The Malinauskas Government’s standoff with its labour base has escalated, with the union the Premier formerly led joining a chorus accusing his administration of orchestrating “an attack on working South Australians”.
A raft of fees and charges will rise from July 1, with the State Government insisting the increases have been kept to “well under half the inflation rate”.
State parliamentary Speaker Dan Cregan has not sought to have writs issued for a by-election in former Attorney-General Vickie Chapman’s seat of Bragg but says her future as an MP “may be addressed” if she attends parliament today.
The epic task of rebuilding the South Australian Liberal Party has fallen to 37-year-old David Speirs. In this week’s Notes on Adelaide podcast, we talk to Speirs about his path to politics and his goals for the party. He provides some surprising revelations – including his admiration for a past Labor administration.