Jay Weatherill and Steven Marshall share the stage at a recent event. Photo: Mark Brake / AAP

Politics

Legal advice on SA referendum to stay secret

The Weatherill Government is refusing to release the legal advice on which it removed the fairness clause from the state’s constitution act without a referendum, as new revelations emerge about the origins of the contentious law.

Politics

'The two-party system is broken': Xenophon on board with broad constitutional reform

South Australians won’t face a referendum at the March state election, but one will likely be held within the next four years, with prospective kingmaker Nick Xenophon declaring the state’s constitution act is “broken”.

Politics

NO FAIR: Push to scrap contentious constitutional clause

The Weatherill Government’s bid for a referendum on how electoral boundaries are determined may be doomed to fail, but a separate push to abolish the constitution’s contentious “fairness clause” – and two-party bias – could yet find broader support.

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Labor flags referendum on electoral boundaries

South Australians could face a referendum at the next election as the Weatherill Government doubles down on its opposition to electoral boundary review changes that it has already challenged – and lost – in the Supreme Court.

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Labor forced to pay Libs' costs for failed boundaries appeal

The SA Labor Party has been dealt a final crushing blow in the Supreme Court – both financially and politically – with an order that it must pay the Liberal Party’s costs for its own failed appeal against the state’s new electoral boundaries.