Have your say on daylight saving extension

May 17, 2007

Member for Schubert, Ivan Venning, urges people to submit their views on a possible extension to daylight saving while they have the chance. New South Wales, Victoria, the ACT and Tasmania have all agreed to an extra four weeks of daylight savings and South Australia seems likely to join them unless enough people voice their opposition. Mr Vennin... ... Read more »

Venning calls for tranparent benchmarking of councils

May 11, 2007

Member for Schubert Ivan Venning has been concerned for some time that there does not appear to be any real benchmarking between councils and wants to make sure that ratepayers are receiving value for money for their rate dollars. Back in 1995, a report by the Ministerial Advisory Group (MAG Report) on Local Government Reform made a number of reco... ... Read more »

Venning Tanunda office open for business - at last

May 4, 2007

Local MP Ivan Venning is pleased to report that his new Schubert Electorate Office is open for business at 129A Murray Street, Tanunda. "It has been quite an upheaval for my office staff, with phones and fax machine not operational initially, but it is all starting to come together now," Mr Venning said. "I regret that it has taken over a year an... ... Read more »

Barossa junior soccer clun scores Active Club Grant with six other Schubert recipients

April 26, 2007

Member for Schubert Ivan Venning was delighted to present an Active Club Program cheque for $4,500.00 this week to the Barossa United Junior Soccer Club Inc to assist with the construction of a club room. The club is one of seven organisations within the Schubert electorate to be successful in the November 2006 funding round of the Active Club Pr... ... Read more »

Venning encourages community support for youth

April 26, 2007

Local Schubert MP, Ivan Venning, met with sixteen year old Brad Henderson from Nuriootpa this week to offer encouragement. Brad is legally blind due to an eye condition called Retinitis Pigmentosa and has one percent of normal eyesight. This set-back in life has not deterred Brad from sporting prowess and he is now ranked number one in Australia ... ... Read more »

Venning opposes super council concept

April 16, 2007

Member for Schubert, Ivan Venning, is opposed at this time to the concept of a super council for the north as mooted in the Sunday Mail of April 15. "I believe the article is mischievous in suggesting that the north is pushing for a super council. While the suggestion of possible staff sharing between councils and coordination of regional planni... ... Read more »

Venning hosts Australian Chile Chamber of Commerce in Parliament

April 5, 2007

Member for Schubert Ivan Venning recently welcomed a high level Chilean Trade Delegation to South Australia at Parliament House and was delighted that Barossa Mayor Brian Hurn was able to join them. The delegation included the Chilean Ambassador, Hon. Sr Jose Luis Balmaceda; Mr Marcelo Salas, the Trade Commissioner of Chile; Mr Harris Gomez, the C... ... Read more »

At last we are moving!

March 22, 2007

Schubert Electorate Office will move to Tanunda on 27th April and local MP Ivan Venning is delighted that the move is finally happening. "It has been a whole year since the last election when the boundaries of Schubert changed, and my office in Kapunda has not been in the electorate since that date," Mr Venning said. "I have been continually frus... ... Read more »

Venning encourages local government boundary debate

March 16, 2007

The Member for Schubert, Ivan Venning has had informal discussions with the various stakeholders regarding local government boundaries. He is also aware of private discussions between stakeholders. He feels it is now time for a full public debate on whether there should be a review of local government boundaries in our region. This could, of cours... ... Read more »

Murray sewage pump discussed in Parliament

March 16, 2007

Member for Schubert, Ivan Venning is disgusted at the totally unacceptable delay by the Rann Labor Government in constructing a pump-out station at Walker Flat, and he raised the matter in Parliament this week. Mr Venning first raised the issue five years ago, expressing concern about the lack of pumping facilities along the Murray. At that stage... ... Read more »