The SA Liberal Party’s governing executive has thumbed its nose at a party-room demand to expel rogue Legislative Council president John Dawkins from the party, instead suspending his membership for little more than a year.
A state MP has accused the Marshall Government of turning a blind eye to “extraordinarily unacceptable” and “systemic” workplace harassment in Parliament, after Treasurer Rob Lucas questioned the $150,000 cost of an overdue inquiry into the issue.
Fresh recommendations for broad reform of the state’s anti-corruption watchdog could be proposed, amid a political stoush over the make-up of a parliamentary committee with oversight of ICAC.
State parliament authorities have issued a stern warning to MPs not to bring pets to work – and have banned a Labor MP’s beloved rescue dog from the building.