Politics
The state ALP’s new rank and file preselection ballot process has exploded in controversy, with the process under a legal cloud after party officials determined to downplay the influence of ordinary party members – and leader Peter Malinauskas conceding he is powerless to intervene.
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For a low-key contest to decide four relatively low-profile parliamentary appointments, Labor’s internal Legislative Council ballot is generating a level of electioneering generally reserved for state election campaigns.
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South Australia’s two major parties are gearing up for factional upheaval, with a former Prime Minister weighing into the fray for the Liberal Party’s state presidency and two Labor members – including a former MP – challenging their party’s factional picks for preselection in key seats.
A former federal Labor candidate is set to contest the Liberal Party’s most marginal seat at the 2022 state election, while a longtime federal MP is considering a shock shift into a safe state seat, InDaily understands.
Labor’s Deputy Leader Susan Close has stepped away from a key portfolio, while Opposition Leader Peter Malinauskas today appointed himself Shadow Minister for Jobs as his party gears up to make employment its headline issue in the lead-up to the 2022 state election.
Labor will take a new-look frontbench to the next state election with a second shadow minister to step down in the space of a week, InDaily can reveal.
UPDATED: Branch stacking claims levelled against a former Victorian minister have been referred to the state’s anti-corruption watchdog and police.
