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Unions call on Labor to back coal, gas industries and jobs
Powerful blue collar unions are urging Labor to show greater unity on energy policy by strongly supporting coal and gas.
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Powerful blue collar unions are urging Labor to show greater unity on energy policy by strongly supporting coal and gas.
US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his wife Jill have cast early ballots in their home state of Delaware, joining 74 million others who have already voted as analysts cast doubt on whether a result will be known until days after the November 3 election.
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The state ALP’s new rank and file preselection ballot process has exploded in controversy, with the process under a legal cloud after party officials determined to downplay the influence of ordinary party members – and leader Peter Malinauskas conceding he is powerless to intervene.
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Long-awaited redevelopment works at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital will be delayed by another year to accommodate a further $50 million in new facilities that the Marshall Government insists will “future proof” the upgrade.
US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have left the White House for a long day of campaigning in separate battleground states while Joe Biden is targeting a state Democrats haven’t won in nearly three decades.
The State Government and business leaders are urging South Australian workplaces not to cancel major functions and Christmas parties, and to make the shift from remote working back to the CBD in a bid to bolster the broader economy.
For a low-key contest to decide four relatively low-profile parliamentary appointments, Labor’s internal Legislative Council ballot is generating a level of electioneering generally reserved for state election campaigns.
The Deputy Chief Medical Officer will conduct an urgent review into the deaths of four babies at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital in the past month – linked to a lack of paediatric cardiac services – as a leaked report reveals authorities were warned of the risks more than a year ago.
The State Government has backed a call for an independent investigation into workplace harassment within South Australia’s legal profession – despite stalling the approval of and highlighting the expense of a similar inquiry into potentially inappropriate behaviour at Parliament House.
A South Australian program that helps young offenders complete community service and stay out of prison will be privatised, angering public sector youth workers who fear it could lead to more children being locked up.
Marion mayor and former state MP Kris Hanna has slammed the Local Government Association after he escaped a conviction in the Magistrates Court for incorrectly “adding a zero” to an election pamphlet in breach of electoral law.
The Marshall Government commissioned multiple investigations into the leaking of “confidential information” about its $2.14 billion rail operations privatisation, prompting one unsuccessful bidder to demand the procurement process be halted – just days before it was awarded to a rival firm.
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.
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“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.
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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.
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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.
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Parliamentarians are effectively immune from a finding of misconduct under the state’s ICAC Act because Parliament refuses to impose a Code of Conduct on its own members, the state’s outgoing anti-corruption commissioner argues.
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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.
EXCLUSIVE | South Australia’s most senior federal Liberal has dropped a bomb on his party’s “factional cronies”, accusing them of “pathetically and shamefully” exploiting the Coronavirus pandemic to “undermine democracy within our party” – while defending a controversial meeting of hundreds of Liberal members that has suddenly become the epicentre of the SA party’s internal war.
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.
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.
Steven Marshall now has arguably one of the least experienced cabinets in state history and will go to the next election in the midst of an economic crisis with a promise to hand the state’s finances over to an untested Treasurer – unless Rob Lucas rethinks his retirement plans.
The commissioner tasked with carrying out an independent investigation into workplace harassment in state parliament says she is still waiting for parliament’s permission to launch the inquiry – with a final report due to be handed down a month from today.
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The escalating country claims scandal will see systemic change and could have ongoing ramifications for the SA Liberal Party. But, writes Tom Richardson, the Marshall Government has already set the precedent for what happens next.
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EXCLUSIVE | The Liberal Party has set its sights on its former MP Troy Bell at the next state election, and has identified six Labor-held “target” seats as it seeks to hang onto government, according to leaked documents obtained by InDaily.
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