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A spate of elections in 2018 could well change the Australian political landscape. There is the strong possibility of a Federal election, and the states of South Australia, Victoria and…

South Australia will launch its own Royal Commission into the allocation of water under the Murray-Darling Basin Agreement. The moves follows a number of damning reports on allegations of water…

Is this the start of real tax reform?

South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill has initiated a campaign against the Abbott government’s Budget cut of $5.5 billion to the state that will impact on health and education.

Rates rises and big cuts to local community services set to roll as Financial Assistance Grants frozen.

A pledge by the South Australian Opposition to force rate pegging onto local governments after the March election has put councils immediately offside.

Neither police nor privacy protectors are keen on the prospect of keeping dabs on those not convicted of a crime.

A big shake-up of SA’s state procurement policy aims to give locals a real shot at winning government contracts – if they hire South Australians.

The South Australian government has blown off critics of wind power after it approved the second largest turbine generation facility in Australia in a bid to boost Adelaide’s power supply and spin the city out of a manufacturing downturn.

By Paul Hemsley After retiring from politics at the September 2013 federal election, former Minister for Industry and Innovation Greg Combet has found a new role right up his alley…