Shadow Treasurer
Shadow Minister for Energy and Mining; Small and Family Business; Industrial Relations and Public Sector

Office
Parliament House
North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000

Contact
(08) 8237 9520
benhood.office@parliament.sa.gov.au

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.

Watch Ben's maiden speech

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23 hours ago

While yesterday was a big one for our region regarding fracking, I was pleased to catch up with the Radiotherapy Working Group and Health Minister Blair Boyer to discuss our ongoing campaign to see radiation treatment facilities here in the Limestone Coast.

Of all the meetings I’ve had with the government, this was certainly the most positive and I look forward to catching up with the Minister in parliament next week to continue to push for this vital service for our community.

Thanks to our brilliant working group for not stepping back from this fight and also to Minister Boyer for his genuine engagement with us. ... See MoreSee Less

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1 day ago

Malinauskas. Fracking arrogant.

This bill should not even be coming to Parliament. We will listen to the community, and only they will tell us what should happen in this region. Not Peter Malinauskas, not Tom Koutsantonis.

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2 days ago

“To be absolutely clear, there is no suggestion whatsoever that Labor has a policy to lift that moratorium on fracking in the South East.”
Peter Malinauskas, ABC News, March 2022.

Now Labor is preparing to do exactly that.

South Australians were promised the South East fracking moratorium would remain in place, yet before the community has even been consulted, the Government is moving legislation to lift it.

The South East is one of Australia’s most important food producing regions, with farming, wine, tourism and local jobs all dependent on clean groundwater and healthy aquifers.

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