Independent says Libs were spooked
October 19, 2009
Opposition leader Isobel Redmond has announced a State Liberal Government would invest 25pc of South Australia’s mining royalties into the Regional Development Infrastructure Fund if elected in 2010.
Ms Redmond said this would amount to more than $40m per year to secure infrastructure and creates jobs in regional South Australia and could rise to almost $50m by 2013. Read more
Independents seek balance of power
October 2, 2009
About 60 people from across Australia attended a forum in Adelaide on Friday to discuss achieving “balance of power for the regions”.
Joint sponsors of the event were South Australian independent MPs Geoff Brock (Frome) and Rory McEwen (Mount Gambier) with SA Nationals leader Karlene Maywald. Read more
Dirty tricks claim in scone-gate affair
September 30, 2009
Independent Member for Mount Gambier Rory McEwen yesterday lambasted the Opposition for claiming he had wasted taxpayers’ money on two expensive bottles of wine and labelled it a “dirty tricks campaign” to get Liberal candidate Steve Perryman over the line.
“If all that they can come up with is two bottles of wine and half a scone in five years while I was a minister, then good lord that is just ridiculous — they are just grasping at straws,” Mr McEwen told The Border Watch. Read more
Liberal slams Independent MP
September 24, 2009
Mount Gambier Liberal candidate Steve Perryman opened a rift between himself and Independent parliamentarian Rory McEwen yesterday when he slammed the incumbent MP’s service to the area.
“The Member for Mount Gambier has been missing in action for the last eight years and now wants the area to be neglected by another ‘Independent’,” Mr Perryman said. Read more
Country push for the balance of power
September 18, 2009
Independent and minor party politicians have begun preparations to work together to fight for the balance of power at next year’s state election in the hope of securing a better deal for the regions.
High profile Nationals MP, Karlene Maywald, who is also a minister with the Rann Government, is jointly convening an open political forum to explore opportunities for country people to “get bang for their voting buck”. Read more
McEwen proves a pumpkin heavyweight
May 4, 2009
The city’s heavyweights were on full display at the inaugural Community Garden giant pumpkin competition on Saturday.
Giants of the vegetable world gathered at the Old Gaol to find out who had the biggest.
Local MP Rory McEwen won the $100 first prize for his 83.05kg pumpkin, which weighed in 11.3kg more than the nearest rival. Read more
McEwen resigns from Cabinet
March 2, 2009
The Independent Member for Mount Gambier, Rory McEwen, has resigned from Premier Mike Rann’s Labor-dominated Cabinet.
Mr McEwen was the Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries and Regional Development.
Carmel Zollo has resigned from Correctional Services, Road Safety and Gambling. Read more
McEwen possibly facing the chop
February 26, 2009
Speculation has emerged that Rory McEwen, who has been Agriculture Minister for more than five years, will lose his Cabinet post in a move by Premier Mike Rann to introduce new faces to the frontbench. Read more
Council calls for rescue chopper
February 18, 2009
Grant District Council has called for the State Government to fund a multi-million dollar rescue helicopter in the South East to save lives in emergencies. Read more
Perryman seeks assurance on forestry sale
February 7, 2009
Mount Gambier mayor and Liberal candidate for Mount Gambier, Steve Perryman, has called on Labor Government Forestry Minister Rory McEwen to provide assurance the proposed upfront sale of three rotations of ForestrySA plantations is in the best interests of the region.
When comment was sought from Mr McEwen, he voiced disappointment about being asked to respond, stating “of course I will put the interests of the region first” and said The Border Watch should read the mid-year budget review, rather than call him. Read more
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