Atko’s judgement clouded by personal views

  Attorney-General Michael Atkinson is once again allowing his personal views to cloud his judgement and obstruct his legislative responsibility to South Australians; this time as it relates to altruistic gestational surrogacy.   Shadow Attorney-General, Vickie Chapman and John Dawkins claim the Attorney-General is deliberately stalling the drafting of a simple amendment, which the Gover... ...Read more

Another Cost to Business

Labor needs to explain what it means by its plan to have a worker’s compensation scheme that provides “additional compensation” for workers injured through negligence, according to Iain Evans, Shadow Minister for WorkCover.   The Labor Party Platform states that the rehabilitation and compensation system (WorkCover) should be provided on a cost effective basis that:   ‘…establishes a mec... ...Read more

SA Nats turn regional infrastructure boost into bad news

  The South Australian National Party has abandoned the people it claims to represent by criticising increased investment in regional communities by the State Liberals despite calls for a similar scheme.   The SA Nationals have been calling on Premier Rann to establish a ‘Royalties for Regions’ scheme since 2008.   But documents revealed under Freedom of Information (FoI) show the S... ...Read more