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Adelaide City Council candidates have condemned the State Government and the council for what they say is a disrespectful relocation of Australia’s oldest World War I memorial from the south park lands.
Opinion
The former Liberal leader’s decision to pull the pin rather than risk a certain, and humbling, defeat will not enhance his reputation. But, writes Tom Richardson, it is an apt footnote to his legacy as SA’s ultimate political outsider.
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The Federal Government has promised a review which could lead to the establishment of a national space agency, but the State Government says it is moving too slowly and will set up its own agency later this year if Canberra doesn’t take speedier action.
The State Government says 200 jobs will be created in South Australia’s financial sector, in a deal announced today that it says undermines the big banks’ criticism of the state’s investment appeal.
Government-aligned crossbenchers have again helped shoot down a bid to allow Independent Commissioner Against Corruption Bruce Lander to hold public hearings into matters of maladministration – including a looming inquiry into the Oakden facility scandal – with former Liberal Martin Hamilton-Smith insisting the move would turn the inquiry into a “circus”.
The defection of Martin Hamilton-Smith continues to haunt the state Liberals, who are spending thousands of dollars from their precious election war-chest polling his electorate of Waite amid fears the party will need more than 50 per cent of the primary vote to hold the seat.
