Tag: Premier Peter Malinauskas
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SA heads to world stage with its algal bloom science
Premier Peter Malinauskas yesterday said the state’s algal bloom research would be presented on an international stage. “I’m happy to report to the house that South Australia is going to have a strong representation at a really important scientific forum that’s happening overseas in the not-too-distant future,” Malinauskas said during question time in state parliament.…
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Bloom support plan swells to more than $100m ahead of summer
The governments said the objectives of the plan are “ensuring South Australians can enjoy their summer”, “backing coastal businesses and communities” and “advancing research and protecting our environment”. This includes $20.6 million towards restoring the environment, $17.3 million for science, research and monitoring, $48 million for coastal businesses and communities and $16 million towards “ensuring…
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Struggling SA fishing industry wins multimillion-dollar algal funding boost
Another $16 million in support for South Australia’s fishing and marine sector has been announced as part of the state’s plan to tackle the impacts of the algal bloom. The support included additional grants totalling up to $275,000 per eligible business as part of a state and federal government $102.5 million Algal Bloom Summer Plan.…
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Algal bloom summer plan: $15m to bait South Aussies
State and federal ministers lined up at Henley Beach today to announce a new $15m Coast is Calling – Dining Cashback program to boost numbers at beachside dining businesses suffering customer losses as locals avoid regions struck with the harmful algal bloom. Ministers unveiled a plan for 300,000 South Australians to get $50 cash back…
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Smithson: Baptism of fire for govt’s newest MPs
New faces are appearing at routine political announcements which are little more than a flag waving exercise. There’s nothing wrong with a picture opportunity for candidates who’re hopeful of getting elected next March, but their moment in the sun will quickly fade over the horizon if they’re unsuccessful. It’s all part of a predictable cycle…
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Thousands of knives and sinister weapons handed into police
After a three-month anonymous surrender period, SA police have seen more than 3,508 weapons surrendered to authorities. South Australian police stations received an average of 38 weapon a day between July 1 and September 30, with weapon including batons, bayonets, nunchuckus, star knives/ninja stars surrended. The take also included a morning star – a medieval…
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1800 BLOOM: New hotline launched amid calls for summer plan
As the State Opposition calls for a summer plan to deal with the algal bloom devastating South Australian beaches, the government has launched a new phone hotline. The new algal bloom phone hotline opens on Friday so South Australians can get “accurate, timely and consistent information about the algal bloom affecting parts of South Australia”.…
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Optus outrage: Review launched for telco failure linked to two SA deaths
The federal regulator, Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), has launched an investigation into Thursday’s Optus outage, which is linked to four deaths, including two South Australians. SA Premier Peter Malinauskas spoke to Federal Communications Minister Anika Wells on Monday morning and said his government would work with the federal inquiry into the deaths that…
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Two of SA’s most senior cabinet ministers call it quits
Deputy Premier Susan Close and Treasurer Stephen Mullighan are today standing aside from State Cabinet after telling the Premier they would retire from State Parliament at the March election. Premier Peter Malinauskas said he was “really saddened by this” at an announcement in Adelaide today. Both ministers held senior front bench portfolios for more than…
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Bedford financials ‘more dire’ than first understood
Premier Peter Malinauskas on Wednesday in state parliament said scrutiny of Bedford documents showed that its financial position was “even more dire than what we first understood” when it was rescued from entering voluntary administration earlier this year. However, Malinauskas assured that 40 residents living at Bedford’s Balyana site in Clapham had until “at least…