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South Australia’s post-COVID-19 unemployment rate could spiral to almost 11 per cent within a year, while the gross state product is predicted to fall almost seven per cent, according to grim economic tidings as Treasurer Rob Lucas warns of “a world of pain” ahead.
US Senator Bernie Sanders has suspended his campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, making Joe Biden the presumptive Democratic nominee to challenge President Donald Trump in November’s election.
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The outgoing chief of SA’s Innovation and Skills agency has been handpicked for a new Premier’s Department role overseeing “public sector performance and reform”, and will help shape the state’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Treasurer Rob Lucas admits colleagues have urged him to rethink his retirement plans as the state faces one of its most challenging and prolonged economic recoveries, but is adamant he’ll still bow out at the next election.
EXCLUSIVE | Rent increases will be outlawed in SA for up to six months, with the Police Commissioner being handed unprecedented new powers under draft legislation being prepared by the Marshall Government.
The SA Labor Opposition is calling for state parliament to continue according to its published schedule, with the Government expected to unveil plans to slash the number of sitting days for the duration of the coronavirus crisis.
The Marshall Government would need to find alternative savings measures if the sell-off of the state’s rail services did not proceed, the head of the Transport Department has conceded – despite previous assertions proceeds would be reinvested into improving the network.
A still-fledgling State Government will traverse the toughest of all paths in coming months, writes Tom Richardson. Its first challenge is to choose the right one – but harder still could be convincing a jaded electorate to follow it.
UPDATED 4PM | The election of a new MP to the SA parliament is in limbo after the Liberal Party was last night forced to cancel a state council ballot amid coronavirus fears, as Treasurer Rob Lucas today confirmed his next two budgets are in tatters after a $2 billion GST downgrade.
UPDATED | Sporting, cultural and religious events will face major upheaval with all “non-essential gatherings” of more than 500 people set to be banned from Monday, as the federal and state governments make a dramatic bid to limit the spread of the coronavirus in Australia.
Welfare recipients including Newstart recipients, pensioners and households accessing family tax benefits will be handed a one-off $750 stimulus payment as part of a $17.6 billion federal bid to ensure the coronavirus pandemic doesn’t “bury the budget for a decade”.
The State Government will seek to sell off the rights to its successful traffic management software AddInsight, saying its future use “extends far beyond” the administration’s core business.
Treasurer Rob Lucas has painted a grim picture of South Australia’s economic fortunes, flagging further increases in already-record levels of state debt as he seeks to deliver the Marshall Government’s infrastructure commitments.
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“The Government’s own population projections paint a grim picture – and could have a profound effect on the way we’re governed, writes Tom Richardson.
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The State Liberals are in chaos, with members of embattled backbencher Sam Duluk’s Waite electorate last night telling their party’s administration they want him to stay on as their MP – while an ongoing independent inquiry has been shelved pending a police investigation into his actions at a Parliament House Christmas function.
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Victoria wants to break away from national energy supply rules so it can make greater use of renewable power sources.
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The State Theatre Company says it wants to build “a new home” – a multi-faceted theatre precinct it argues Adelaide currently lacks – as it seeks to shift out of the Festival Centre, where it has lived for the past 46 years but now argues is not “fit for purpose”.
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UPDATED | A new city stadium that could see A-League soccer shift from Hindmarsh to the CBD is now firmly in the State Government’s sights, as Premier Steven Marshall today used parliament’s reopening to restate – and reshape – his first-term agenda.
The State Government has again “categorically ruled out” shutting or downgrading the Grange train service despite Labor claims the Transport Department has been “actively looking at closing the line or cutting services”.
Bridget McKenzie slugged taxpayers more than $40,000 for a VIP flight from Adelaide to Western Australia for a shooters’ expo, where she declared shooters didn’t want “special deals” but were sick of being treated like “pariahs and terrorists”.
Scott Morrison will use his first major 2020 speech to press his plan for more federal government power to intervene directly when there are natural disasters, including by deploying the defence force without requests from the states.
Farewell, GlobeLink – we hardly knew ye!
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South Australia’s fatal bushfires could be scrutinised by a parliamentary inquiry, with crossbench calls to establish a wide-ranging review.
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Legislative Council president Andrew McLachlan is set to exit state parliament whether or not he snares party support for a vacant Liberal senate seat, declaring he is “unlikely” to seek a second term if his gambit is unsuccessful.
