May 18, 2012
The Liberal Party has won major concessions to create more targeted and effective laws to fight street crime through changes to the Summary Offences (Weapons) Amendment Bill 2010.
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May 17, 2012
The Liberal Opposition has welcomed a major back-down from Attorney-General Rau who has decided to support the majority of the Liberal Party‟s proposed changes to the Statutes Amendment (Criminal Intelligence) Bill 2010.
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May 14, 2012
After 10 years of severely underfunding our court system, Labor has finally heeded calls from the Liberal Party and judiciary to develop a business case on South Australia's superior courts.
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May 03, 2012
Labor’s failure to deal with a proposed crime law that it claims is urgent shows that the Weatherill Labor Government continues to play politics with public safety.
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May 02, 2012
Weatherill Labor has been caught out delaying legislation for a month and playing politics with public safety. Over that same month there were seven violent shootings across the State.
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Apr 27, 2012
Labor has been exposed as playing politics with a crime bill to support its ‘tough on crime’ spin.
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Apr 04, 2012
Despite Labor Government spin, the Liberals did not defeat criminal intelligence laws in the Legislative Council today.
Rather the Liberals improved them by putting in place safeguards on the use of secret police evidence.
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Mar 30, 2012
The State Liberals have united with Independents in the Legislative Council to oppose measures that would have provided reduced sentences across the board for convicted criminals and give organised criminals a ‘get out of jail free card’.
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Mar 09, 2012
The Liberal Opposition today announced that it will oppose the Weatherill Labor Government’s plan to give ‘get out of jail free’ cards to criminals.
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Feb 29, 2012
The Liberal Opposition is taking direct action to urge Attorney-General Rau to send the McGee case to the Legal Practitioners’ Disciplinary Tribunal (LPDT).
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