Opinion
Last year, Tom Richardson argued that the then-Attorney-General and Deputy Premier had a “textbook” clear case of perceived conflict of interest in relation to her decision to veto a $40 million timber port. This week the state’s Ombudsman disagreed, completely.
News
Parliamentary Speaker Dan Cregan says a call by a majority of MPs to recall parliament should be “respected and acted on”, as Premier Steven Marshall rejected the push for an emergency sitting to debate the Government’s COVID crisis management.
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UPDATED | Embattled former Deputy Premier Vickie Chapman has been banned from parliament for six days as the dramatic fallout from this month’s vote of no confidence escalated today, with the Government again losing a crucial vote on the House of Assembly floor.
UPDATED | Premier Steven Marshall and senior government executives are in the spotlight as part of a newly-launched independent investigation into the actions of embattled Attorney-General Vickie Chapman – as Parliamentary Speaker Dan Cregan today visited the Governor to inform her the House of Assembly has lost confidence in the Deputy Premier.
The Marshall Government has been prevented from shutting down parliament entirely ahead of the March state election after a historic vote of no confidence left Deputy Premier Vickie Chapman under intense pressure to resign.
Attorney-General Vickie Chapman has become the first lower house minister in South Australian history to lose a vote of no confidence, but the Deputy Premier is steadfastly refusing to stand down – a move that threatens to prompt an unprecedented constitutional crisis.
EXCLUSIVE | Claims by Vickie Chapman about her Kangaroo Island property holdings at the centre of a conflict of interest scandal have prompted new questions, as the embattled Deputy Premier today faces the prospect of becoming the state’s first minister to lose a no confidence vote in the House of Assembly.
