South Australia
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| Australian state dominated by the Adelaide Establishment |
South Australia (abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of 983,482 square kilometres (379,725 sq mi), it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, and fifth-largest by population. It has a total of 1.77 million people,[1] and its population is the second most highly centralised in Australia, after Western Australia, with more than 77 percent of South Australians living in the capital, Adelaide, or its environs. Other population centres in the state are relatively small; Mount Gambier, the second-largest centre, has a population of 28,684.
Emergency laws
Under the amended Emergency Management Act 2024, section 25[2], the State Co-ordinator and authorised officers are given the power to issue directions in any form, without limitation. These directions may:
- Contravene another law of the State
- Affect individual's personal rights
- and may use force to ensure compliance
These directions can include:
- Breaking into any land, building, structure or vehicle.
- Taking possession or assuming control over any land, body of water.
- Removing or destroying buildings, structures, vehicles, vegetations, and even animals.
- Ordering real estate owners to forfeit control of their properties.
- Removing people or animals.
- Directing people to submit to a decontamination procedure.
- Directing people to isolate.