Notes on Adelaide
In today’s Notes On Adelaide, fractious factions after the Libs’ first contested party-room ballot in almost a decade, communication breakdowns and the Premier’s creative use of emoji.
Opinion
The Marshall Government came to power promising open ICAC hearings, greater transparency and honesty in public administration. Instead, South Australia has a degraded and confused integrity system with greater risks of corruption. David Washington asks: how did this happen?
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A divided Liberal party-room will attempt to unify behind a new leadership team tomorrow, with interim deputy premier Dan van Holst Pellekaan confirming he will seek to keep the job – but leading moderate John Gardner bowing out.
UPDATED | Premier Steven Marshall has questioned the authority of the state’s Ombudsman to make a finding of misconduct against his former deputy Vickie Chapman, arguing determining breaches of the ministerial code is “my area”.
Former Speaker Josh Teague will be elevated into Steven Marshall’s cabinet to take over one of the Government’s most senior ministries after Attorney-General Vickie Chapman stood aside this morning.
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.
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