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November

SA Premier Peter Malinauskas and his Labor Party had a resounding win in a byelection on November 16 that further strengthened his grip on power. It came a day after he spoke to fund managers and billionaire investors at the Sohn Hearts and Mind event.

Labor’s golden boy pledges focus on economy

South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas promised not to succumb to hubris after a second resounding byelection win in eight months.

  • Simon Evans

October

Gupta bought the historic Bomera mansion in Sydney’s Potts Point for $35 million in 2019.

Sanjeev Gupta’s grand designs on Sydney mansion

A City of Sydney development application lodged late last year lays bare the mogul’s plans for his historic Potts Point abode.

  • Myriam Robin

August 2022

Mike Rann is dipping his toes into the world of ASX directors.

Mike Rann’s ASX baptism of fire

The former SA premier is used to rough politics, but board seats are a different beast.

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  • Michael Roddan

April 2022

Fraser Ellis MP has been charged with 23 counts of deception tied to fraudulent expenses claims.

ICAC case against MP may be thrown out after law overhaul

Fraser Ellis’ lawyer on Friday invoked new laws that curtailed the anti-corruption agency’s powers where parliamentary privilege is invoked.

  • Michael Roddan
Frank Pangallo

How South Australia’s corruption watchdog was gutted

A parliamentary inquiry chaired by TV reporter-turned-politician Frank Pangallo provided the dynamite that politicians used to detonate the state ICAC’s powers.

  • Michael Roddan
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November 2021

Vickie Chapman is breaking new ground.

Federal ICAC looks fondly upon South Australia

The best thing to come out of Adelaide is still the road to Melbourne.

  • Michael Roddan
Chester Osborn and the Cube at D’Arenberg Wines in McLaren Vale.

Why COVID-free SA’s reopening will be ‘tricky’

Premier Steven Marshall, whose minority government is in strife, takes a risk reopening a COVID-free state four months from an election.

  • Simon Evans

February 2021

Alan Joyce is working hard to convince state premiers to sign up to a national framework on borders.

Joyce wins premiers’ support for border ceasefire

The Qantas chief executive has been meeting state leaders to push for a national standard on domestic borders by April

  • Patrick Durkin
Daniel Andrews announcing the short, sharp lockdown on Friday.

Victoria’s snap lockdown goes a step further than the rest

Victoria has joined WA, SA and Queensland in ordering a snap lockdown, but has gone a step further than most in locking down the entire state.

  • Hannah Wootton
A witness photo of the fiery crash that killed a truck driver at the Victoria-South Australia border early on Thursday morning.

‘Calamitous’ border closures risk more deaths: TWU

Union and business leaders warned “calamitous” and “knee-jerk” border closures have put lives at risk after three trucks were in a fatal crash on the SA border.

  • Hannah Wootton, Simon Evans and Andrew Tillett

November 2020

Ampol CEO Matt Halliday.

Ampol pushes 'Buy Australian' as it mulls shutdown of Qld refinery

Ampol has launched a $300 million buyback and the CEO says the rebadge of Caltex petrol stations to Ampol will help drive growth along with cost-cutting.

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  • Simon Evans

August 2020

South Australian Premier Steven Marshall says the state is on ''high alert''.

SA orders 1100 students to self-isolate in new COVID-19 scare

SA authorities have ordered another 70 people into quarantine at a 'medi-hotel' after a new COVID-19 case connected to Thebarton Senior College in Adelaide.

  • Simon Evans
NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard says the latest data of just eight locally acquired cases is "positive".

NSW entering 'red zone' as SA on high alert

An epidemiologist has warned that despite the low daily count NSW has reported more than 170 cases over two weeks and is at risk of the virus spiralling out of control.

  • David Marin-Guzman and Simon Evans

July 2020

SA Premier Steven Marshall has had five resignations in five days over pollies expense and perks scandals.

Fifth SA Liberal steps down from senior role over perks saga

The list of resignations from senior positions over expenses entitlements is growing ever longer for SA Premier Steven Marshall's government.

  • Simon Evans
Former Collingwood football player Stephen Patterson, now Minister for Trade and Investment.

Former Collingwood player appointed to SA cabinet

Stephen Patterson, who played 96 matches for Collingwood in the late 1990s, is one of three new faces in South Australia Premier Steven Marshall's new cabinet.

  • Simon Evans
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November 2019

The IEA says investment in renewable generation needs to double to put the world on track to meet the Paris climate change targets.

Tesla's big battery to grow by 50pc

The world’s biggest lithium-ion battery will also provide "inertia" to the power grid, a capability which South Australia lost when the Northern and Playford coal-fired power plants closed.

  • Elouise Fowler and Simon Evans

July 2019

SA Transport Minister Stephan Knoll says the state government will still own the assets under the proposal to outsource the operations of the tram and train network.

SA to privatise operations of metro trains, trams

The CEO of Keolis Downer, which operates the Yarra Trams network in Melbourne, is keen to win an outsourcing contract in Adelaide.

  • Simon Evans

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