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South Australian Political NewsBanning the bongFriday, 11 April 2008 - Ah the wonderful politics of symbolism. The South Australian Government has today agreed to bane the sale of bongs while the lax attitude to personal possession of marihuana will continue. All those people improvising with plastic bottles should have an extra chuckle. Pavlov's New DogsTuesday, 25th April, 2006 Shock! Horror! A particularly dreadful or startlingly different crime is committed and a politician urging a new law quickly flashes on to the television screen. Today it is the turn of South Australian Premier Mike Rann with his promise to make a specific offence of drink spiking. more SA Premier Breaks the MouldSaturday, 25th March, 2006 When South Australian Labor Leader Mike Rann invited a National Party member and an independent in to his Cabinet four years ago it seemed nothing more than pragmatism. more New Cabinet Sworn InThe State Government was sworn into office on Thursday 23 March 2006 following the election of 18 March 2006. Details Massive Rejection of Major Parties in SA Upper House PollTuesday, 21st March, 2006 - The two major parties in Saturday's South Australian upper house election between them managed just 62% of the vote with minor parties and independents between them accounting for 38%. more Minor Parties at 32% in SA Upper House PollSaturday, 4th March, 2006 - The Advertiser poll on voting intentions for the State Upper House has minor party and independents polling an incredibly high 32%. See the item at today's date in the South Australian Election Diary. SA Government Sells NamesSaturday, 4th March, 2006 - Opponents of a national identity card will seize on the sale by the South Australian Government of a list of more than 150,000 aged people to an American direct marketing company. more The Pollsters Have Labor Starting the Formal Campaign Well in FrontFriday, 17th February, 2006 - The trend of the opinion polls has been consistent in the months leading up to the SA election. Newspoll, which only samples a small number of people in the state and thus accumulates results over three months or so, last had Labor with a 46% share of the vote. The Advertiser poll has had Labor at a 48% share, after adjusting for the undecided and don't knows, in both January and February. more SA's Oil RefineryMonday, 20th January, 2006 - It is not often that Labor Government and Liberal Opposition unite during an election campaign but they did today over the future of South Australia's mothballed Port Stanvac oil refinery. If Federal Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane thought he was doing his state colleagues a favour for saying he was "startled" that state Labor had given Exxon-Mobil until 2009 to make a decision on the refinery's future, then he was wrong. For Port Stanvac is slap bang in the middle of a marginal beach-side seat of Bright and the locals not only want the refinery kept closed they would love to see it demolished. more Labor Doing Better in AdelaideFriday, 20th January, 2005 A little evidence today to suggest that I might be right in thinking that minor parties and inependents will be the big winners from the apparent insurmountable lead that the Labor Government has in the state election race. more Dignity for Disabled Party First SA Election WinnerFriday, 20th January 2006 The Dignity for Disabled Party has become the first winner in the SA election. In a clear indication of how important preferences from minor parties will be, the Labor Government has promised to get rid of stamp duty on vehicles used to transport people with disabilities. The decision was announced by Disability Minister Jay Weatherill just six hours after a community group warned that critical services for the disabled were being sacrificed because of "unfair Government taxes". more Looking for a DifferenceWednesday, 18th January, 2006 Given that South Australia has a fixed parliamentary term there is none of the daily "will he, won't he" media speculation that surrounds the build up to most elections in Australia. This state's election date every four years, more The Australian's Newspoll Has Labor Well in the Lead in SAThursday, 12th January, 2006 Newspoll published in The Australian on 9 January 2006 had Labor well in the lead in polling conducted between October and December last year. Newspoll more
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