Lists of Acts - 2nd Reading Speeches

Main Acts & Regulations (Chronological)

Second Reading Speeches

South Australian

Second reading speeches will often explain the general principals and purposes behind the draft legislation, known as a Bill.

Information explaining how a Bill becomes an Act, including when a second reading takes place, is outlined in Stages of a Bill.

More detailed information about South Australian legislative process and terminology can be found at ‘Understanding legislation’.
http://www.legislation.sa.gov.au/Web/Information/Understanding%20legislation/UnderstandingLegislation.aspx  

1890 Vermin Proof Fencing Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
1926 Drought Relief Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
1927 Brands Act Amendment Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
1927 Fruit and Vegetables (Prevention of Injury) Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
1927 Potato and Onion (Grading) Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
1927 Sand Drift Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
1928 Dairy Industry Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
1929 Adelaide Show Grounds (Regulations and By-laws) Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
1929 Crown Lands Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
1929 Debt Adjustment Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
1929 Drought Relief Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
1930 Irrigation (Land Tenure) Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
1930 Sandalwood Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
1931 Apiaries Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
1931 Farmers Relief Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
1931 Farmers Relief Act Extension Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
1931 Noxious Weeds Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
1931 Vermin Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
1931 Wild Dogs Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
1969 Dairy Industry Act Amendment Act (Second Reading: html or jpg)
1972 Cattle Compensation Act (Second Reading: html or jpg)
1972 Dairy Industry Act Amendment Act (Second Reading: html or jpg)
1972 Swine Compensation Act (Second Reading: html or jpg)
1974 Dairy Industry Act Amendment Act (Second Reading: html or jpg)
1982 Dairy Industry Act Amendment Act (Second Reading: html or jpg)
1992 Dairy Industry Act (Second Reading: html or jpg)
1992 Fruit and Plant Protection Act (Second Reading: html or jpg)
1995 Dairy Industry (Equalisation Schemes) Amendment Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
1996 Biological Control (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
1996 Fruit and Plant Protection (Enforcement) Amendment Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
1996 South Australian Meat Corporation (Sales of Assets) Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
1996 South Eastern Water Conservation and Drainage (Contributions) Amendment Bill (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
1997 Livestock Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
1997 Water Resources Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
1998 Primary Industry Funding Schemes Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
1999 Barley Marketing (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
1999 Criminal Law Consolidation (Contamination of Goods) Amendment Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
1999 Financial Sector Reform (South Australia) Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
1999 Local Government Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
2000 Barley Marketing (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
2000 Forestry Property Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
2000 Petroleum Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
2000 Statutes Repeal (Minister for Primary Industries and Resources Portfolio) Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
2001 Aquaculture Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
2001 Fisheries (Southern Zone Rock Lobster Fishery Rationalisation) Act Repeal Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
2001 Food Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
2001 Gene Technology Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
2002 Agricultural and Veterinary Products (Control of Use) Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)
2002 Upper South East Dryland, Salinity and Flood Bill (Second Reading: pdf)
2003 Chicken Meat Industry Bill (Second Reading: pdf)
2003 Dried Fruits Repeal Bill (Second Reading: pdf)
2003 River Murray Bill (Second Reading: pdf)
2003 Statutes Amendment & Repeal (National Competiton Policy) Bill (Second Reading: pdf)
2003 Veterinary Practice Bill (Second Reading: pdf)
2004 Emergency Management Bill (Second Reading: pdf)
2004 Genetically Modified Crops Management Bill (Second Reading: pdf)
2004 Meat Hygiene Amendment Bill (Second Reading: pdf)
2004 Natural Resources Management Bill (Second Reading: pdf)
2004 Primary Produce (Food Safety Schemes) Bill (Second Reading: pdf)
2005 Citrus Industry Bill (Second Reading: pdf)
2005 Dog Fence (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill (Second Reading: pdf)
2005 Fire & Emergency Bill (Second Reading: pdf)
2007 Fisheries Management Act (Second Reading: doc or pdf)