Politics
Attorney-General Vickie Chapman says it would be “appropriate” to co-operate if police launch a formal investigation into whether or not she breached the ICAC Act, but has ignored questions about whether or not she would stand aside in that instance.
Theresa May has vowed to battle on to save her Brexit deal as she faced continued unrest within her Cabinet and party.
Opinion
The Federal Government’s latest attempt to expand surveillance of citizens is out of proportion to the threat facing Australians, writes Morry Bailes.
Opinion
Amid mounting new revelations and Opposition calls for her resignation, Acting Premier Vickie Chapman must prove her position remains tenable. And, writes Tom Richardson, that can only be done by waiving privilege and making her own legal advice public.
Sentencing reform for pedophiles, longer opening hours for police stations and more officers on the proverbial beat… law and order must be back in political vogue.
The Federal Government is under pressure to extend the opt-out deadline for the controversial My Health Record system until the end of January.
Changes to GST distribution, including a new floor of 75 cents, have cleared federal parliament after a long fight led by Western Australia to get a fairer deal.
Simplistic optimism won’t solve any of South Australia’s economic or social problems, argues Malcolm King.
Ousted mayor Sam Johnson says he now regrets his failed “Contiki tour” foray into state politics under Nick Xenophon’s SA Best banner – which he blames for his shock loss in the weekend’s local government elections.
The man behind a deadly attack in Melbourne was terrorist and claims he was suffering from mental health issues are just an “excuse”, Prime Minister Scott Morrison says.
A charity that feeds 710,000 Australians every month says a federal funding cut may jeopardise its ability to help those in need, prompting the prime minister to look into the decision.
Support for the Coalition continues to tumble but Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he hasn’t got time to focus on polls going down.
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“Treasurer Rob Lucas says he doesn’t owe the retail workers’ union an apology despite claiming it failed to lodge a submission to his stakeholder consultation on Christmas trading hours – before later discovering the submission in an email junk folder.
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News
A distinguished police officer accused of making threats to federal Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young’s office is “appalled” and “contrite without relief”, a court has been told.
Politics
Scott Morrison has shot down reports voters could be forced to cast votes in two federal elections next year.
Local
Restoring the defunct Repatriation General Hospital is “never going to be possible”, Health Minister Stephen Wade said today, as he announced the opening of 20 new beds on the site as a precursor to a masterplan for a transformed health precinct.
Politics
Premier Steven Marshall has warned South Australians against electing Bill Shorten as Prime Minister, but says he won’t be picking “fake fights” with the Labor leader if they do so.
Cathy McGowan has joined a growing chorus crossbenchers preferring the government to run its full-term following the Wentworth by-election.
The epicentre of Australian politics has shifted to Sydney’s eastern suburbs where the tight by-election battle for Wentworth has thrown climate and even foreign policy into the spotlight as the government stares down the barrel of a historic defeat.
The man who chaired the former Abbott Government’s ‘razor-gang’ that informed its controversial 2014 federal budget has been appointed to oversee Steven Marshall’s inaugural Infrastructure SA board – but the Premier says his government won’t be bound by its recommendations.
In today’s Notes on Adelaide, a management consultant struggles to find evidence that an SA Health executive team actually exists, the Prime Minister’s audience in Adelaide at a select and influential gathering, and a council candidate takes a religious analogy a bit too far.
News
Planning Minister Stephan Knoll says it was always his intention to install Renewal SA executive Mark Devine as acting head of the embattled agency after he returned from leave, despite the minister refusing to confirm he was on leave only weeks ago.
News
Staffers working for Attorney-General Christian Porter are being blamed for government senators voting for a motion declaring “It’s OK to be white”.
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