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Friday, July 19

REVEALED: The lost letters that could have swung an election

An inquiry into groundbreaking electoral reform and an “enduring, bipartisan commitment” to an independent Speaker were presented by Steven Marshall as commitments for a Liberal Government in 2014 negotiations with a key independent, newly discovered documents reveal.

"It seems pretty tacky to me": Libs sought files on sick Such

Steven Marshall sought access to post-election correspondence between the former Weatherill Government and the late Bob Such, while the independent MP was on extended sick leave with a brain tumour that ultimately claimed his life.

Bob Such during a joint sitting of parliament in 2007: the party turned its back on him, and it cost the Liberals dearly.

Decisive action needed to avoid Liberal destruction

A new outbreak of factional plotting within the South Australian Liberal Party needs to be stamped out quickly by the party’s leadership or the consequences could be disastrous, writes former longstanding Liberal MP Mark Brindal.

How Bob's final days inspired Lyn Such's new crusade

Lyn Such is determined to step up her one-woman campaign against what she says is a dearth of palliative care services in the south under Transforming Health. But the widow of former veteran Independent MP Bob Such says she hasn’t turned her mind to whether she will have a tilt at his old seat.