Jack Batty News Today

The opposition is calling for the government to do more to prevent tree loss after the latest Green Adelaide data shows Adelaide falls short.

Opposition leader David Speirs says the Liberal Party will be the “underdog” for the Dunstan by-election and he won’t comment on the party’s pre-selection for the seat, as Labor calls on former premier Steven Marshall to give a date for his resignation.

SA Botanic Gardens board members tell Opposition Leader David Speirs to correct the record over incorrect “No Picnic Tax” campaign.

SA Libs plan to take green votes from the left side of politics boosted by first Coalition for Conservation branch outside of Sydney.

With the SA Police horse saga taking more sharp turns than the Mad Mouse, Matthew Abraham asks whether another impending decision could see South Australia hit a stomach-churning downward plunge.

The state Ombudsman has ordered SA Police to hand over documents revealing the options for relocating the police horses from Thebarton barracks, following a protracted freedom of information battle to overturn the agency’s bid to keep the files secret.

Premier Peter Malinauskas says the state government is considering “about four options” to relocate the police horses barracks from Thebarton, with a final decision to be made within two weeks amid ongoing protest at SA Police's preferred 8ha site in the southern park lands.

Premier Peter Malinauskas says the state government has not yet decided if a new police horse barracks will be built on park lands near Greenhill Rd  – more than two months after SA Police nominated the controversial spot as its preferred location to relocate for a new Women's and Children's Hospital.

The Malinauskas Government's management of the Adelaide park lands – including developments such as a new police horse barracks – would be scrutinised by a parliamentary inquiry under an Opposition proposal to examine whether the city's green belt needs more legal protection.

General Electric said Tuesday that it has agreed to sell its 75% stake in RCA/Ariola International record operations to Bertelsmann AG, which already owns the other 25%.