A state parliamentary crossbencher says the Weatherill Government should have taken decisive action to ensure public safety over potentially-flammable high-rise cladding when he raised concerns about the issue more than two years ago.
Nick Xenophon’s SA Best is not expected to field a candidate in the emerging key election battleground of Morphett, while a former Labor candidate says his party is unlikely to win the seat – with cashed-up independent Duncan McFetridge set to benefit at his former party’s expense.
Ousted Liberal veteran Duncan McFetridge has called on his successor Stephen Patterson to resign as Holdfast Mayor – and the State Government has questioned his ability to continue in the role – after his council called for a moratorium on oil and gas exploration in the Great Australian Bight.
UPDATED | Disendorsed Liberal veteran Duncan McFetridge has warned his former colleagues to be “careful how they handle” him as he today confirmed he would run as an independent at the March state election, declaring a Steven Marshall Government was “a long way from being a sure bet at this moment”.