Notes on Adelaide
In today’s Notes on Adelaide, an MP raises a stink about the hypocrisy of State Parliament’s ‘rubbish’ recycling efforts, a rare and humble apology from the Government to the Opposition, and we ponder the mysterious ‘vox pop’ who popped up in Waite.
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EXCLUSIVE | The next state election could be effectively won in an Adelaide courtroom as early as tomorrow, as political parties argue over the impact of a shock constitutional change removing a requirement that a party should form government if it wins a statewide electoral majority.
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SA Greens stalwart Mark Parnell will miss the next two parliamentary sitting weeks after what he calls “an unplanned hospital visit” ended in a quadruple-bypass heart surgery.
The State Government has published a series of damning report cards on South Australia’s climate outlook, with key climate change indicators including sea level, rainfall and temperature showing a worsening trend line.
The State Government has extended “public precinct” zoning in Adelaide’s West End for another year, despite concerns from youth advocates that the laws unfairly target young people.
The Weatherill Government’s bid for a referendum on how electoral boundaries are determined may be doomed to fail, but a separate push to abolish the constitution’s contentious “fairness clause” – and two-party bias – could yet find broader support.
