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A Government-led parliamentary inquiry prompted by explosive claims from former Labor MP Annabel Digance – who has since been arrested and charged with allegedly blackmailing Opposition Leader Peter Malinauskas – will not proceed after crossbenchers agreed to block it.
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EXCLUSIVE | Former Labor MP Annabel Digance blocked an ALP colleague from publicly condemning an election flyer widely denounced as racist – the same flyer she later claimed she had wanted to apologise for but was instructed to “shut up” by party officials.
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Attorney-General Vickie Chapman is forging ahead with plans for a parliamentary inquiry into allegations of Labor Party bullying – despite the ex-MP at the centre of the claims being charged with blackmail and crossbench MPs warning the inquiry could prejudice court proceedings.
Today’s breaking news from South Australia, the nation and abroad. The State Government says two new COVID vaccination hubs will be opened at Noarlunga and Elizabeth by June, pending the supply of Pfizer vaccines from the federal government.
Opposition Leader Peter Malinauskas says it was “the right thing to do” to refer his former factional colleague Annabel Digance to SA Police, as she and her husband Greg were today bailed after facing court charged with blackmailing him.
The husband of former state Labor MP Annabel Digance has been accused of taunting her electoral opponent Carolyn Habib, allegedly telling her ‘we are going to break you again’ – four years after the ALP distributed a widely-condemned leaflet attacking the Liberal candidate.
Former Labor MP Annabel Digance’s attempt to paint herself as a victim – and her failure to call out racism as a symptom of systemic sexism in politics – is an affront to the courage of women trying to change that culture, writes Tom Richardson.
