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Government MPs could be banned from asking staged questions as Upper House crossbenchers prepare to back a Bill that saw Speaker Josh Teague turfed from the chair in a mid-week midnight coup – with a new push to also mandate an independent Legislative Council president.
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Premier Steven Marshall says voters don’t want “guns held to the head of politicians” by crossbenchers, after a turbulent three days in which another Government backbencher quit the party and veteran independent Frances Bedford confirmed her shift to the state’s most marginal seat.
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A state Labor MP is set to switch seats at the forthcoming state election – a move that could see him go head-to-head with ex-ALP veteran turned independent Frances Bedford.
The Deputy Mayor of the strife-torn Tea Tree Gully council is expected to make a run for state parliament, with the Labor Party opening preselection nominations for the north-eastern seat of Newland, the state’s most marginal electorate.
A Government-led parliamentary inquiry prompted by explosive claims from former Labor MP Annabel Digance – who has since been arrested and charged with allegedly blackmailing Opposition Leader Peter Malinauskas – will not proceed after crossbenchers agreed to block it.
UPDATED | The Marshall Government has suffered significant defeats in state parliament’s first votes since the Liberal Party lurched into minority government, with the crossbench joining with the Opposition to hijack the parliamentary agenda.
