Independent Senator for South Australia, Rex Patrick, has promised if elected, he will make political donation reform a priority in the next parliament, due to begin sitting in late May. Announcing his plan for achieving political donation transparency, Patrick said in a release on Wednesday that drawing attention to the problem of “dark money” is…

South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas has called for national economic reform to drive Australia towards a more complex economy that is less reliant on iron ore, coal, and natural gas. Speaking at the National Press Club in Canberra on Wednesday, Malinauskas stressed that a complex economy is an indicator of skilled work, secure work, and…

The iconic Adelaide 500 Supercars event is set to be reinstated after Labor’s Peter Malinauskas was voted in as Premier of South Australia (SA) over Liberal’s Steven Marshall on Saturday. Bringing back the event, which Marshall had canned in 2020 due to declining crowds, was one of Malinauskas’s pre-election pledges, and if all goes to…

South Australian Labor Party Leader Peter Malinauskas has vowed to upgrade the South Australian health system through the addition of 300 hospital beds and 100 more doctors to prioritise mental health and reduce ramping if he is elected Premier in March. The announcement came at Labor’s campaign launch on Sunday, where Malinauskas noted that included…

South Australian Labor Leader Peter Malinauskas has vowed to change the structure of the traditional school day if he is elected Premier in March. In a media release on Monday, Malinauskas said that the 9 a.m.– 3 p.m. school day is a legacy of the past and incompatible with many parents’ modern working hours. “I am…

South Australian Opposition Leader Peter Malinauskas has called for a ban on what he calls the “arms race” of political donations. Speaking to the ABC this week, Malinauskas said he’s been on the record for over a decade expressing his concern that political parties and candidates, not only in Australia but right across the Western…