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Matt Smith is the political editor for The Advertiser and Sunday Mail in South Australia. He covers state and federal politics with a strong focus on decisions made in Canberra that have an impact on South Australians.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA-NCA NewsWire NOVEMEMBER 13 2020The Prime Minister Scott Morrison during a press conference in Parliament House Canberra.NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage

Returning Aussies set to land in SA on Monday: PM

Plane-loads of Australians are set to start landing in Adelaide from Monday, the PM says, as the Premier pushes for tests for anyone coming home.

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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - NOVEMBER 25, 2020 - A military personnel blocks a pedestrian at Peppers Waymouth Street Hotel in the CBD where the Parafield cluster originated. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Naomi Jellicoe

Hotel overhaul to bolster public virus ‘shield’

Police and government security will take over from private companies as the state rushes to overhaul hotel quarantine.

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Police and Medical staff around the Peppers Waymouth Hotel in Adelaide on November 24, 2020. Picture Matt Turner.

Calls for independent inquiry into medi-hotel fiasco

There are calls for an independent inquiry into the management of SA’s medi-hotels after revelations there have been at least 100 rule breaches in recent months.

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Richard Price - chief executive of Defence SA and chief executive of theSouth Australian Space Industry Centre. June 2019. Picture supplied byDefence SA

Farm Mars: How SA aims to outgrow the space race

SA knows how to grow food in harsh conditions and leaders are hoping such expertise can help feed booming industries.

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Pubs frothing over second ‘brutal’ virus hit

The hotel lobby says pubs can’t afford to labour any longer under “brutally harsh” rules that have again hammered their income.

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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - ADVERTISER Photos NOVEMBER 22, 2020: Press Conference in Adelaide today with South Australian Premier Steven Marshall, Chief Public Health Officer for SA Health Professor Nicola Spurrier and the South Australian Police Commissioner Grant Stevens provide an update to Covid-19 in South Australia. Picture Emma Brasier

Marshall defends hotel program

Premier Steven Marshall has lashed Labor over its call to end medi-hotels and repatriation flights.

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Peppers Hotel , Waymouth Street , Adelaide . 3 Workers from this Medi-hotel have tested positive to COVID-19 . A transport bus was seen at the location today 16th November 2020 . . Picture: Simon Cross

Premier slams Labor call to scrap hotel quarantine

The Premier says it’s “disgusting” that the Opposition wants to immediately stop repatriation flights and the medi-hotels quarantine scheme.

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09/11/20 - Leigh Street Wine Room owner Sali Sasi ahead of the state budget.Picture: Tom Huntley

Lockdown II a multi-million hit to hospitality

Hospitality businesses are reeling in the wake of an aborted lockdown, with one saying it’s even considering moving east to survive.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos NOVEMBER 16, 2020: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks at the press conference at CSL Behring in Broadmeadows. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Sarah Matray

COVIDSafe app traces zero SA cases

Labor has labelled the government’s contact tracing app an expensive dud after SA Health said it had not been using it.

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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - ADVERTISER Photos NOVEMBER 15, 2020: Premier Steven Marshall, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Sport Corey Wingard, hold a press conference at Priceline Netball stadium, Mile End, SA to announce 12 million dollars for Stage Two upgrade works at SAÃs home of Netball, Mile End. Picture Emma Brasier

Cash on the line for Adelaide’s new train owners

More details have emerged about how Adelaide’s trains will be judged — and who will pay when the system doesn’t run smoothly.

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