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Electoral District Of Ramsay
Ramsay is a single-member Electoral districts of South Australia, electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. It is named after Alexander Maurice Ramsay, Alexander Ramsay, who was general manager of the South Australian Housing Trust for 25 years. It is a 24.7 km² suburban electorate north of Adelaide—based on the angle between Main North Road and the Port Wakefield Road, Ramsay covers the outer northern Adelaide suburbs of Brahma Lodge, South Australia, Brahma Lodge, Burton, South Australia, Burton, Direk, a portion of Elizabeth South, Elizabeth Vale, a portion of Paralowie, South Australia, Paralowie, Salisbury, South Australia, Salisbury, Salisbury South, South Australia, Salisbury South, Salisbury Plain, South Australia, Salisbury Plain and Salisbury North, South Australia, Salisbury North. Ramsay was first contested at the 1985 South Australian state election, 1985 election. Two of three representatives of the electorate have served as Premier of S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Zoe Bettison
Zoe Lee Bettison (born 19 April 1973) is an Australian politician representing the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Ramsay for the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party since the 2012 Ramsay by-election. Bettison has served as the Minister for Tourism and Minister for Multicultural Affairs in the Malinauskas ministry since March 2022. She has previously served in other ministerial roles in the Weatherill ministry between 2014 and 2018. Background Bettison had previously held positions with Great Southern Rail, and within the Australian Labor Party. Bettison is linked with the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA). Political career Bettison is aligned with Labor's Right faction. The 2012 Ramsay by-election was held after the resignation of Labor incumbent and former Premier Mike Rann. Bettison easily retained the seat. She was re-elected with an increased margin at the 2014 election. In March 2014 Bettison became Minister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Direk
Direk is a suburb located in the City of Salisbury, Adelaide, South Australia. It is bounded by Heaslip Road, Diment Road, Bolivar Road and the Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line. Direk is predominantly an industrial suburb, with residential development in the southeast adjoining Salisbury North and Burton residential areas. To the north lies the RAAF Edinburgh RAAF Base Edinburgh is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) military airbase located in Edinburgh approximately north of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia and forms part of the Edinburgh Defence Precinct. Edinburgh is one of two defence 's ... base. Direk Primary School is in the much larger suburb of Salisbury North. History Originally named after a railway close to Salisbury and a term referring to a wetland in Aboriginal language, The language currently unknown, this suburban area was established in 1966 by C.L. and B.J. Wilkinson, C.L. Bonython, and M.R. Turner. Diment Family History The Diment family pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2010 South Australian State Election
The 2010 South Australian state election elected members to the 52nd Parliament of South Australia on 20 March 2010. All seats in the House of Assembly or lower house, whose current members were elected at the 2006 election, and half the seats in the Legislative Council or upper house, last filled at the 2002 election, became vacant. The incumbent centre-left Australian Labor Party government led by Premier Mike Rann was elected to a third four-year term over the opposition centre-right Liberal Party of Australia led by Leader of the Opposition Isobel Redmond. Labor's landslide 7.7 percent swing to a two-party-preferred vote of 56.8 percent at the 2006 election was reversed at this election with a swing of 8.4 percent, finishing with a two-party vote of 48.4 percent, however, Labor retained majority government with 26 of 47 seats, a net loss of two. Labor lost the inner metropolitan seats of Adelaide, Morialta and Norwood to the Liberals while Nationals SA member Karlene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2006 South Australian State Election
The state election for the 51st Parliament of South Australia was held in the Australian States and territories of Australia, state of South Australia on 18 March 2006 to elect all members of the South Australian House of Assembly and 11 members of the South Australian Legislative Council. The election was conducted by the independent Electoral Commission of South Australia, State Electoral Office. In the 47-seat South Australian House of Assembly, the Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch), Labor government was returned in a landslide with 28 seats from a 56.8 per cent two-party-preferred vote, winning six seats from the Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division), Liberal Party. The Liberals were reduced to just 15 seats, the worst result in their history. In the 22-seat South Australian Legislative Council, the Balance of power (parliament), balance of power has been continuously held by the Crossbencher, crossbench since the 1985 South Australian state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
2002 South Australian State Election
State elections were held in South Australia on 9 February 2002. All 47 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election, along with half of the 22 seats in the South Australian Legislative Council. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Premier of South Australia Rob Kerin was defeated by the Australian Labor Party led by Leader of the Opposition Mike Rann. The Labor Party won 23 out of 47 seats, and then secured the one more seat it needed for a majority by gaining the support of independent Peter Lewis. Background This was the first election since Labor narrowly lost as opposition in the 1997 election, doing much better than most analysts predicted, forcing the Liberals to minority government after their comprehensive loss in the 1993 election where Labor were reduced to just ten seats. Coming into the 2002 election, the Liberal Government had faced a number of scandals including the Motorola affair, over which Premier John Olsen was forced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1997 South Australian State Election
State elections were held in South Australia on 11 October 1997. All 47 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division), Liberal Party of Australia led by Premiers of South Australia, Premier of South Australia John Olsen defeated the Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch), Australian Labor Party led by Leader of the Opposition (South Australia), Leader of the Opposition Mike Rann, forming a minority government with the The Nationals South Australia, SA Nationals and Independent (politics), independent MPs. Background Following the 1993 South Australian state election, 1993 landslide to the Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division), Liberals, ending 11 years of Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch), Labor government, Labor now led by Mike Rann held just 11 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly, House of Assembly. The Liberals held 36 seats and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Premier Of South Australia
The premier of South Australia is the head of government in the state of South Australia, Australia. The Government of South Australia follows the Westminster system, with a Parliament of South Australia acting as the legislature. The premier is appointed by the governor of South Australia, and by modern convention holds office by virtue of their ability to command the support of a majority of members of the lower house of Parliament, the South Australian House of Assembly, House of Assembly. Peter Malinauskas is the current premier, having served since 21 March 2022. History The office of premier of South Australia was established upon the commencement of responsible government with the passage of the ''Constitution Act 1856''. The role was based upon that of the prime minister of the United Kingdom, with the premier requiring the support of a majority of the members of the lower house to remain head of government. For the early years of responsible government, the office was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1985 South Australian State Election
State elections were held in South Australia on 7 December 1985. All 47 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election. The incumbent Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch), Australian Labor Party led by Premiers of South Australia, Premier of South Australia John Bannon increased its majority, and defeated the Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division), Liberal Party of Australia led by Leader of the Opposition (South Australia), Leader of the Opposition John Olsen. Background Parliamentary elections for both houses of the Parliament of South Australia were held in South Australia on 7 December 1985, which saw John Bannon and the Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch), Australian Labor Party win a second successive term, against the Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division), Liberal Party of Australia opposition led by John Olsen. Labor won the election with an increased majority–at the time, the biggest major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Salisbury North, South Australia
Salisbury North is a suburb in the City of Salisbury, part of the greater Adelaide conurbation in South Australia. It was built by the South Australian Housing Trust on a greenfield site in the early 1950s, mainly to house employees of the nearby Long Range Weapons Establishment. It is bounded on the north by the Adelaide–Port Augusta railway line; on the east by the Gawler line, Gawler railway line; on the south by the Little Para River and Waterloo Corner Road; and on the west by Bolivar Road. Establishment of the housing estate In 1947 the Australian Government, Commonwealth Government established the Defence Science and Technology Group , Long Range Weapons Establishment (LRWE) in partnership with the Government of the United Kingdom, United Kingdom Government as a facility for research and development of rocket-propelled weapons. The support base for the rocket range at Woomera, South Australia, Woomera was at Penfield, South Australia , Penfield (), on the northern side ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Salisbury Plain, South Australia
Salisbury Plain is a suburb located in the City of Salisbury, Adelaide, South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in .... It lies near the much larger suburbs of Salisbury, Salisbury East and Salisbury Downs. References {{adelaide-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Salisbury South, South Australia
Salisbury South is a suburb located in the City of Salisbury, Adelaide, South Australia. It is bounded by Frost Road, Main North Road, Kings Road King's Road or Kings Road (or sometimes the King's Road, especially when it was the king's private road until 1830, or as a colloquialism by middle/upper class London residents) is a major street stretching through Chelsea and Fulham, both ... and Cross Keys Road. It is predominantly industrial in character and includes factories for brandnames such as Bickford's and R. M. Williams. References {{adelaide-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Salisbury, South Australia
Salisbury ( ) is a northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is the seat of the City of Salisbury, and is within the South Australian Legislative Assembly electoral district of Ramsay and the Australian House of Representatives division of Division of Spence, Spence. The suburb is a service area for the City of Salisbury district, with many parklands, shops, cafés and restaurants. History Salisbury was founded by John Harvey (Australian politician), John Harvey, who arrived in the colony of South Australia, province of South Australia from Scotland in 1839 as a young single man, three years after the Proclamation Day#South Australia, establishment of government by British settlers. He began selling town allotments in 1848, from land he had purchased along the Little Para River in the previous year. He named the town after Salisbury, United Kingdom, Salisbury in Wiltshire, since his new wife came from near Salisbury Plain in England. Salisbury started its life as a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
