SA’s Voice is set to make its inaugural presentation to state parliament — the first of its kind in Australia. But the legislation, giving Indigenous leaders the right to address cabinet and departmental chiefs, has already sparked backlash.
While the Queensland Liberals narrowly avoided blowing themselves up over the abortion question on the eve of the state election last month, the SA Liberals are showing just how bad things can get.
Having coughed up former premier Steven Marshall’s seat of Dunstan to Labor in March, the Liberals have now been trounced in the once-safe seat of Black, where former party leader David Speirs has quit politics amid a drug scandal.
The weirdest by-election in the history of South Australia takes place on Saturday, just 24 hours after the man who caused it appeared in court on drug charges.
Labor is under fire for using a government school as the venue for Anthony Albanese’s Adelaide campaign rally despite a clear SA Education Department directive saying schools cannot be used for events ‘favouring a political party’.
Anthony Albanese landed in the City of Churches seeking to upgrade himself from a distracted leader with a penchant for luxury travel to a can-do guy focused on cost-of-living concerns.
The bromance between Peter Malinauskas and Chris Minns has invited ridicule but is fast emerging as one of the most significant partnerships within the Australian Labor Party – and one that could have federal implications.
Cyril Tooze is the tragic face of the crisis in Australia’s home aged care system – sick, and so sick of waiting to receive any care that he would rather die peacefully on his own terms.
An Adelaide council reinstates citizenship ceremonies on January 26 after consulting the community.
It is now 16 months since climate activists began a weekly protest at Santos’s Adelaide headquarters, harassing staff and causing damage. The biggest impact has been on the poor cafe owner in the foyer.
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