Minister for Veterans’ Affairs Martin Hamilton-Smith has paid tribute to Mr Bill Schmitt AM who died on Wednesday in the company of family and friends. Mr Schmitt turned 97 last month. He was a member of the 2/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, 7th Division, 2nd AIF, during the Second World War. “The thoughts of the veteran…
The foundation for a successful South Australian trade mission to South East Asia later this year has been set following Minister for Investment and Trade Martin Hamilton-Smith’s recent trip to Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. The week-long trip provided Mr Hamilton-Smith the opportunity to establish relationships with a number of key Singaporean, Malaysian and Thai government…
The Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) will open its doors to Australia’s innovation sector, hosting their inaugural Partnerships Week at Edinburgh this week. The new initiative aims to strengthen DSTO’s relationships with industry and the research and development sector, to help deliver the best capability outcomes for Australia’s defence and national security. Minister for…
South Australia has long appreciated the importance of China to our prosperity. This was evident as far back as 1986, when the South Australian Government entered a formal Sister-State relationship with Shandong Province. Next year will represent the 30th Anniversary of this historic achievement and I am pleased that the relationship with Shandong is growing…
Minister for Investment and Trade Martin Hamilton-Smith has met with executive committee members of the Malaysia Australia Business Council in Kuala Lumpur. As part of his week-long South East Asia trade mission the Minister discussed the South Australian Government’s plans for a business delegation to Malaysia to be led by the Premier later this year,…
Minister for Investment and Trade Martin Hamilton-Smith will fly to South East Asia today for discussions around the State Government’s in-country trade representation in the region.The trade mission will visit Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, meeting with key government officials to discuss embedding South Australian staff in the respective Austrade offices.Mr Hamilton-Smith said increasing the state’s…
ABC RADIO: WWI was an event that changed the nature of the country, says SA’s Veterans Affairs Minister and former SAS member, Martin Hamilton-Smith: http://www.abc.net.au/newsradio/content/s4222839.htm
On 7 September 1915, South Australian mothers gathered in the South Park Lands of Adelaide to mourn the loss of their sons at Gallipoli. The Australian Soldiers Dardanelles Cenotaph was Australia’s first memorial to the Gallipoli campaign. Restored in 1969 after years of neglect, it stands as the only Anzac memorial that has borne witness…
The Kintore Avenue boundary of Government House will be brought in 10 metres to create the Anzac Centenary Memorial Garden Walk that links the grounds of Government House with the Walk. The proposed project will require the first change to the boundaries of Government House since 1927, when the site for the South Australian National…
The Minister for Defence Industries Martin Hamilton-Smith has met with the South Australian companies supplying the world’s largest and most complex military aircraft project. Adelaide-based BAE Systems Australia, RUAG Australia and Levett Engineering are all operating on the international stage, manufacturing and exporting components for the global F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. Visiting RUAG’s facilities…