Mar 08, 2013
Yesterday Liberal Member for Morialta John Gardner introduced a Private Member’s Bill in Parliament to remove the “gag-rule” in the Adoption Act which infringes adoptive parents’ right to free speech.
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Nov 16, 2012
Liberal Leader Isobel Redmond and Shadow Minister for Youth John Gardner have congratulated South Australia’s Year 12 students for completing their studies and wished them all the best for a safe Schoolies Festival.
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Nov 11, 2012
The Weatherill Labor Government plans to sell 793 Housing SA properties this financial year, on top of 642 properties sold in 2011-12. These sales will bring the total number of properties sold since June 2002, in Labor’s first year of office, to more than 6,500.
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Nov 05, 2012
September’s disability waiting list figures saw a rare drop – of one, from 573 to 572 – in the supported accommodation waiting list for people assessed as Category 1, the highest level of need.
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Oct 30, 2012
Three years after South Australians with a disability were promised long term reform by Labor through Monsignor Cappo’s Strong Voices blueprint, they are still waiting to even see a draft of the bill to create a new Disability Act – and today in Parliament Minister Hunter refused to outline any timeframe for its introduction.
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Sep 08, 2012
Several hundred Chinese adoptees living in South Australia will now be able to get birth certificates for the first time after a Government backflip that was welcomed this morning by Shadow Families & Communities Minister John Gardner.
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Sep 02, 2012
This week’s transfer of young offenders from the Magill Youth Training Centre to the new facility at Cavan is welcome despite being ten years overdue, according to Shadow Minister for Youth John Gardner.
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Aug 22, 2012
Fewer than half of the homes offered under the Affordable Housing program are being purchased by the intended market.
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Aug 05, 2012
Shadow Minister for Disability John Gardner MP today highlighted the importance of Brain Injury Awareness Week 2012, which starts tomorrow in South Australia.
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Aug 05, 2012
The Government has completely lost control of the waiting list for people in urgent need of critical disability support in South Australia, according to 30 June figures that have now been released.
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