Cabinet newcomer Josh Teague will be sworn in as the Planning and Local Government Minister today, but will only be acting in the role of Attorney-General, with Vickie Chapman waiting in the wings – and remaining in cabinet.
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.
UPDATED | Premier Steven Marshall and senior government executives are in the spotlight as part of a newly-launched independent investigation into the actions of embattled Attorney-General Vickie Chapman – as Parliamentary Speaker Dan Cregan today visited the Governor to inform her the House of Assembly has lost confidence in the Deputy Premier.
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.