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Part-time Pat an embarrassment to SA government

Since leaving the frontbench, SA MP Pat Conlon has been working for Minter Ellison three days a week. His constitutes aren’t stimulating enough, reports Kevin Naughton of InDaily.

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SA government’s election strategy laid bare in reshuffe

Jay Weatherill’s new-look South Australian cabinet reveals an election strategy that will have to cover over big cuts. The Premier himself has stepped up to massage the numbers, writes David Washington of InDaily.

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Spectre of child protection inquiry hangs over SA Premier

As SA Premier Jay Weatherill enters the run up to the 2014 election, he’s dogged by a high-profile inquiry into alleged cover-ups of sexual abuse at an Adelaide school. InDailyeditor David Washington explains.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.