Opinion
Jay Weatherill’s abandonment of his nuclear dream leaves him with next to nothing to show for the ‘bold’ policy vision he outlined more than two years ago. And, writes Tom Richardson, it fatally undermines his pretence of being a politician of conviction.
Politics
Premier Jay Weatherill has officially walked away from one of the major policy hallmarks of his term in Government, pronouncing the nuclear waste dump “dead” and vowing he will not revisit it if he wins another term in office.
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Reports of a Labor leadership crisis may have been greatly exaggerated, but there is a crisis of leadership in the nuclear debate, writes Tom Richardson.
South Australia's nuclear citizens' jury is another example of ordinary people fighting back against politically influential elites, argues economics commentator Richard Blandy.
The body set up to oversee the nuclear royal commission's consultation with the South Australian community has joined criticisms of the citizens' jury process that comprehensively rejected the idea of a nuclear waste facility for the state, InDaily can reveal.
A former Liberal senator for South Australia has dropped a political missile on his party colleagues, rejecting Steven Marshall’s claim that the economics of a nuclear waste dump “don’t stack up” – and demanding opponents of the plan propose an alternative vision for the state.
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