Steven Marshall and Troy Bell together in Mount Gambier in 2016. Photo: Shutterbytes by Michele Hamilton / Hamilton's Run via Facebook

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Marshall still open to nuclear power

Premier Steven Marshall says establishing a nuclear generation industry in South Australia is not on his “short-term” radar but it could “come back onto the agenda further down the track” as he considers “every option to ensure we have lower energy prices”.

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STREETVIEW: Sermons on the Mount

Former Liberal Troy Bell could spend the next four years propping up South Australia’s next Government, but he’s also likely to spend some of them fighting for his freedom in court. In the latest in our series of insights into life on the campaign trail, we visit a seat in the state’s South-East that plays backdrop to one of the state election’s most intriguing subplots, and which could prove the key to power – but for whom?

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South-East fracking emissions eclipse renewable energy savings: green groups

An ongoing commitment to fracking in the South-East “completely undermines” the Weatherill Government’s “leadership” on renewables, environmental campaigners claim.

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Pyne asked me to run as an independent against the Libs, former candidate confirms

Former state Liberal candidate Peter Gandolfi has confirmed that moderate faction powerbroker Christopher Pyne urged him to stand as an independent against his own party’s candidate in the federal seat of Barker in 2013.

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'I'm still fighting for Mount Gambier', charged Lib insists

Labor is stepping up its presence in the south-east as it seeks to destabilise the Liberals’ chances of holding the newly-vulnerable seat of Mount Gambier, but incumbent Troy Bell says the move “demonstrates the desperation of a party that will do and say anything to stay in power” – and hasn’t ruled out re-contesting the seat himself.