Switzer Daily
3 February 2021
The time has come for me to make my Australian political
predictions for the next eighteen months, beginning with election dates. The
first point to note is that the federal elections are, technically speaking,
the fourth most proximate. The most proximate is the general election for all
members of Western Australia’s Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council.
The fixed date is 13 March 2021. The second most proximate is the general
election for all members of South Australia’s House of Assembly and half its
Legislative Council. Those elections will be held on 19 March 2022. The point
is that there are Constitution Acts in both states with WA fixing its date as the
The bad taste will linger long after the event ends
January 17, 2021 10.00pm
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THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN
The bad taste will linger long after the event ends
I have attended the Australian Open every year for at least the past decade. But not this year.
It is clear the mighty dollar is driving the decision to proceed, despite the risk of a COVID-19 outbreak (we’re still not confident our government has learnt its lessons from the second wave), and many Victorians stranded interstate not allowed back in, while about 1200 tennis stars and their entourages arrive.
SA Greens candidate questions party s internal culture as other slams Machiavellian plots
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Internal party tensions have boiled over within the SA Greens, with one former candidate quitting over what he has described as bullying and unethical behaviour , and an unsuccessful preselection candidate lashing out at the party s processes.
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The party has defended its processes, saying a recent preselection battle was well run
The SA Greens were previously embroiled in preselection tensions in 2018
In separate social media posts, former federal candidate Matt Farrell and state preselection candidate Cate Mussared have gone public with concerns about their treatment inside the minor party.
Real-time fuel app to launch in South Australia early in 2021 after disappointing delay
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All retail fuel prices in SA will soon be accessible on a smartphone app.
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South Australian motorists are closer to having real-time fuel pricing information from every retailer, nearly three years after it was flagged at the state election.
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Several fuel pricing apps are already available in SA that aggregate voluntarily supplied retail information
The SA Government app will make it mandatory for all retailers to report any changes in fuel prices
The app will be implemented in a two-year trial that is expected to begin by the end of March 2021
In the immediate lead-up to the statewide blackout, severe storms damaged more than 20 towers in SA’s mid-north, bringing down major transmission lines and causing a knock-on effect across the state’s energy grid.
About 850,000 customers lost power, with some in the state’s north and on the Eyre Peninsula left without electricity for several days.
The state-wide blackout led to a national debate about whether the “intermittency” of renewable energy sources was responsible.
The then-deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce, the former South Australian senator Nick Xenophon and the journalist Chris Uhlmann all blamed the state’s reliance on renewable sources.