The South Australian Political Landscape

[Bum Crack]

So based on that he'll probably get re elected.

Based on all of those traits, he'll probably get in with the biggest majority in history
Alan B. Stard

Especially if he can get coke down to $200.00 a gram.

[wenchbarwer]

Skier Spiers under investigation for breaching the privacy act, emailing former constituents, asking for donations

[dedja]

So based on that he'll probably get re elected.

Based on all of those traits, he'll probably get in with the biggest majority in history
Alan B. Stard

Especially if he can get coke down to $200.00 a gram.

[shoe boy]

Skier Spiers under investigation for breaching the privacy act, emailing former constituents, asking for donations

And you will find that those constituents are members of his church

[mighty_tiger_79]

Sounds like Mali and Close were a little slow to act on the algal bloom

[dedja]

Frank Pangallo just killed his political career.

[MW]

Sounds like Mali and Close were a little slow to act on the algal bloom

Besides giving money to the affected industries to bail them out until the algae goes away, what could they have done?
No govt can control what happened here.

[Jimmy_041]

Sounds like Mali and Close were a little slow to act on the algal bloom

Besides giving money to the affected industries to bail them out until the algae goes away, what could they have done?
No govt can control what happened here.

Not sit on their hands & do SFA since March hoping it will just blow away

Nice deflection to the Federal Govt though.
Super stooge Murray Watt taking the heat for them

[Booney]

So the Libs get Pangallo in as the bulldog to take the government on.

It's Kouts v Frank.

[wenchbarwer]

So the Libs get Pangallo in as the bulldog to take the government on.

It's Kouts v Frank.

More overfed Pomeranian than bulldog, I think

[Jimmy_041]

So the Libs get Pangallo in as the bulldog to take the government on.

It's Kouts v Frank.

More overfed Pomeranian than bulldog, I think

Need a feral to fight a feral

[dedja]

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Mount Gambier MP Troy Bell to quit parliament on Tuesday after losing appeal against theft guilty verdict

Guilty thief and MP Troy Bell is set to step down from parliament in the coming days, with the chance of a by-election being held just weeks before the state election.

Mount Gambier MP who was found guilty of stealing $400,000 from vulnerable and at-risk kids, will quit parliament on Tuesday morning, triggering official talks about sending voters to the polls months before the state election.

It is understood Troy Bell will send a resignation letter electronically to Speaker Leon Bignell, like former Liberal leader and subsequentlyconvicted cocaine supplier David Speirs did when he ended his political career last October.

Mr Bell last Thursday said he would quit parliament after the Court of Appeal dismissed his bid to overturn a jury’s guilty verdict.

His official resignation will start a process by which the Speaker seeks advice on whether to stage a by-election in the seat of Mount Gambier, which includes the state’s second-biggest city.

Mr Bignell will seek advice from state Electoral Commissioner Mick Sherry and House of Assembly Clerk Rick Crump.

A decision is expected by the end of the week on whether to stage a by-election or wait to replace Mr Bell until the next state election, on March 21 next year.

The Bragg by-election, on July 2, 2022, cost $546,000 to conduct, according to the SA Electoral Commission. This was equivalent to $20.53 per elector.

Premier Peter Malinauskas on Monday said Labor would conduct Mount Gambier preselections promptly, in case there was a by-election, and would “welcome the contest if that happens”.

“The balancing act here is this – and this is what the Electoral Commission will be turning their mind to – is it worth having a by-election so close to the state election, given that it costs around about a million dollars for a by-election?” he said.

“Then, in turn, that person will only be elected to be in parliament for something like six to nine sitting days. Is that worth it?

“That’s a judgement that the Electoral Commission will have to make in their advice to the Speaker.”

Mr Bell, 52, was elected as a Liberal at the 2014 state election, then quit the party in 2017 to stand as an independent after theft charges against him were revealed.

[dedja]

An example of why Labor win elections and the Libs will flounder for years …

On the weekend I was door knocked by the Labor candidate Matthew Marozzi. This morning, from my front room office, I could see John Gardner walking up the street, doing letterbox drops for the Lib candidate, Scott Kennedy.

The Labor candidate took the time to door knock every house, and actually engage, whilst the Libs just put junk mail in letterboxes, by the retiring local MP no less, which is a great use of his time

Did Gardner think that people would run out their front doors to greet him?

[dedja]

Troy Bell, officially resigned as MP for Mt Gambier today.

The Speaker has subsequently decided to not hold a by-election before the State election in March.

[Brodlach]

Good that there won’t be an expensive by election