Nominations have closed for South Australia’s Port Adelaide and Ramsay by-elections, which will be held on February 11 to fill the respective vacancies of Deputy Premier Kevin Foley and Premier Mike Rann, reports William Bowe.
Politics / Australia / SA
There’s no Holden back Weatherill’s honesty
As the Rann circus packs away the tent and trundles into the political night, the newly arrived Weatherill Show reminds of an end-of-season football trip in 1973, writes Kevin Naughton of InDaily.
What are you waiting for, Mike? SA says it’s time to go
Mike Rann ended his premiership a diminished figure, as they all mostly do. The price to be paid for a prolonged period in power is people inevitably grow sick of you, writes Des Ryan of InDaily.
Newspoll: 52-48 to Liberal in South Australia
The final quarterly Newspoll of South Australian state voting intention concurs with last month’s Advertiser poll in showing a honeymoon bounce for Labor under new leader Jay Weatherill, writes William Bowe.
And farewell to all that, Kevin, the hard man of SA Labor
Yes, the turbulent times of Kevin Owen Foley have been tremendous entertainment all the way through his political career, writes Des Ryan.
Ticking time bombs in SA Liberals’ reshuffle
Four new faces in SA’s shadow cabinet and Isobel Redmond boasts she leads a “formidable and energetic team”. But is her leadership now under threat, asks Des Ryan of InDaily?
Sex, lies and nothing proved: Xenophon v the Church
Sex, lies and now the Catholic Church has released the findings of a protracted investigation into a r-pe allegation, writes Des Ryan of InDaily.
SA Libs abandon Mitch Williams over Chloe Fox slur
Several senior South Australian Liberals have privately apologised to Labor front-bencher Chloe Fox over a parliamentary slur from deputy opposition leader Mitch Williams.
To say low-key Weatherill is dull is, well, just a figure of speech
Behind the scenes, Jay Weatherill might actually be a bolshie, sparky firebrand but he slips into soothing auto-pilot at the lectern, almost disconnected from what he is saying, writes Des Ryan, of InDaily.
Corruption commission for SA as Weatherill ticks another box
Premier Jay Weatherill yesterday firmly slapped down Mike Rann’s objections, which were always fatuous, and announced the creation of an Independent Commission against Corruption, writes Des Ryan of InDaily.
Biggles grounded as Weatherill gathers new cabinet
What did Leon Bignell do to miss out on a slot in the new Jay Weatherill cabinet in South Australia? Plenty, apparently, writes Des Ryan, editor of online Adelaide newspaper InDaily.
Going, going … just get on with it, Rann
Mike Rann’s end-time as premier has come in a flurry of tweets and media statements typical of him — always focused on the good, never on the bad, writes Des Ryan.
Mike Rann delivers Kloppers’ Kingdom in Melbourne
Ever since the SA premier began spruiking the mining boom in 2005, BHP has held the cards in negotiations, writes Kevin Naughton of InDaily.
The long and winding road that leads to Olympic Dam
More than six years after an excited South Australian government began spruiking a state mining boom, the proposed $20 billion expansion of South Australia’s Olympic Dam mine is getting close to a real deal, writes Kevin Naughton of InDaily.
In naming a priest accused, Xenophon has gone too far
Nick Xenophon’s underlying compassion for the downtrodden and the abused has never seriously been questioned. But in naming a priest accused — without proof — of rape he has gone too far, writes Des Ryan of InDaily.
Farewell salvo: Cappo slams SA’s ‘self-serving’ bureaucracy
Social Inclusion Commissioner David Cappo has unloaded on the “self-serving” South Australian government bureaucracy for being an unmovable obstacle against achieving real social reform, writes Des Ryan of InDaily.
SA Labor: Kevin Foley’s leaving, as belligerently as ever
Kevin Foley’s tear-welling farewell from South Australian politics will be sadly missed by the Adelaide gossip machine, writes Kevin Naughton of InDaily.
Rann will go, not quite on his terms, on October 20
Caretaker SA Premier Mike Rann has stared down his impatient colleagues and negotiated a deal to stay on as Labor leader until October 20. Des Ryan, editor of InDaily, reports.
Rann’s desperate legacy brought him undone
While SA Premier Mike Rann hopes the massive mine at Olympic Dam will save him, it was a fledgling uranium prospect at Arkaroola that did him in, writes Kevin Naughton of InDaily.
Poll Bludger: Rann an indulgence Labor could no longer afford
The spectacle of Australia’s longest-serving Premier announcing his retirement after a tap on the shoulder from a little-known union official has excited much comparison with Labor’s recent leadership shenanigans federally and in New South Wales
Carr: Rann didn’t deserve to be booted
It should have been Mike Rann’s decision on when he would leave his spot as SA Premier, not a backroom party deal, says former NSW Premier Bob Carr.
Not a knife in the back but a club to the back of the head
They will be able to say in South Australia that the assassination of a Premier was done without spilling blood. The man is still politically dead but Rann’s statement that he is stepping down makes it look cleaner, writes Richard Farmer.
How Rann compares to other Labor premiers
SA Premier Mike Rann has announced he will stand down and hand the reins to Education Minister Jay Weatherill after months of poor polling. William Bowe compares Rann’s polling to other premiers.
Suppression-happy SA leaves naming of charged MP to social media
Can you guess the name of the South Australian MP who can’t be named on alleged child pornography charges?
