Politics
The state’s Labor MPs will tomorrow descend on the Barossa for a strategy meeting that Opposition Leader Peter Malinauskas says will provide the foundation for a new policy platform he hopes can propel the party back into government.
State bureaucrats working at the government’s white elephant Port Adelaide office tower have racked up more than $25,000 in travel back to the CBD in the months since they’ve moved in, with taxpayers footing the bill, InDaily can reveal.
Opinion
Andrew Hunter dreams of an Australian President with more to their outlook and experience than politics, who could help lead the nation through the challenging times ahead.
Opinion
By refusing to guarantee the survival of the widely-loved Thebarton Theatre, the Marshall Government has already lost control of the narrative around its plans for South Road, writes Tom Richardson.
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has rejected calls to drop legal action against journalists targeted in recent police raids.
Conservative MPs are resisting the creation of an Indigenous voice to federal parliament, with a new pledge on constitutional change sparking fresh divisions within the Coalition government.
The state’s troubled urban renewal authority Renewal SA is set for a new shakeup with chair Bronwyn Pike leading an exodus that will see the board shrink from seven members to six.
A war of words has erupted again over the management of the Murray-Darling basin with the Federal Government standing firm on spending for water efficiency measures as opponents called for an end to the “rort”.
The Marshall Government has been accused of playing “cynical” and “arrogant political games” by ramping up its campaign on council rate-capping just days after imposing hefty new costs on ratepayers through its state budget “bin tax”.
A major state department committed maladministration and its former CEO misconduct in public administration, a scathing Ombudsman’s investigation into taxpayer-funded spending on meals, alcohol and entertainment has found.
Some of the state’s most senior bureaucrats were offered psychological counselling before being escorted from their building in a public service purge that is still ongoing at the troubled agency that sells South Australia to the world, InDaily can reveal.
Australia’s fledgling space agency needs far more resources to grow and thrive, according to a top NASA official.
A simmering funding dispute between the state’s Equal Opportunity Commission and Attorney-General has openly flared, with the commissioner hitting back at Vickie Chapman after she branded the cash-strapped agency’s spending $50,000 on a public relations firm an “absurdity” that was “not justified or sustainable”.
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News
Cory Bernardi is weighing up his political future after deciding to deregister his Australian Conservatives, ending the religious-based party legacy of Family First.
News
UPDATED | Plans to rebuild the Port Dock railway line and station to service a revitalised Port Adelaide waterfront have been put on ice by the State Government.
News
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has brushed off widespread concerns about a police raid on a journalist’s home, saying he’s never troubled about laws being upheld.
News
New Labor leader Anthony Albanese agrees with his predecessor that “vested interests” had a hand in the party’s shock federal election defeat.
Uncertainty over the Marshall Government’s parked Mining Bill and an “unprecedented” new $2 million slug to companies seeking exploration licences in some of the state’s most desirable sites have prompted industry warnings that investment could be put at risk.
Scott Morrison has promised to govern with humility and compassion as coalition MPs and senators come together for their first post-election meeting.
Energy Minister Angus Taylor is staring down industry and environmental group criticism of the federal coalition’s climate change policies.
Scott Morrison wants his new ministry to get straight to work to make it easier for Australians to access government services.
New Labor leader Anthony Albanese has promised to hold Scott Morrison to account “strongly, forcefully”, but he’s also said he won’t be a Tony Abbott-style opposition leader.
Local
EXCLUSIVE | Local government spending, council conduct and transparency will be put under the blowtorch, with the Marshall Government establishing an independent inquiry by the state’s Productivity Commission.
News
Anthony Albanese is set to become the new Labor leader, with Jim Chalmers pulling out of the race.
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