Labor’s Peter Malinauskas has won the South Australian election,becoming the first opposition leader to unseat an incumbent government during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The federal government is under pressure over high-priced petrol,with ministers canvassing whether to make a controversial change to fuel excise.
Revenue from the fuel excise is due to increase from $19.2 billion this financial year to $20.8 billion next year.
As interstate travel requirements change around the country,the WA Premier still wants other states and territories to keep providing pre-departure COVID-19 PCR tests for the small number of people able to travel into his state.
A cluster of COVID-19 cases linked to an Adelaide high school reunion has grown,as South Australia grapples with the inevitable spread after reopening borders.
South Australian Premier Steven Marshall confirmed the news in a statement late on Monday night.
The SA government has amended a border policy that would have seen inner-city Melbourne residents banned from entering the state because of outdated demographic data.
Michael Battistella’s mother is about to undergo a second round of chemotherapy,but his family’s hopes of going to Adelaide to support her are being thwarted by South Australia’s border policy.
While political brawling between premiers and PMs is nothing new,COVID has introduced many Australians to the oddities of the federation.
National cabinet will meet in person for the first time since March - with one exception - and Scott Morrison anticipates leaders will be in a contemplative mood.
Wantonly blaming the part-time worker at the centre of last week's coronavirus outbreak in Adelaide contravened many principles of disease control.