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The formation of a potential voting bloc that could wield the balance of power in the state’s new-look Upper House looks a lost cause, with former Nick Xenophon sidekick John Darley today trading insults with SA Best, labelling it full of “dickheads” and declaring the party should split.
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Nick Xenophon’s tilt for a return to state politics was dealt a bitter personal blow this morning, with his former partner announcing her candidacy for the Upper House with a stunning accusation of “mental and emotional abuse” during their “secret” seven-year relationship – a claim he strongly denies.
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Nick Xenophon says he hopes a pair of spurned former allies are “subject to the same level of scrutiny as I am” after they today unveiled their own political party, with plans to take on the influential senator’s fledgling SA Best at the March state election.
Steven Marshall could be forgiven for wondering if a black cat has crossed his political path at some point in the distant past.
UPDATED | Premier Jay Weatherill has invoked the “faceless men” attack so often levelled against his own Labor Party to critique Nick Xenophon’s fallout with his only state MP.
The author of the State Government’s food truck reforms – which unexpectedly passed parliament last night – has denied that unsavoury vendors could exploit a “Mr Whippy” loophole in the new legislation.
Days after Jay Weatherill conceded the high-level nuclear waste dump proposal was “dead”, a last-minute parliamentary misstep has killed another of the Premier’s signature policies – statewide food trucks reform.
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