Opposition Leader David Speirs concedes he believed there was a potential perceived conflict of interest around Vickie Chapman’s decision to veto a major Kangaroo Island timber port, before an Ombudsman’s report ruled otherwise – in a decision that a former Attorney-General today warned would have “far-reaching adverse implications for integrity in government”.
Attorney-General Kyam Maher says he will try to bring forward the implementation of the state’s voluntary assisted dying laws, following criticism of a previous government plan to wait 21 months after the legislation passed.
Bickering over funding responsibility continues to cloud the future of a dilapidated Aboriginal health clinic in Ceduna, with Labor accusing the Marshall Government of misrepresenting the building’s ownership, while the Premier says it’s not the state’s job to fund an upgrade despite SA Health owning the current site.
An “unsafe” and mouldy SA Health-owned building used by an Aboriginal health service in Ceduna will receive a $13 million upgrade if Labor wins the upcoming federal election, a SA senator has pledged, ending a bureaucratic stalemate over funding.