Politics
Liberal factional tensions continue to rise amid a move to marginalise Right-backed party-room exile Sam Duluk in his seat of Waite – with a prospective challenger establishing a new branch in the electorate, backed by the party’s state executive.
Politics
Liberal exiles Sam Duluk and Fraser Ellis have both attended meetings of their local branches this week – despite Premier Steven Marshall insisting they are not party members – as backers insist they want them to remain as their MPs.
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The QC defending Liberal exile Sam Duluk has invoked the case of Cardinal George Pell in arguing why the MP should be cleared of a charge of basic assault.
Police investigating an alleged assault by Liberal exile Sam Duluk were not aware of a photograph featuring the Waite MP with his accuser, SA Best MLC Connie Bonaros, until three weeks ago, a court has been told.
SA Best MLC Connie Bonaros told a staffer she did not want a photograph of her at a Parliament House Christmas party with Sam Duluk, the MP she later accused of assault, to “see the light of day”, a court has heard.
UPDATED | Liberal exile Sam Duluk appeared intoxicated, was drinking gin straight from the bottle and poured ice down the front of SA Best MLC Connie Bonaros’s dress at a 2019 Parliament House Christmas party before he allegedly assaulted her, a court has heard.
