A distinguished silk from the Northern Territory will return to South Australia to take up a new role as the state’s newest District Court Judge, and Deputy President of the South Australian Employment Tribunal.

The Attorney-General has moved to modernise South Australia’s abortion laws, ensuring the procedure is treated as a health issue, not a criminal one.

The Marshall Government has passed amendments to the Equal Opportunity Act to ensure parliamentarians are covered by sexual harassment laws in their dealings with other parliamentarians.

The Greens in the Upper House of State Parliament have stalled the passage of legislation to significantly reduce sentence discounts available to serious criminal offenders for early guilty pleas.

The Marshall Government’sCOVID-19 Emergency Response Act has been extended to until the 6thof February 2021, or 28 days after the COVID-19 Emergency Direction expires –whichever comes first after a vote in State Parliament last night.

Zero, South Australia’s inaugural canine court companion, is now a step closer to supporting vulnerable witnesses in court.

The Marshall Government will continue support for residential and commercial tenants struggling with the impacts of the coronavirus for another six months, under legislation to be introduced to State Parliament tomorrow.

The State Government has today announced revised timing for the implementation of the new planning and development system –across large regional towns and metropolitan areas.

The Marshall Liberal Government has ticked off revised plans for the Port Spencer Deep Water Port grain export facility to go ahead.

A lawyer with experience at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption, and the Crown Solicitor’s Office, and a criminal defence lawyer with decades of experience are the two latest appointees to the Magistrates Court.