Adelaide was roiled this week by the spectacle of Deputy Premier and Attorney-General, Vickie Chapman, refusing to stand down after losing a vote of confidence in the lower house – a first in the state’s history — drawing the newly appointed Governor, former DFAT head Frances Adamson, into an escalating constitutional imbroglio.
But Ms Chapman, a long-time leader of the moderate faction of the Liberal party, which has held sway for more than a decade, isn’t budging and continues to enjoy the backing of Premier and factional ally, Steven Marshall.
Dramatic scenes in parliament on Thursday saw the Government first lose a vote of no confidence in...
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