David Winderlich - Press Releases: GREEN PROJECTS OR WHITE ELEPHANTS? RUDD TO GUT RANN GREENHOUSE INITIATIVES on Monday, February 23, 2009 - 08:14 AM Key Rann Government greenhouse projects will be useless if the Rudd Government’s planned Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme goes ahead says South Australia’s newest MP David Winderlich. “Experts have pointed out that State Governments aren’t part of the CPRS so anything they do won’t cut emissions. “The whole emissions scheme is based on a fixed number of pollution permits being traded among a limited number of big polluters to achieve a low 5% cut in emissions by 2020. Read More... (742 bytes more)

David Winderlich - Speeches & Questions: CARBON POLLUTION REDUCTION SCHEME on Friday, February 20, 2009 - 09:01 AM The Hon. DAVID WINDERLICH: I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking the Minister for Mineral Resources Development, representing the Minister for Sustainability and Climate Change, a question about the impact of flaws in the federal government's planned Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme on state, local government and household initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Leave granted. The Hon. DAVID WINDERLICH: The flaws in the CPRS have been outlined by Richard Dennis of the Australia Institute in today's Australian. Mr Dennis argues that local government, state government and households are not included in the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme and, therefore, any reductions in pollution that they achieve will just create or free up pollution permits that can be traded to polluters that are included. Read More... (2684 bytes more)

David Winderlich - Speeches & Questions: Maiden Speech on Friday, February 20, 2009 - 08:31 AM Wednesday 18th February 2009 The Hon. DAVID WINDERLICH (16:07): Thank you, Mr President. I thank you for the warm and friendly welcome I have received from you, Mr President, from other members and from the staff since arriving. I am not here today because I ever had any sort of long-term plan. I am here because at different times various people have pushed me forward or quickly stepped back when there was a call for volunteers, leaving me stranded. One thing led to another, and this is where it has ended up. I would like to thank some of those people. I thank my predecessor, Sandra Kanck, for her support and advice. I thank all the friends and colleagues who came to witness the election by the Joint Assembly yesterday. I especially thank the people from the Copper Coast who came, and I thank the people from Barmera for all their good wishes. Read More... (5842 bytes more)

David Winderlich - Press Releases: Parliament to Elect New MLC Tomorrow on Tuesday, February 17, 2009 - 01:16 PM Mr David Winderlich will be elected the new Australian Democrats Member of the Legislative Council by an assembly of both houses of the South Australian Parliament at 10.30 on Tuesday 17 February. Mr Winderlich’s swearing in will take place in the Legislative Council at 2.15 in the afternoon and he will give his ‘maiden’ speech later in the afternoon. Read More... ()

1. Sandra Kanck - Press Releases: SPEECH MADE FIVE YEARS AGO – NOW BRING ON THE DEBATE! on Tuesday, January 27, 2009 - 01:33 PM Five years ago, on 26th January, 2004, State Democrats MP, Sandra Kanck, addressed the “Australia Change” event at Tandanya which commemorated Australia Day/Invasion Day. Read More... (1357 bytes more)