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The beaten candidate for the state Liberal presidency is weighing up whether to nominate for the prized seat of Frome at the 2022 state election, after the moderate faction completed its takeover of the party at the weekend’s AGM.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison is expected to be one of the first Sydneysiders to take advantage of the Marshall Government’s move to relax border restrictions with New South Wales.
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State parliament authorities have issued a stern warning to MPs not to bring pets to work – and have banned a Labor MP’s beloved rescue dog from the building.
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Liberal exile Sam Duluk has joined three of his former colleagues in petitioning the panel charged with redrawing the state’s electoral map to rethink changes to their own seats’ boundaries – as the Labor Party today formalised candidates in three Government-held marginals.
South Australia’s two major parties are gearing up for factional upheaval, with a former Prime Minister weighing into the fray for the Liberal Party’s state presidency and two Labor members – including a former MP – challenging their party’s factional picks for preselection in key seats.
EXCLUSIVE | The SA Liberal Party is wooing former Adelaide United star and current Reds football director Bruce Djite to run for state parliament – with senior figures keen to see him stand for a key Labor-held marginal seat, InDaily can reveal.
Marion mayor and former state MP Kris Hanna is set to face the Adelaide Magistrates Court tomorrow over allegations relating to his 2018 re-election campaign.
A former Transport Department official who was fined $5000 after a four-year legal saga sparked by an ICAC investigation has written to the Marshall Government demanding an independent review of his case and stronger oversight of the state’s anti-corruption watchdog.
A former factional powerbroker has thrown his support behind ousted Liberal John Dawkins, calling his looming expulsion from the party “unreasonable” and an “over-reaction”.
Controversially-elected Upper House president John Dawkins has removed himself from the Liberal party-room but says he will still fight to retain his membership of the party.
UPDATED | State parliament is in the midst of one its most tumultuous days in recent memory, with the Marshall Government threatening to ban one of its own members amid ongoing disunity and the newly-installed Speaker unleashing an extraordinary opening speech accusing the State Opposition of potential contempt of parliament and “unlawful interference” in an ICAC investigation.
A former federal Labor candidate is set to contest the Liberal Party’s most marginal seat at the 2022 state election, while a longtime federal MP is considering a shock shift into a safe state seat, InDaily understands.
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“A number of state MPs are being investigated for potential “criminal conduct”, outgoing anti-corruption commissioner Bruce Lander has revealed in an explosive farewell interview.
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MPs under a public integrity investigation over the potential misuse of parliamentary allowances have refused to release documents requested by the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption, citing parliamentary privilege – prompting a warning that the inquiry may be abandoned.
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Premier Steven Marshall says he hopes to lift a controversial restriction on the movement of cross-border communities “very soon”, but no changes will be made currently to the controls which have prompted outcry from border communities and prompted regional MPs to demand a more collaborative approach between South Australia and Victoria.
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In today’s Notes on Adelaide, a non-announcement from the Premier pre-empts a halving of Adelaide Oval crowds – and a new twist in the state ALP’s factional machinations.
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EXCLUSIVE | Former Liberal Minister Tim Whetstone’s adult son lives in the central California city of Modesto that the MP visited on a taxpayer-funded study tour in 2018 – with the trip also coinciding with his son’s birthday, InDaily can reveal.
Transport Minister Stephan Knoll and Primary Industries Minister Tim Whetstone will pay back tens of thousands of dollars in parliamentary allowances as the controversy around travel claims for country-based MPs broadened dramatically today, with the release of documents revealing what Premier Steven Marshall called “administrative errors” by several parliamentarians.
Adelaide’s Deputy Lord Mayor Alexander Hyde is making a Liberal power-play, nominating to run for the party’s vice-presidency and a seat on its influential state executive – while prominent lawyer Morry Bailes appears to have abandoned his expected bid for the presidency.
Treasurer Rob Lucas says he will review reporting guidelines for State Government marketing and advertising campaigns after it was revealed the committee in charge of overseeing government communications – which he chairs – had only published one evaluation report in 12 months.
A standoff is looming for one of the SA Liberal Party’s most senior roles, with country medico Max van Dissel today nominating to replace former premier John Olsen as state president.
A former Renewal SA executive facing charges relating the alleged misuse of allowances totalling a little over $1000 has had her role “terminated”, the agency’s new boss has revealed.
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EXCLUSIVE | The SA Greens are expecting a rush of hopefuls for the party’s winnable state Upper House seat, after long-time Legislative Councillor Mark Parnell today declared he would not contest the next election.
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EXCLUSIVE | A radical shake-up of South Australia’s electoral system – that would see preferential voting sidelined – is being considered among a raft of changes, with a bill expected to be introduced to parliament within weeks, InDaily understands.
