.2005
Retirement Villages 5.04.05
Royal Adelaide Hospital.14.09.05
Security Industry - 11-04-2005
Stamp Duty 28.06.2005
Students and Financial Assistance 13.09.05
Surf Life Saving 12.09.05
Taxis 17.10.05
Truancy 27.06.2005
Youth Crime 04.04.2005

 

2003
Electricity Supply 17.02.03 (answered 14.07.03)
Country Fire Service 19.02.03 (answered 01.04.03)
Rofe, Mr P 20.02.03 (answered 28.04.03)
Youth Opportunities Program 19.03.03 (unanswered)
Sex Education 24.03.03 (answered 14.05.03)
Hospitals, Modbury 25.03.03 (unanswered)
Aboriginal Affairs Portfolio 26.03.03 (answered in chamber)
Aboriginal Communities 31.03.03 (answered in chamber)
Prisons, Drug Use 01.04.03 (answered 12.05.03)
Asbestos 03.04.03 (unanswered)
Autism Spectrum Disorder 28.04.03 (unanswered)
Drivers’ Licences 30.04.03 (answered 17.07.03)
Sex Education 01.05.03 (unanswered)
Autism Spectrum Disorder 12.05.03 (answer 17.07.03)
Body Organs and Tissue 15.05.03 (answered 07.07.03)
Power Subsidies 26.05.03 (answered 15.09.03)
Children at Risk 28.05.03 (answered 10.11.03)
Electricity Supply 29.05.03 (answered 15.09.03)
Child Abuse 02.06.03 (answered 17.07.03)
Carer Funding 04.06.03 (answered 25.09.03)
Cogen Device 05.06.03 (answered 15.09.03)
Schools, Research Ethics 26.06.03 (answered 20.10.03)
Aborigines, Correctional Services 07.07.03 (answered 15.09.03)
Water Supply, Government Rebate 09.07.03 (answered 15.09.03)
Child Abuse 14.07.03 (unanswered)
Morris, Ms A. (
Maternal Alienation issue) 16.07.03 (answered 10.11.03)
Access Cab Service 17.07.03 (answered?)
Women, Funding 15.09.03 (answered 25.11.03)
Youth Action Plan 16.09.03 (answered 11.11.03)
Men’s Support Services 17.09.03 (answered?)
Child Protection 18.09.03 (answered 10.11.03)
Same Sex Couples 23.09.03 (answered 20.10.03)
Dementia 24.09.03 (answered 10.11.03)
Depression 25.09.03 (answered 10.11.03)
Prisons, Drug Use 13.10.03 (unanswered?)
Child Abuse 14.10.03 (answered 25.11.03)
Maternal Alienation Project 20.10.03 (answered 25.11.03)
Gophers 21.10.03 (answered?)
Security Industry 23.10.03 (answered?)
Parliament House, Security 10.11.03 (answered in chamber)
Schools, Committees 11.11.03 (answered?)
Same Sex Couples 12.11.03 (answered 27.11.03)
Children at Risk 13.11.03 (answered?)
Flinders Medical Centre 24.11.03 (answered?)
Schools, Sex Education 25.11.03 (answered 04.12.03)
Equal Opportunity Legislation 27.11.03 (answered?)
Child Abuse 01.12.03 (answered?)
Child Abuse 02.12.03 (answered?)
Abortion 03.12.03 (answered?)
Bheard Youth Survey 04.12.03 (answered?)

2002
Drugs Summit 13.05.02 (answered 28.05.02)
Lochiel Park 14.05.02 (answered 17.07.02)
Drugs Summit 16.05.02 (unanswered)
Stem Cells 27.05.02 (answered 08.07.02)
SA Youth Awards Showcase 29.05.02 (unanswered)
Schools Ministry Group 30.05.02 (answered 10.07.02)
Homelessness 02.06.02 (answered 08.07.02)
Youth Suicide 04.06.02 (answered 08.07.02)
Foster Care 06.06.02 (answered 10.07.02)
Lochiel Park 08.07.02 (unanswered)
Drivers Licences, Provisional 10.07.02 (answered 15.10.02)
Youth Services Funding 15.07.02 (answered 12.11.02)
Strathmont Centre 17.07.02 (answered 21.10.02)
Domestic Violence 21.08.02 (answered 15.10.02)
Child Abuse 22.08.02 (answered 17.07.03)
Youth Services Funding 26.08.02 (answered 20.11.02)
Schools, Capital Works 27.08.02 (answered 24.03.03)
Child Abuse 28.08.02 (answered 24.10.02)
Stem Cells 15.10.02 (answered 19.11.02)
Unemployment 16.10.02 (answered 20.02.03)
Murray River 17.10.02 (answered 20.02.03)
Prohibitive Employment Register 21.10.02 (answered 20.02.03)
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity 22.10.02 (answered 28.11.02)
Unemployment 23.10.02 (answered 20.02.03)
European Carp 24.10.02 (answered in chamber)
Mawson Lakes High School 13.11.02 (answered 20.02.03)
Schools, Independent 14.11.02 (answered 20.02.03)
Human Services Department 18.11.02 (answered 20.02.03)
Mental Health Policy 19.11.02 (unanswered)
McEwen, Mr R 20.11.02 (unanswered)
Maternal Alienation Project 21.11.02 (answered 20.02.03)
Crown Land 27.11.02 (answered 20.02.03)
Hospitals, Modbury 28.11.02 (answered 19.03.03)
Autism 02.12.02 (answered 18.02.03)
Prison, Drug Abuse 04.12.02 (answered 07.07.03)

2009
Urban Growth Boundary (and Supplementary Question)— Tuesday February 3rd, 2009

Biocompostable Containers — February 4th, 2009

Government Advertising — Thursday 5 February 2009

Cheltenham Park (Supplementary Question) - Thursday 5 February 2009

Questioning on Gamblers Rehabilitation Fund tender process for counselling services — Budget and Finance Select Committee — Monday 16 February 2009

Development Laws (Bushfire Prevention)— Tuesday, 17 February 2009

Murray River Buyback Scheme (and Supplementary Question)— Wednesday 18 February 2009

Skycity Casino — Thursday, 19 February 2009

Cabinet Ministers — March 3rd, 2009

Desalination Plant - March 3rd, 2009

Waste Collection — March 3rd, 2009 (Supplementary)

Housing SA—March 5th, 2008—Management Problems-Private social housing provider performing better

Housing SA—March 5th, 2009 — Tenant left with premises in disrepair, family safety at risk

Families SA (Family Court intervention requests) — March 24th, 2009

Freedom of Information — March 25th, 2009

Land Tax — March 26th, 2009

Boards and Committees — April 8th, 2009

2008
Mitsubishi Motors 12.02.08
Shine SA 14.02.08
Groundwater Sampling 14.02.08 (Question on Notice;
answered April 2nd, 2008)

Goulburn Valley Water 26.02.08
Tourism Advertising 26.02.08
Child Abuse Hotline 28.02.08
Tier 3 Child Protection 28.02.08
Emergency Housing (the Hon D Hood MLC) 04.03.08
Emergency Housing (the Hon A Evans MLC) 05.03.08
Rear Vision Cameras 06.03.08
Suicide Prevention 01.04.08
Child Welfare 02.04.08 (Question on Notice)
Operation Swede 02.04.08 (Question on Notice)
Schools, Safety 02.04.08 (Question on Notice)
Stolen Property 02.04.08
Kangaroo Island, Places of Worship 03.04.08
Video Games (Release of Grand Theft Auto IV) -
             April 29th, 2008
Suspended Sentences — May 6th, 2008
Amata Drug Rehabilitation Centre — May 7th, 2008
Tramline Ticket Validation — May 7th, 2008
            
(Question on Notice)
Pill Testing Kits — May 8th, 2008
Extending Gawler Railway Line to the Barossa Valley
             —
May 7th, 2008 — Question on Notice
Extending Tonsley Railway Line
             — May 7th, 2008 —
Question on Notice
Rebuilding Northfield Railway Line
             — May 7th, 2008 —
Question on Notice
Regional Passenger Rail Services — May 7th, 2008 — Question on Notice
Restoring Rail to Mt Barker — May 7th, 2008 — Question on Notice
Southern Expressway Duplication — May 7th, 2008 — Question on Notice
Tramline Ticket Validations — May 7th, 2008 — Question on Notice
Willunga Railway Line Corridor — May 7th, 2008 — Question on Notice
Stamp Duty (Calling for First Home Buyer Relief in  State Budget) - June 3rd, 2008
Angaston Railway Station — June 4th, 2008
Montana Meth Project (Anti-Drug Advertising)— June 5th, 2008
Rail Revitalisation — June 17th, 2008
Cannabis Crops — June 18th, 2008
Barossa Railway — June 19th, 2008
Sexual Offences — July 3rd, 2008 (outcomes of FAMILY FIRST Bill allowing prosecution of pre 1/12/1982 sex crimes)
Drug Policy — July 22nd, 2008
Life Jackets — July 23rd, 2008
Pay Day Lending — July 24th, 2008
Guide Dogs — July 29th, 2008
APY Lands [Police Housing] — July 29th, 2008

             Answer: November 27th, 2008

Myponga / Sellicks Hill Wind Farm  — Wed Sep 10, 2008

Adoption: Wed Sep 10, 2008

Massive fall in local adoptions — Abortion contrast — Foster care adoption option

Road Safety: Thurs Sep 11, 2008

Recent Accidents — Road Toll — Road Maintenance Program

Copper Hills Station (APY Lands Correctional Facility)  — September 23rd, 2008

Repay SA (Supplementary Question re Offender Community Service Program) - September 24th, 2008

Government Advertising (River Murray and Desalination Advertisement)— September 25th, 2008

Police Numbers  — Wed Oct. 15th, 2008
Attrition rates—Recruiting effort– Whether State can meet 2010 target

Prison Beds (Supplementary Question) - Wednesday 15 October 2008

First Home Owner Grant — Thurs Oct 16th, 2008
$4,000 State Government rebate—Impact of up to $21,000 new Fed rebate

Copper Coast District Council (Supplementary Question) - Tuesday 28 October 2008

Southern Suburbs Development—Tuesday 28 October 2008

Education Department (Student Change of School, Racial Vilification) - 30 October 2008

             Answer(given 19 February 2009)

Schoolies Week (Supplementary Question) - November 11th, 2008

Executive Positions — Government Waste — Wednesday 12 November 2008

             Answer: Tuesday 3 March 2009

Tram Tickets — Wednesday 12 November 2008

Encounter Youth (Schoolies volunteers at Victor Harbor) - Thurs. November 13th, 2008

Prison Beds (Supplementary Question) - Thursday November 13th, 2008

Murray River, Lower Lakes — December 2nd, 2008