Casting a long shadow? Labor leader Bill Shorten visits Arrium last week. Port Augusta Mayor and Liberal Party member Sam Johnson says Labor - and not his own party - has led the charge in the seat of Grey. Photo: Mick Tsikas, AAP

Politics

Grey day for Libs as infighting breaks out in key seat

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.

Business

Govt offers Arrium $49m loan for machinery

Taxpayers will pick up the tab for new machinery at Arrium mines under a government plan to protect 2700 steelwork jobs in Whyalla.

Politics

Pyne says Labor Government better than a hung parliament

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.

Local

Xenophon "can't see benefits" of nuke dump

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”.

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SA's economy is the laggard of a nation in transition

Not for the first time, there is something incongruous about South Australian politics.