With our aquaculture, agriculture, and horticulture industries increasingly relying on interstate and overseas itinerant workers to perform essential production duties, Member for Flinders Sam Telfer is urging the State government to provide clarity around driver’s license arrangements. “Primary producers, family members, or employees of a primary producer who do not hold the appropriate class of …
Member for Flinders Sam Telfer MP has used a speech to State Parliament this week to call on the State Labor government to immediately upgrade the Flinders Highway, which links towns along the West Coast from Port Lincoln to Ceduna. Mr Telfer said regional roads had been sorely neglected in the 18 months since the …
Highway Upgrades on Eyre Peninsula Vital for SA’s Future Read More »
I have recently received a considerable amount of feedback on a very concerning piece of legislation regarding wombat burrows. The Labor government and the Greens have joined forces to put together legislation which adds much more obligation onto landowners that have to deal with wombats on their property, and have included substantially more ramifications on …
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Last week in Parliament I was delighted to meet a delegation of Eyre Peninsula students as part of the Rural Youth Ambassadors program. Getting our rural and regional youth involved in our communities and taking an active leadership role is vital as we fight to keep our kids living in the regions. I spoke about …
In case you missed it, I chatted with Chris on 5CC’s Around SA yesterday about the decision of REX Airlines to change their timetables, cutting services to regional South Australia, especially Ceduna. If you missed it and would like to catch up, you can listen to my chat with Chris by clicking here.
State Member for Flinders Sam Telfer MP has written to REX Airlines after numerous reports of regional South Australian services being cancelled by the airline, hoping to receive an understanding for the community about the recent unreliable service. Mr Telfer said that the REX Airline service is essential for the isolated community of Ceduna, which …
The recent situation regarding vacancies within local councils will be resolved with a new bill passing parliament. To see my thoughts on the bill, you can click below.
I had a great chat today with Rikki Lambert from FLOW FM about the ongoing saga that is the Eyre Peninsula Desalination Plant as well as the concerning situation about councillors and their declarations in SA. To listen, you can click here.
The Opposition is calling for an independent investigation into the disastrous failure of Minister Geoff Brock and the Electoral Commission of South Australia following an embarrassing breakdown in the communication and reporting processes of council elections. Councils and communities across the state were plunged into chaos after the local government election bungle, which saw terrible …
Independent investigation into council election failure non-negotiable Read More »
Regional councils and communities have been plunged into chaos and confusion after Geoff Brock refused to take any responsibility for a local government election bungle that could see 46 elected members lose their positions over an avoidable procedural breakdown. South Australians will likely be asked to return to the ballot box over the issue which …