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There is no clear timeframe for the Marshall Government’s long-awaited planning overhaul, after the new minister responsible for the ambitious rollout pushed pause on the scheme – and pledged to go back to the drawing board on several areas of contention.
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Labor is considering pitting frontbencher Tony Piccolo against axed Marshall Government minister Stephan Knoll at the next state election, with a proposed boundary redistribution shifting his Gawler base into Liberal-held territory.
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The escalating country claims scandal will see systemic change and could have ongoing ramifications for the SA Liberal Party. But, writes Tom Richardson, the Marshall Government has already set the precedent for what happens next.
UPDATED | The state’s Independent Commissioner Against Corruption has launched a major investigation into all claims made over the past decade by parliamentarians under a controversial country members’ allowance scheme, which has seen Liberal MPs forced to pay back tens of thousands of taxpayers’ dollars in a deepening scandal.
Embattled Transport Minister Stephan Knoll has sought to blame the state’s independent remuneration tribunal for the “ambiguity” that has forced him to repay almost $30,000 of taxpayers’ money, but has repeatedly refused to detail the “range of expenses” for which he claimed the Country Members Accommodation Allowance.
Transport Minister Stephan Knoll and Primary Industries Minister Tim Whetstone will pay back tens of thousands of dollars in parliamentary allowances as the controversy around travel claims for country-based MPs broadened dramatically today, with the release of documents revealing what Premier Steven Marshall called “administrative errors” by several parliamentarians.
A former Renewal SA executive facing charges relating the alleged misuse of allowances totalling a little over $1000 has had her role “terminated”, the agency’s new boss has revealed.
