"It’s the law - they’re not allowed to do it": Former minister weighs in on gag order

The former minister who introduced the Act that governs the Adelaide City Council insists a newly-installed gag rule on elected members is unlawful and anti-democratic.

State budget scraping the bottom of the (pork) barrel

A state budget proposal to spend $40 million on community-driven local spending is nothing but pork-barrelling dressed up as direct democracy, writes Mark Brindal.

Bob Such during a joint sitting of parliament in 2007: the party turned its back on him, and it cost the Liberals dearly.

Decisive action needed to avoid Liberal destruction

A new outbreak of factional plotting within the South Australian Liberal Party needs to be stamped out quickly by the party’s leadership or the consequences could be disastrous, writes former longstanding Liberal MP Mark Brindal.