South Australia’s election campaign is officially under way after Premier Peter Malinauskas and Deputy Premier formally received the writs from Government House, signalling the 28-day countdown to the 21 March state election.
Australian Naval Infrastructure (ANI) estimates the project will see around $30 billion invested over the next decades, creating nearly 10,000 jobs in South Australia alone.
Current polling indicates they will lose more seats at the March election, and there is even a chance they will be left without a single lower house MP.
Student numbers rose by 4 per cent to 67,915, while subject enrolments jumped 7.6 per cent and training hours increased 8.3 per cent. Program enrolments also grew by 0.6 per cent—the only increase nationwide.
The crash killed 42-year-old mother Nancy Lefrançois and her 11-year-old son Loïc Chevalier, who were travelling in a passenger vehicle struck in the collision.