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.
South Australia
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.
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.
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?
Political snippets: Labor in South Australia
Is the Labor Government of South Australia controlled by the Catholic Right?
Political snippets: Familiarity brings boredom if not contempt
There’s nothing surprising really ab0ut South Australian Premier Mike Rann suffering another decline in his popularity rating.
SA govt breakdown: Foley dogged by questions after quitting Treasury
The one clear outcome, now that Labor’s political jostles are temporarily coming to an end, is the Good Ship South Australia remains under the firm grip of the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association at the helm, writes Des Ryan, editor of Indaily.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The South Australian Liberals are not in dire financial straits
Crikey readers have their say.
Crikey Says: Abbott’s judiciary thought bubble
A big day in the High Court today, with two decisions set to cause waves. Both are potentially politically unpalatable decisions for Prime Minister Julia Gillard and South Australian Premier Mike Rann.
Julia puts SA on the map…finally
Julia Gillard has already won four vital seats in the next federal election, according to The Punch’s David Penberthy. And all she had to do was tell the country where she grew up.
Democracy, South Australian style
SA Attorney-General Michael Atkinson has changed the rules of democracy in the state, explains Hendrik Gout: you can’t make an anonymous political comment on a blog, but you can make an anonymous donation to the ALP.
An interview with (now) independent SA MP David Winderlich
Bob Gosford sits down for a chat with South Australian independent David Winderlich to discuss what it was like to resign from the Democrats, the state of democracy in South Australia and the German meaning of ‘Winderlich’.
Regional TV in SA: still stuck in the sixties
Do you get the impression that, as far as big business and politicians are concerned, regional South Australia doesn’t matter? asks regional TV veteran Chris Jeremy.
Frome by-election: Can Brock close the gap?
Every so often, a by-election result signals a seismic shift in the electoral landscape, writes William Bowe.
Adding salt to the wound as the Lower Murray chokes
We have been sailing far to close to the wind for far too long with the lack of water in SA’s Coorong and Lower Lakes, writes Peter Gell.
SA MP can’t rule out the existence of aliens in the Simpson Desert
SA Environment Minister Jay Weatherill was forced to address parliament Tuesday on the issue of extraterrestrials in the Simpson Desert owing to rumours circulating the interwebs that the closure of national parks to tourists this summer was due to the “presence of aliens”, reports Eleri Harris.
Abjorensen: Meet the ranking conservative politician in Australia … a Labor minister
For a few weeks in the years 1939 and 1941 and again over the mid-summer weeks of 1967-68 the most senior conservative politician in Australia was the leader of the Country Party. So, with the Coalition facing possible defeat, who is the ranking conservative politician in Australia?
One election, one paper, so many opinions
There’s always a variety of opinion in The Australian and never more so than on Saturday morning when there were two very different interpretations of some Newspoll research into voting intentions in marginal seats, writes Richard Farmer.
Brent: Greens suffering under Rudd revival
Labor’s improvement in the polls hasn’t all come from the Coalition — much of Rudd’s jump has come from the Greens. Their support has almost halved since the days of Beazley, writes Peter Brent.
How the votes are moving
Support for the Coalition dropped two points last month to 36.5%, while support for the ALP rose 4%, analysis of September Morgan face-to-face polling has found, writes Christian Kerr.
Hawke: Polls have probably got it about right
Bob Hawke’s most recent expedition on the campaign trail was to South Australia and Western Australia and who better to review what he did and found than the man himself.
What’s Howard doing in the golden West?
The Prime Minister is in the West, the Liberals’ land of opportunity. Yesterday, he was campaigning in Kalgoorlie – an electorate The Crikey Guide to the 2007 Election describes as fairly safe Liberal territory with a margin of 6.3%.
