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The Nick Xenophon Team may have cost itself victory in three Liberal-held seats because it rejected a last-gasp preference deal dangled by the Labor Party, InDaily can reveal.
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Election wildcard Nick Xenophon is still refusing to disclose where his support would swing in the event of a hung federal parliament, arguing it’s unlikely such an outcome will eventuate – and he’s confident enough to wager a bottle of Grange on the matter.
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Liberal infighting has exploded in the vulnerable regional seat of Grey less than a fortnight from polling day, with a prominent local mayor threatening to run as an independent and warning his party has been “invisible” in the face of a spate of industrial crises.
Taxpayers will pick up the tab for new machinery at Arrium mines under a government plan to protect 2700 steelwork jobs in Whyalla.
Senior South Australian Liberal Christopher Pyne says he’d rather lose office than take part in a power-sharing arrangement with independents or minor parties.
Influential senator Nick Xenophon has come down against the establishment of an international nuclear repository in South Australia, arguing “I can’t see the benefits are there that outweigh the risks”.
Not for the first time, there is something incongruous about South Australian politics.
