kris hanna

Monday, September 28

Mayor to plead guilty to election breach

Marion mayor and former state MP Kris Hanna was represented by one of his highest-profile former colleagues when he fronted court this morning, indicating he would plead guilty to a charge of publishing inaccurate election material.

Marion mayor to face court over election material

Marion mayor and former state MP Kris Hanna is set to face the Adelaide Magistrates Court tomorrow over allegations relating to his 2018 re-election campaign.

A grim Nick Xenophon, with senator and former campaign manager Stirling Griff, on election night. Photo: Tony Lewis / InDaily

'We became the bastards': Whatever happened to SA Best?

Nick Xenophon’s SA Best election foray failed because the party went from keeping the bastards honest to “being another one of the bastards”, according to a pointed appraisal by a high-profile candidate as the party sifts through the rubble of its campaign.

"No rift" over Hanna's opposition to Xenophon-backed pokie ban

Marion mayor and new SA Best recruit Kris Hanna opposed a Nick Xenophon-backed motion to remove poker machines from council-owned venues, InDaily can reveal.

SA Best sets sights on stars as Xenophon wheels out big guns

Nick Xenophon’s SA Best will target Liberal leader Steven Marshall in his vulnerable seat of Dunstan, InDaily understands – making it almost certain the fledgling party will also run a candidate against Premier Jay Weatherill in his Cheltenham stronghold.

Hanna won't rule out another state tilt

Marion mayor and former Labor-turned-independent MP Kris Hanna has refused to rule out another run at his former seat in the March state election, fuelling speculation he could enter the fray under Nick Xenophon’s SA Best banner.