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Adelaide City councillor Robert Simms has once again resigned and forced a by-election at Town Hall – this time to fill retiring Greens MLC Mark Parnell’s state Upper House seat – after he previously quit the council in 2015 to replace Parnell’s wife in the Senate.
Politics
Long-term SA Greens MLC Mark Parnell has declined to quell growing speculation he will soon pull the pin on his political career, as successor and current Adelaide City councillor Robert Simms quits his day job to focus on the party’s state election campaign.
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The South Australian Greens are hopeful of becoming the state’s “third political force” and holding the balance of power in the Upper House, after electing a young environmental campaigner as their number two Legislative Council candidate for next year’s state election.
Adelaide City Councillor and former Senator Robert Simms has been elected the Greens candidate for a winnable state Upper House seat, after long-time Legislative Councillor Mark Parnell announced his retirement.
Parliament House is preparing to spend a quarter of a million dollars improving winches used to move chandeliers inside the House of Assembly chamber.
EXCLUSIVE | The SA Greens are expecting a rush of hopefuls for the party’s winnable state Upper House seat, after long-time Legislative Councillor Mark Parnell today declared he would not contest the next election.
