SA Premier Backs ‘Tough Calls’ Over Flooding

SA Premier Backs ‘Tough Calls’ Over Flooding
Premier of South Australia Peter Malinauskas at a press conference during a visit to Cabra Dominican College in Adelaide, Australia, on May 20, 2022. Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images
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Leaving some Murray properties and businesses in South Australia at the mercy of the rising river are “tough calls”, Premier Peter Malinauskas says.

But the premier believes the state government has done as much as it can to protect as many properties as possible and to provide financial and other assistance as flood waters continue to surge across the border.