Industry Advocate Bill

The Hon. K.L. VINCENT: I would like to start by thanking Chris Picton from the other place for briefing my office on this bill and also for arranging for the current Industry Advocate, Ian Nightingale, to be present at that...

ACC Access and Inclusion Panel Meeting

ACC Access and Inclusion Panel Meeting November 25, 2016  As Dignity for Disability's MP in state parliament for more than 6 and a half years now, and as the only MP in an elected position representing our small party I have...

Guide Dog Handlers Australia National Conference

Speech to Guide Dog Handlers Australia National Conference October 22, 2016 Thanks for inviting me to meet with you today, and welcome to Adelaide for those who have come from afar.  I’m Kelly Vincent, Dignity for Disability’s member of the...

Thalidomide Conference

Speech to Thalidomide Conference October 22, 2016 Thanks for inviting me along today.  I’m Kelly Vincent, Dignity for Disability’s member of the Legislative Council.  I acknowledge that we meet today on the land of the Kaurna people of the Adelaide...

Brain Injury Awareness Week Launch

Speech for Brain Injury Awareness Week Launch August 15, 2016 Hello everyone, I’m Kelly Vincent, and I would like to begin by acknowledging that we are gathered on the land of the Kaurna people of the Adelaide plains. Thanks for...

Stella Young

The Hon. K.L. VINCENT: Yesterday, 24 February 2015, would have been the 33rd birthday of the very fabulous Stella Young, but as some members may be aware, Stella passed away, much too soon, on 6 December last year. I had...

National Council of Women South Australia – Council Meeting

Thank you for having me here to speak with you tonight, it is a great privilege. Millicent had made the suggestion I talk about the good, the bad and the ugly, but that I should pick what I cared to...

Whyalla OT Conference Speech

19th Annual Occupational Therapy Country Forum – Whyalla Thank you for having me here to speak with you today, it is a great privilege. I want to talk about the connections in the disability community which keep us strong, and...

Disability Advocacy Services

The Hon. K.L. VINCENT: I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking the Minister for State and Local Government Relations, representing the Minister for Disabilities, a question about disability advocacy services in South Australia. Leave granted. The Hon....