A court has granted permission for former South Australian Liberal leader David Speirs to travel overseas, at his first appearance on a drug charge. Speirs originally faced two charges of supplying a controlled substance from August 2-3 and on August 9, but one charge was dropped and the other has been varied. He is now charged with supplying or administering a drug (not cannabis) to another person between August 1 and August 10 at Kingston Park. Vision courtesy: AAP
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00:00I acknowledge this has been a very difficult time for me personally, very difficult time for friends and for family members.
00:09I do want to thank the many hundreds of people in South Australia that have been so supportive of me
00:17and have reached out to see if I'm okay, support friends and family, and to provide a level of encouragement during this time.
00:27I didn't need to leave Parliament, there was no compulsion to do so, but I couldn't sustain that job.
00:33I couldn't do that job properly and I couldn't execute my responsibilities as a Member of Parliament
00:42and also deal with my dental development well-being through this process.