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The state’s top cop is on a collision course with a parliamentary inquiry, which has handed down a series of recommendations for fundamental changes to the way police and ICAC investigations are conducted.
UPDATED | Embattled former Deputy Premier Vickie Chapman has been banned from parliament for six days as the dramatic fallout from this month’s vote of no confidence escalated today, with the Government again losing a crucial vote on the House of Assembly floor.
Notes on Adelaide
In today’s Notes On Adelaide, fractious factions after the Libs’ first contested party-room ballot in almost a decade, communication breakdowns and the Premier’s creative use of emoji.
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Newly-elected Liberal deputy leader Dan van Holst Pellekaan says he’s a “team player” – and expects to remain in his role – after defeating rival David Speirs in a party-room ballot yesterday.
The state’s Ombudsman says he may have to delegate an investigation into Attorney-General Vickie Chapman and Premier Steven Marshall to “a suitable person” outside his office as he seeks submissions as to whether the inquiry raises perceptions of a conflict of interest.
A divided Liberal party-room will attempt to unify behind a new leadership team tomorrow, with interim deputy premier Dan van Holst Pellekaan confirming he will seek to keep the job – but leading moderate John Gardner bowing out.
UPDATED | Premier Steven Marshall has questioned the authority of the state’s Ombudsman to make a finding of misconduct against his former deputy Vickie Chapman, arguing determining breaches of the ministerial code is “my area”.
Former Speaker Josh Teague will be elevated into Steven Marshall’s cabinet to take over one of the Government’s most senior ministries after Attorney-General Vickie Chapman stood aside this morning.
Attorney-General Vickie Chapman has become the first lower house minister in South Australian history to lose a vote of no confidence, but the Deputy Premier is steadfastly refusing to stand down – a move that threatens to prompt an unprecedented constitutional crisis.
EXCLUSIVE | Claims by Vickie Chapman about her Kangaroo Island property holdings at the centre of a conflict of interest scandal have prompted new questions, as the embattled Deputy Premier today faces the prospect of becoming the state’s first minister to lose a no confidence vote in the House of Assembly.
UPDATED | A parliamentary inquiry is set to report that Attorney-General Vickie Chapman had a conflict of interest, misled parliament and breached the ministerial code of conduct in relation to her decision to veto a $40 million timber port on her native Kangaroo Island, as the state Ombudsman today said he expected the matter to be referred to his office.
Deputy Premier Vickie Chapman has no choice but to follow the example of her party predecessors in the face of serious questions over her conduct – and resign, argues her former Liberal colleague Mark Brindal.
Attorney-General Vickie Chapman has blasted “incomplete and inadequate” evidence and “a blatant denial of procedural fairness” in a last-ditch bid to persuade a parliamentary inquiry to exonerate her of claims of conflict of interest, misleading parliament and breaching the ministerial code of conduct.
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“The head of the state’s Transport department didn’t consider it his role to advise Attorney-General Vickie Chapman if she had a conflict of interest relating to a deep-water port on her native Kangaroo Island, telling parliament it would have been akin to “teaching your grandma how to suck eggs”.
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Attorney-General Vickie Chapman’s department asked her to consider whether she had a conflict of interest relating to her role in deciding the fate of a $40 million port proposal on Kangaroo Island, where she owns land – but she maintains she has no issue with the prospect of trucks hauling timber near her property.
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Deputy Premier Vickie Chapman owns land on Kangaroo Island directly across the road from forest that would have been felled and removed under a $40 million port proposal that she vetoed, a parliamentary inquiry has heard.
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SA Labor is facing a members’ backlash after rejecting a presumptive state election candidate over a long-defunct website that used the moniker ‘Moon Witch’.
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New Park’n’Rides and an extension of passenger rail services are on the table with Infrastructure SA investigating the viability of public transport solutions for the politically-volatile Adelaide Hills region – with its recommendations expected to inform the Government’s re-election pitch.
Former Independent Commissioner Against Corruption Bruce Lander is gearing up for a stoush over new legislation set to dramatically scale back the operations of his former office, declaring the changes “will set back the anti-corruption cause in South Australia”.
The SA Liberal Party and the office of Premier Steven Marshall have been referred to the state’s anti-corruption watchdog to investigate potential misconduct, maladministration or corruption over “data harvesting” claims, the Ombudsman has told state parliament.
In today’s Notes On Adelaide, The Advertiser has a little local difficulty with border exemptions, while the paper’s star columnist performs an admirable backflip on subs.
A former head of ASC has blasted Australia’s “insane deal” with the US and the UK to build nuclear-powered submarines in Adelaide, deriding a “hocus pocus” announcement he says raises major issues about nuclear and defence capability.
Premier Steven Marshall has pledged new roles for “any or all” of the 350 Naval Group workers in South Australia whose jobs have been thrown into doubt by yesterday’s “major pivot” on Australia’s submarine contract, but the Government remains vague on whether a local employment component can now be safeguarded.
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Embattled ex-Liberal MP Sam Duluk has declared he will run as an independent at the March election, hours after extraordinary new claims against him were aired in state parliament.
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A government staffer who complained about the alleged behaviour of then-Liberal MP Sam Duluk at a boozy Christmas function was told there was limited power for parliamentary or government authorities to intervene, according to documents obtained by InDaily.
