Opinion
The worst job in Australian politics
David Speirs is learning first-hand the difficulties of captaining the South Australian Liberals’ leaky boat, writes Matthew Abraham.
Opinion
David Speirs is learning first-hand the difficulties of captaining the South Australian Liberals’ leaky boat, writes Matthew Abraham.
UPDATED | A political fight has erupted over an anonymous email account purporting to belong to “Concerned Liberals” which has been leaking details of the Opposition’s plans.
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EXCLUSIVE: The state’s Ombudsman says his office could be “weaponised” by politicians seeking to sideline rivals, after he was ordered by a parliamentary committee to undertake a conflict of interest inquiry into former Deputy Premier Vickie Chapman – whom he later cleared.
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Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison breached the Liberal-National coalition agreement by keeping his five ministerial appointments secret, a former cabinet minister says.
Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison was secretly sworn in to five ministerial portfolios including Home Affairs and Treasury during the height of the pandemic, prompting accusations his actions were an “attack on the Westminster system”.
UPDATED | Anthony Albanese has received legal advice on whether his predecessor Scott Morrison breached the constitution by secretly swearing himself into three ministerial portfolios, as another ex-prime minister branded it “sinister stuff”.
Scott Morrison has given a curt response to criticism that he “trashed” the democratic process by having himself secretly sworn into other cabinet ministers’ portfolios while Prime Minister.
Australians deserve an explanation about Scott Morrison’s decision to secretly swear himself into three ministerial portfolios while in government, the prime minister says.
Over a casual meal of steak and chips at a busy restaurant, Dr Luc Mulimbalimba recounts the time a machete-wielding militia squad tried to execute him.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers will tell Parliament that Australians are paying the price of a ‘‘wasted decade’’ as the economy is dealt a $30 billion blow by fast-rising interest rates and slowing global growth.
Greens leader Adam Bandt has welcomed confirmation from the Albanese Government that a 43 per cent emissions-reduction target would be a minimum commitment, ahead of a climate bill being introduced to Parliament tomorrow.
Almost 20 pieces of legislation will be introduced this week by the federal government as parliament returns for the first time since the May election, with Anthony Albanese pledging not to “waste a day”.
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Ousted South Australian senator Rex Patrick is contemplating a run for Adelaide Lord Mayor as a factionally unaligned candidate – with one prominent councillor already vowing to drop out of the mayoral race and offer support if he chooses to contest.
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A planned $1 million commission of inquiry to advise the State Government on returning South Australia’s train and tram operations to public ownership has been scrapped after “positive negotiations” with the services’ private operators.
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The State Government has modified its contentious workers’ compensation reforms and come up with a “compromise” it says protects both injured workers and businesses.
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Although two-thirds of the nation may have breathed a sigh of relief at the demise of the Morrison government, claims that its defeat marks the end of an era of divisive politics and the birth of a newer more inclusive one are premature, writes Paul Bongiorno.
The Opposition has seized on stagnant employment growth in Labor’s state budget to warn that “jobs growth is going to fall off a cliff in South Australia”, but the Liberal leader is offering “bipartisanship” on a looming battle with Western Australia over GST.
A budget bonanza of health spending is the centrepiece of an economic plan state Treasurer Stephen Mullighan says will deliver all Labor’s election commitments, but a forecast surplus has been tempered by warnings of cost blowouts, sluggish employment and a looming war with Canberra over the state’s GST share.
The Malinauskas Government’s standoff with its labour base has escalated, with the union the Premier formerly led joining a chorus accusing his administration of orchestrating “an attack on working South Australians”.
In just its third month in office, the SA Labor Government has placed itself at loggerheads with the union movement, which has declared “outrage” over a move to toughen the state’s compensation regime for injured workers in a bid to save businesses from punitive premiums.
Two programs designed to encourage broader take-up of renewable energy options have been binned by the Malinauskas Government, saving $19 million in tomorrow’s state budget.
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Former defence minister Peter Dutton has become the first Queenslander to lead the Liberal Party after a partyroom ballot, while coalition partner the Nationals have rejected Barnaby Joyce and elected David Littleproud in his place.
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Shock Liberal preselection hopeful Chelsey Potter has been rejected as a potential candidate by the party’s ruling state executive, potentially paving the way for the former staffer turned whistleblower to run as an independent in the blue-ribbon seat of Bragg.
