Mayor threatens to run for state parliament against council nemesis

Political feuding within a northern suburbs council has spilled over into the Liberals’ preselection machinations, with Tea Tree Gully mayor Kevin Knight threatening to stand as an independent if first-term councillor Paula Luethen-Soper wins the party’s nomination for the key seat of King.

MP wants journalist prosecuted over alleged ICAC breach

Former Labor minister Jennifer Rankine has launched an extraordinary parliamentary attack on an Adelaide journalist, saying she will ask SA Police to prosecute him for allegedly breaching the controversial secrecy provisions of the ICAC Act.