A by-election has been triggered by the resignation of former South Australian Opposition leader David Speirs, who is being prosecuted for an alleged drug offence. Thousands of voters have flocked to cast their ballot across the Black electorate in Adelaide’s coastal southern suburbs.
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00:00Voting is underway in black, it's the electorate that sits just south-west of Adelaide, near
00:07the coastline. It is a marginal seat with a 2.7% swing towards the Liberal Party. The
00:13seat was held by former SA opposition leader David Spears, but he quit politics altogether
00:18last month after he was charged by police with supplying a controlled substance. Now
00:23the frontrunners for this seat include Alex Dyson from the Labor Party and Amanda Wilson
00:28for the Liberal Party. Labor currently holds government here in SA, but the Liberals say
00:33Labor isn't doing enough for cost of living and rising power bills. We spoke to some voters
00:38earlier, here's what they had to say.
00:40What issues matter to you?
00:42Like everyone, the cost of living is probably a big one. Around here we big on, you know,
00:47with David Spears, with the environment. Our natural parks here are just awesome, just
00:51such a good place to live because of those natural parks. But I'd say probably cost of
00:56living and for me I work in the healthcare industry, so the cost of healthcare.
01:00I'm very aware of erosion and erosion near the coasts, so that's something that is definitely
01:04on my radar, so that's really made me decide my vote today.
01:10I've grown up in this area and now I'm raising my family in the area, so I think it's really
01:13important to think about what the community needs. And right now we need to look at, you
01:18know, local school community, we need to look at the parks and areas around for the families.
01:24About a quarter of people cast their vote early, but they won't be counted until Monday.
01:28It means we might not have a result when the polls close tonight at 6pm. But counting votes
01:33on the same day is something SA Premier Peter Malinowskis hopes to change ahead of the 2026
01:39state election.