Robert Brokenshire

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First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 1 reports

SA foreign ownership call

MALCOLM SUTTONTOP PRIORITY: Hobby farmer Christine Diotti, Keyneton, says a national register for foreign ownership of land should be a priority. "Nobody's got their head around foreign ownership," she said.SUPPORTERS of a bill that would establish a ... [Published Stock Journal Australia - 18 hours ago]
First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

SA Water execs cash in on plastic as our bills rise

SA WATER executives spent more than $365,000 in 12 months on credit card expenses including flowers, high-end restaurants and gifts of liquor, jewellery and chocolates. The spending details have only been revealed through a Freedom of Information Act ... [Published Adelaide Now - May 19 2013]
First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

More fine dodgers not living in SA

AN increasing number of fine dodgers - who owe the state almost $38 million - are living interstate or overseas. Freedom of Information documents provided to adelaidenow by Family First MP Robert Brokenshire show 32,592 people are living interstate with ... [Published Adelaide Now - May 14 2013]
First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 1 reports

No justice for half of sex victims

Source: adelaidenow FEWER than half of sexual assaults reported to police last year led to an arrest or charges, police figures reveal. They believe reliance on personal accounts - due to a lack of witnesses, security footage or forensic evidence - in ... [Published Perth Now - May 05 2013]
Entities: Sex, Police, Sexual Assault
First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Editorial: Speeding up FOI process

SOUTH Australians are increasingly turning to freedom-of-information laws to obtain information from their Government. Applications to the State Government have risen about 30 per cent over the past decade and, according to the government, SA receives ... [Published Adelaide Now - May 02 2013]
First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

State health transport scheme under review

THE Patient Assistance Transport Scheme (PATS) will be reviewed following a campaign from Family First Member of the Legislative Council Robert Brokenshire.Mr Brokenshire said he had campaigned for improvement to the PATS subsidy for more than 12 months ... [Published Murray Valley Standard - May 01 2013]
First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

PPSA up and running

SOUTH Australia's new farm representative group is the first in Australia to move away from direct membership to a commodity-driven model with all production sectors supported by funding through the State Government's Primary Industry Funding Scheme.SAFF ... [Published Stock Journal Australia - May 01 2013]
First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 2 reports

Country patients win fund review

Source: Supplied THE State Government has buckled to public pressure and will review its financial assistance scheme for people in rural areas who must travel for medical care. Health Minister Jack Snelling said the government made the decision after ... [Published NEWS.com.au - Apr 29 2013]
First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

New farm lobby forges ahead

South Australia's new farming umbrella group is keen to make a swift transition as it takes the place of the disbanded South Australian Farmers Federation (SAFF).Farmers voted at a meeting in Adelaide this week to back creation of Primary Producers SA ... [Published ABC Online - Apr 29 2013]
First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Mobile speed cameras just 'entrapment'

Source: adelaidenow HALF the locations where mobile speed cameras were positioned across Adelaide in the past two years had 10 or fewer casualty crashes, figures show. State government data provided to The Advertiser by Independent MP Bob Such has prompted ... [Published Perth Now - Apr 29 2013]
First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Primary Producers SA takeover puts end to 120 years of representation

GIVING DAIRY A VOICE: A new lobby group will replace the South Australian Farmers FederationTHE South Australian Farmers Federation has disbanded following an industry meeting in Adelaide yesterday that may revolutionise lobbying on behalf of the state’s ... [Published Border Watch - Apr 29 2013]
First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 28 2013 - 1 reports

Persistent predators trying to beat the system

Source: The Advertiser MORE than 200 predators and other criminals are each year applying to work with the most vulnerable children and adults in the care system. While they are rejected by a state government criminal history checking system, experts ... [Published Perth Now - Apr 28 2013]

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"middle eastern and asian nations with limited land or rapidly growing populations, or both, are actively searching for land to buy, be it via private enterprise or state-owned companies, for their food security" Mr Brokenshire said
...obtain about to-and-fro between the State, interstate and Federal ministers for years about how PATS funding can be reformed," Mr Brokenshire said. "it's not good enough to kick an issue like this around at the council of health ministers while rural families are struggling to afford getting to their medical appointments"

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SA foreign ownership call [Published Stock Journal Australia - 18 hours ago]
SA Water execs cash in on plastic as our bills ... [Published Adelaide Now - May 19 2013]
More fine dodgers not living in SA [Published Adelaide Now - May 14 2013]
No justice for half of sex victims [Published Perth Now - May 05 2013]
Editorial: Speeding up FOI process [Published Adelaide Now - May 02 2013]
We're far from being a world uni city [Published Adelaide Now - May 02 2013]
State health transport scheme under review [Published Murray Valley Standard - May 01 2013]
PPSA up and running [Published Stock Journal Australia - May 01 2013]
New farm lobby forges ahead [Published ABC Online - Apr 29 2013]
Country patients win fund review [Published NEWS.com.au - Apr 29 2013]
Country patients win fund review [Published Perth Now - Apr 29 2013]
Mobile speed cameras just 'entrapment' [Published Perth Now - Apr 29 2013]
Primary Producers SA takeover puts end to 120 y... [Published Border Watch - Apr 29 2013]
Persistent predators trying to beat the system [Published Perth Now - Apr 28 2013]
Industry summit in the bag [Published Murray Valley Standard - Apr 15 2013]
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