Notes on Adelaide
In today’s Notes On Adelaide, the former SA Labor adviser poised for the party’s top job out west, and the SA Libs’ awkward attempt to advance women in leadership.
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An Adelaide City Council push to ban the consumption of alcohol at all times in the park lands is “unworkable”, Attorney-General Vickie Chapman says – but has agreed to a three-month dry zone trial in the city’s south.
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A simmering dispute between the state’s Attorney-General and Equal Opportunity Commission has once again flared, with the Commissioner branding Vickie Chapman “vindictive” after she accused it of not doing enough to curb disability discrimination.
The state’s legal fraternity is preparing to push back against a State Government law change which reined in judicial discretion to hand out home detention sentences – particularly aimed at sex offenders – arguing that it is “distorting” the sentencing process.
UPDATED | South Australia’s ‘late night code’ will face a comprehensive review as senior Liberals push for an end to the contentious ‘lockout laws’ introduced by the former Labor government in a bid to curb alcohol-fuelled violence in the city’s west.
A State Government move to allow hotels, clubs and the Adelaide Casino to install pokie machines that accept notes, rather than only coins, has prompted fierce criticism from crossbenchers and welfare groups who claim it is a sop to the hotel industry that will only harm problem gamblers.
