Royal Commissioner Kevin Scarce unveils his intitial findings to media last year. Photo: Nat Rogers / InDaily

Politics

No more cash for nuclear vision as parties conspire against waste dump

A parliamentary inquiry into Jay Weatherill’s doomed nuclear waste repository has told the State Government not to spend another cent of public money on the plan, with MPs from both major parties conspiring to drive the last nail into the project’s political coffin.

Politics

"There’s no foreseeable opportunity for this": Jay declares nuke dump "dead"

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.

Opinion

Richardson: If he wants to be bold, Jay must genuinely advocate for nuclear

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.

Politics

"Politics will destroy SA": Former Lib senator nukes Marshall's dump rejection

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.

Local

Liberal policy guru urged SA to go nuclear

The state Liberal Party’s new policy director is a long-time nuclear advocate who personally called for the establishment of a nuclear waste dump in a submission to the Scarce Royal Commission.