Ben Hood was elected to the South Australian Legislative Council in March 2023. He lives in Mount Gambier with his family and is a passionate advocate for regional South Australia, for smaller, less interventionist government and conservative values.

Ben Hood MLC

12 hours ago

Last week in Parliament, we moved a motion urging the Malinauskas government finally take road maintenance seriously.

Labor has worn out $1.8b of SA roads and put back $884m. The backlog is now $2.1B. The RAA said we needed an extra $200m to arrest the problem, and Labor said no.

We took a plan to fix the backlog to the election, because South Australians deserve car-worthy roads.

Meanwhile, in the last four years, Labor blew their department budgets by $6b….

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Ben Hood MLC

21 hours ago

Labor ministers were told of alleged firebombings, a shooting and bikie infiltration on T2D on 11 September. They didn’t call the police, suspend the contractor or tell the Premier until it was reported in the media.

The Government’s claim of “zero tolerance” is laughable considering the facts.

We need a forensic audit of every contract on the State’s largest ever infrastructure project before it becomes Big Build 2.0. ... See MoreSee Less

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Ben Hood MLC is at Parliament of South Australia.

2 days ago

Today, the Ashton Hurn Liberal Opposition successfully moved to call the Torrens to Darlington Alliance before the parliament’s Budget and Finance Committee.

This sorry saga of potential criminal organisations trying to infiltrate the T2D project has shown up multiple Ministers and the Premier as unwilling or unable to do what needs to be done.

Well, if the Premier won’t ask the hard questions and get the answers for SA taxpayers, we will. ... See MoreSee Less

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