Politics
Former SA Premier Mike Rann is Labor’s best electoral asset since Bob Hawke and should be convinced to return to Australia to run the party’s next federal campaign, according to a former state MP and union heavyweight.
Notes on Adelaide
In today’s Notes on Adelaide, Christopher Pyne tries to pass on a plum to Steven Marshall before he turns into a political pumpkin, and a micro-experiment in CBD travel tests the relative speed of walking, Lime scooter, bicycle, Uber and private car – with interesting results.
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Kevin Foley has opened up about how he was too scared of Mike Rann to ever challenge him, despite his former leader being “as popular as dog sh*t” during his early tenure as Labor leader – and how he believes incumbent Jay Weatherill has become “a much better Premier than he was a minister”.
Prolific writer and former Labor speechwriter Bob Ellis has died at his home in Sydney at the age of 73 after a battle with liver cancer.
The future is now. And it’s 2036.
As state politicians prepare to recommence hostilities in parliament, Tom Richardson argues that the coming months loom as a defining period in the respective legacies of both Premier and Opposition Leader.
Former South Australian Premier Mike Rann is establishing a new life in the UK as a consultant and academic after finishing his stint in Australia’s diplomatic service.
