Student winners of ANZAC Spirit School Prize fly off to Gallipoli

Twenty-two South Australian students depart tonight on a once-in-a-lifetime tour that culminates with the Dawn Service at Gallipoli on ANZAC Day. Education Minister Susan Close said the winners of the Premier’s ANZAC Spirit School Prize were ideal South Australian representatives for the Anzac Centenary. “These students are among just 400 across Australian who were chosen…

Premium cost of local shipbuilding exaggerated because subs excluded

The premium cost of a local shipbuild highlighted in yesterday’s RAND report had been overblown because the building of submarines was never in the terms of reference. South Australia’s Defence Industries Minister Martin Hamilton-Smith said the exclusion of submarines from the report means it didn’t paint a true picture of what a local shipbuild could…