16 Facts About Adrian Pederick

Adrian Stephen Pederick is an Australian politician, representing the South Australian House of Assembly seat of Hammond for the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia.

Adrian Pederick won Hammond from Liberal-turned-independent Peter Lewis who left to contest a seat in the Upper House.

Previous to his election in to politics, Adrian Pederick managed a family dryland and grazing enterprise property at Coomandook for the past 14 years and is a supporter of local and regional community causes and events.

The 2006 election saw Adrian Pederick elected with a 12.0-point margin.

Adrian Pederick was reelected for a third consecutive term in the 2014 election.

In September 2013, Adrian Pederick told the South Australian Parliament that he had been involved with fracking 'thirty years ago' in the Cooper Basin in South Australia.

Adrian Pederick concluded his presentation by supporting the expansion of the practise in South Australia by saying:.

In June 2015, Adrian Pederick went on a fracking fact-finding trip to the US with fellow South Australian politicians Troy Bell, Mark Parnell and John Darley, and farmer David Smith.

Adrian Pederick has advocated for the seal culling in South Australia.

Adrian Pederick has suggested that local abattoirs could potentially process seal meat.

Adrian Pederick has referred the species as "rats of the sea" and claimed that the animals have attacked fishermen's nets and damaged them.

Adrian Pederick commented on an incident in which a seal was hit and killed during a watersport event.

Adrian Pederick has said that he has the backing of his Liberal colleagues with respect to the 'humane' culling of fur seals in South Australia.

Adrian Pederick designed the law after meeting one of his constituents, Monica Perrett, who was denied any information about her foster son Finn's death as she was not the biological mother.

In 2020, Adrian Pederick was one of a group of country members of parliament accused of having made false claims for Country Member's Accommodation Allowance, a payment made available for when members based away from Adelaide were required to be in Adelaide for parliamentary business.

Adrian Pederick was one of a group who were cleared from further enquiry by the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption in a public announcement by Ann Vanstone on 15 October 2020.