Leslie Richmond

  • Olsen falls on his pension

    ADELAIDE — It is a received wisdom that a week is a long time in politics. If your idea of politics is bounded by parliament, boardrooms and the editor's office, it would certainly seem so. In South Australia in October the

  • Laberals battle it out in South Australia

    With South Australia's "non"-election campaign well underway, both Labor and the governing Liberals are scraping into each other's past records to convince voters to put them back into government next year. The Liberals have

  • Liberals threaten drug crackdown

    ADELAIDE — Readying for a state election, the South Australian Liberal Party has launched a populist new "tough on drugs" campaign, which law reform advocates warn will turn back the clock on legal attitudes to drug use.

  • Community, staff defend hospital

    BY ANNA SWANEPOEL & LESLIE RICHMOND ADELAIDE — A $80 million proposal to "redevelop" the Queen Elizabeth Hospital has sparked concerns that the government intends to eventually privatise the hospital either in full or in part. Members of the

  • Spotting corporate scumbags

    ADELAIDE — Activists livened up a quiet Sunday afternoon here on April 1, marching around the city in a Corporate Scumbags Tour of some of Adelaide's leading businesses. As curious shoppers looked on, a noisy and vibrant tour

  • People reclaim World Environment Day

    ADELAIDE — Five hundred people marched on Glenelg's Grand Hotel on June 4 to denounce an official government World Environment Day conference. Rally organisers called Adelaide's “official host city” status a farce