
Richardson: A year to forget for a forgotten Opposition
Remember that time Steven Marshall accidentally exhorted people to ‘vote Labor’ the day before an election? Sure you do.
Remember that time Steven Marshall accidentally exhorted people to ‘vote Labor’ the day before an election? Sure you do.
SA Labor is reeling from a spectacular own-goal, with powerbrokers contemplating re-doing a recent preselection and a former frontbencher finding himself mired in electoral limbo after an adverse boundary re-draw.
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By announcing a policy to merge South Australia’s universities, Labor leader Peter Malinauskas has shown he is committed to making the state smaller and more inconsequential, argues Collette Snowden.
The state ALP’s new rank and file preselection ballot process has exploded in controversy, with the process under a legal cloud after party officials determined to downplay the influence of ordinary party members – and leader Peter Malinauskas conceding he is powerless to intervene.
Labor’s Deputy Leader Susan Close has stepped away from a key portfolio, while Opposition Leader Peter Malinauskas today appointed himself Shadow Minister for Jobs as his party gears up to make employment its headline issue in the lead-up to the 2022 state election.
Adelaide City Council has voted to proceed with its controversial legal review of Hutt Street Centre land use – despite one councillor warning it could cost ratepayers up to $100,000 – while changing grants to community groups and charities from three years to one, with an annual review of their effectiveness.