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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.
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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.
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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.
UPDATED | A parliamentary inquiry is set to report that Attorney-General Vickie Chapman had a conflict of interest, misled parliament and breached the ministerial code of conduct in relation to her decision to veto a $40 million timber port on her native Kangaroo Island, as the state Ombudsman today said he expected the matter to be referred to his office.
Deputy Premier Vickie Chapman has no choice but to follow the example of her party predecessors in the face of serious questions over her conduct – and resign, argues her former Liberal colleague Mark Brindal.
Attorney-General Vickie Chapman has blasted “incomplete and inadequate” evidence and “a blatant denial of procedural fairness” in a last-ditch bid to persuade a parliamentary inquiry to exonerate her of claims of conflict of interest, misleading parliament and breaching the ministerial code of conduct.
