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Environment Minister David Speirs will today face the first “no confidence” motion of the current parliamentary term, as Labor lashes the embattled frontbencher for the third day running.
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The Marshall Government’s claims that embattled Environment Minister David Speirs was denied “procedural fairness” are undermined by letters he sent both the Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission and a separate Productivity Commission inquiry, opposing any new strategy for recovering 450 gigalitres of environmental flows under the basin plan.
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Labor has today ramped up its pursuit of embattled Environment Minister David Speirs, bombarding his southern suburbs electorate with propaganda criticising his performance on water security as state parliament opened amid a cacophony of controversy that saw five Opposition frontbenchers evicted in the first hour.
Environment Minister David Speirs has backed away from his chief executive’s decree that the state department is fundamentally “an economic development agency”, conceding “the environment should come first and foremost”.
Premier Steven Marshall says his Environment Minister had the full support of Cabinet when he agreed to new rules for irrigators last year – a move described by the Murray Darling Basin Royal Commission as so contrary to South Australia’s interests that it was likely to be a breach of the ministerial code of conduct.
The Marshall Government has come in for stinging criticism in a keenly-anticipated Royal Commission report on the River Murray’s management that found the Murray-Darling Basin Authority acted unlawfully, calling for a complete overhaul of water allocations across the system.
The Environment Protection Authority board has called on the State Government to take “brave action” on the environment following the release of a major report outlining the state’s worsening climate, waste and biodiversity outlook.
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