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Lowdown on the 388 candidates fighting in SA’s state election

Lowdown on the 388 candidates fighting in SA’s state election

Lowdown on the 388 candidates fighting in SA’s state election Less than two weeks from state election day, DemosAU head of research George Hasanakos...

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Georgehasanakos

‘Strengthen Adelaide’s civic heart’: Planning Minister disputes Festival Tower Two claims

‘Strengthen Adelaide’s civic heart’: Planning Minister disputes Festival Tower Two claims

‘Strengthen Adelaide’s civic heart’: Planning Minister disputes Festival Tower Two claims In response to Elizabeth Vines thoughts on Festival...

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Nickchampion

Adelaide at crossroad over 38-storey ‘tower of regret’

Adelaide at crossroad over 38-storey ‘tower of regret’

Adelaide at crossroad over 38-storey ‘tower of regret’ Opinion: Festival Tower Two is deemed “under construction” despite there being no final...

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Elizabethvines

Fears over SA greyhound racing deaths as inquiry deadline looms

Fears over SA greyhound racing deaths as inquiry deadline looms

Fears over SA greyhound racing deaths as inquiry deadline looms Opinion: SA’s greyhound racing was told it had two years to address six animal...

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Marcusgehrig

Opinion: Speirs is back in Black but with few friends in high places

Opinion: Speirs is back in Black but with few friends in high places

Opinion: Speirs is back in Black but with few friends in high places Disgraced former Liberal leader David Speirs says his going it alone will be a...

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Mikesmithson

Opinion: SA needs its own sovereign AI capability

Opinion: SA needs its own sovereign AI capability

Opinion: SA needs its own sovereign AI capability From Robo-debt and Robo-doubt to Robust Democracy. Democracy 2036 executive director Matt Ryan tells...

27.02.2026 9

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Mattryan

Smithson: Meet ‘Pete the 5-minute brickie’ talking big picture… opportunity

Smithson: Meet ‘Pete the 5-minute brickie’ talking big picture… opportunity

Smithson: Meet ‘Pete the 5-minute brickie’ talking big picture… opportunity Words of warning from Mike Smithson as he tells Ashton Hurn to throw...

24.02.2026 10

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Belindawillis

Smithson: Subs won’t roll out for 16 years so why the urgency with PM’s visit?

Smithson: Subs won’t roll out for 16 years so why the urgency with PM’s visit? The PM was in town talking billions of dollars despite knowing the...

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Mikesmithson

Why SA’s energy is being hailed as a global model

Why SA’s energy is being hailed as a global model As debate continues in Australia over its energy future and the importance of renewables, some are...

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The Newdaily

The one hard constraint on SA’s generational economic opportunity

The one hard constraint on SA’s generational economic opportunity For the first time in generations, SA has a long, predictable 20-to-30-year runway...

23.02.2026 10

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Hannahmacleod

Leadership Lens: Three key capabilities for a complex new world

Leadership Lens: Three key capabilities for a complex new world Dr Josie McLean asks if exercising leadership is really about the outcomes you and a...

23.02.2026 10

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Josiemclean

Smithson: Magnitude of aged-care crisis finally dawns on election eve

Aged housing is suddenly a red-hot state election issue with the North Adelaide Women’s and Children’s Hospital landing in party sights. But Mike...

12.02.2026 4

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Mike Smithson

Opinion: Don’t let rising nationalism stifle SA population growth

Political turbulence at the federal level, simmering tensions over immigration and rising nationalism should not distract South Australia from growing...

07.02.2026 9

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Sam Dighton

Smithson: Red-hot election targets as Labor jockeys for clean sweep

Despite polls showing a one-horse race, Labor is still reaching for the state election whip. Mike Smithson reveals the surprise seats being targeted...

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Mike Smithson

Beyond the Bottle: Why Australia’s wine industry must shift on China

Recent industry data confirms that the industry’s current path is not viable. Australia’s return to a changing Chinese market requires a strategic...

03.02.2026 10

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Anthony Coles

Libs’ ‘old bull-young bull’ tussling for leadership – but neither likely to suit the times

Andrew Hastie and Angus Taylor both want to run against Sussan Ley. But the two right-wingers cannot afford to split the conservative vote on which...

31.01.2026 10

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Michelle Grattan

Smithson: Ley’s sneak SA visit a ‘move over chaps’ moment for Libs

Besieged federal Liberal Leader Sussan Ley’s quiet SA appearance has Mike Smithson warning locals can fight Labor on their point-of-difference...

28.01.2026 10

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Mike Smithson

Coalition shambles has origins in exactly one spot

To understand what’s happening in the Coalition, you have to understand Queensland – and “it’s strange spot in Australian power structure”,...

28.01.2026 20

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Amy Remeikis

Australia Day: A moment to reflect on our stories and the country we love

The many stories of Australia are often at odds with each other, but Australia day can provide both connection and reflection, writes Jan Chorley....

24.01.2026 10

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Jan Chorley

Coalition split hurts Ley, but fault is all Littleproud's

Even before this crisis, it was generally accepted Ley’s days as Opposition Leader were numbered. But it’s David Littleproud whose leadership...

24.01.2026 20

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Michelle Grattan

Smithson: Govt scrambling as Premier comes off worst week in office

Does the Premier’s stance on Writers’ Week risk him being “labelled a hypocrite” as the next Saudi-backed LIV Golf tournament looms? Mike...

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Mike Smithson

Leadership Lens: Leadership of the mind and state

The skill of managing mindsets and emotional experience is one of the great tools of leadership, writes Development at Work Australia GM Bridget Hogg....

20.01.2026 10

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Bridget Hogg

Adelaide Writer’s Week: ‘Ensure moments of tragedy do not deepen fractures’

Adelaide Committee chief Sam Dighton calls for unity as the Writers’ Week controversy causes “further division” – arguing SA should be...

16.01.2026 10

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Sam Dighton

‘If it was the board’s decision, why did half its members resign?’: Boycotting author reflects on Writers’ Week wake

In the wake of the Adelaide Writers’ Week fallout, local author and InReview editor Walter Marsh tells how “this episode has left our small...

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Walter Marsh

Smithson: Premier has more ‘flies buzzing in ointment’ than Writers’ Week fiasco

As the Premier deals with a ‘public relations disaster’ over Writers’ Week, Mike Smithson ponders potential tensions with Labor’s frontline...

14.01.2026 20

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Mike Smithson

Your Views: On the Adelaide Festival Board’s decision to drop a Palestinian writer

The Adelaide Festival Board’s decision over Writers’ Week has sparked strong reactions from readers. Read the Letters to the Editor. Mask...

11.01.2026 20

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Indailysa Your Views

Smithson reveals top SA journos driving party election spin

Spare a thought for those remaining journalists left to report on this year’s state election campaign after Labor and Liberal continue to lure top...

07.01.2026 10

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Mike Smithson

Federal royal commission into Bondi is wrong option

Former federal Labor government minister Craig Emerson tells why he thinks a royal commission into the Bondi Beach massacre would be the wrong call....

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Craig Emerson

Smitho’s top 10 political moments of 2025

From a leader’s demise to letting the cat out of the bag about an old dog’s new trick. As the year rapidly draws to a close and an election looms,...

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Mike Smithson

Letters to the Editor: Australian hearts are shattered – some would-be leaders break them further

And your opinion on rumblings from some SACA members over the Ashes test cricket played in Adelaide. Thank you.  This is the first time I have felt...

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Indaily Sa

Grattan: PM forced into policy catch up after Bondi atrocity

While it is wrong to seek to blame Albanese personally for what happened at Bondi, he is culpable for failing to more adequately respond to the...

20.12.2025 10

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Michelle Grattan

Smithson: Hurn’s first week as Lib Leader and Tarzia’s ‘free passage’ to Ashes, footy and golf

Will the new Shadow Health spokesperson have the same “killer instinct” as Ashton Hurn? Mike Smithson unpacks the new Liberal Party lineup and...

17.12.2025 10

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Belinda Willis

Leadership Lens: Why leadership demands a new story

Leadership that can draw from hopeful narrative is vital, writes South Australian leadership educator Joanna Giannes. “If I am not for myself, who...

16.12.2025 20

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Joanna Giannes

Opinion: ‘Leaking ceilings and failing cooling’, the state SA children learn in says everything about us

Jennie-Marie Gorman thinks “the gap” is widening for public school children and that’s why the Australian Education Union is calling for a...

12.12.2025 20

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Jennie-Marie Gorman

Opinion: SA doctors sound alarm on kids’ mental health as social media ban kicks in

Health experts are seeing more SA children suffering from a raft of serious medical conditions linked to social media and a ban alone will not protect...

11.12.2025 20

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A Subramaniam

Smithson: SA Pollie’s 2025 scorecard – who was hot and who was dropped

His annual scorecard is out, and Mike Smithson has gone hard on rating SA’s top pollies saying there’s been “so many cringe moments during the...

10.12.2025 9

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Mike Smithson

Could the Libs make a fight of industrial relations without courting disaster?

Industrial relations should be core business for the Coalition. But did we hear of it at the last election? Michelle Grattan explains why IR is...

06.12.2025 9

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Michelle Grattan

Opinion: Top Adelaide girls school principal’s social media ban tips

Get ready for youngsters next week grappling with “irritability, boredom, loss or anxiety”, Walford girls principal Dr Deborah Netolicky says....

06.12.2025 10

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Dr Deborah Netolicky

Opinion: Australia’s sales of big cars are out of control

South Australia is not the only state to have a big car problem, there are now more utes across the nation than tradies and farmers. Jack Thrower...

04.12.2025 10

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The New Daily

Smithson: Political coup rumours revive memories of Premier’s own brutal execution edict

Rumours and leaks swirling around the latest baying for SA political blood have Mike Smithson reminiscing about “Young Peter’s” own involvement...

02.12.2025 10

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Mike Smithson

Opinion: New River Murray water buybacks quietly announced amid climate conference turmoil

As the failed climate change conference bid hit headlines last week the nation’s Environment Minister made a quiet announcement. One hot on the...

29.11.2025 10

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Kirsty Bevan

Axed Flinders Uni algal bloom expert tells true cost of crisis

A Flinders University algal bloom expert – whose role was scrapped as part of a restructure –  shares worrying predictions the disaster,...

27.11.2025 10

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Emily Griffiths

Opinion: Thousands of SA children are homeless. Most are girls. Suicide is the leading cause of death

As 13,000 homeless Australian children call for help – a nation-leading Adelaide project is tackling the problem head on, says Uniting Communities...

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Robyn Sutherland