Indigenous actor Shareena Clanton claims her mother, was not considered a human being until the "referendum came through from the flora and fauna act in 1967."

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SA-Best Leader Nick Xenophon claims there are fewer young people in South Australia than there were 36 years ago — a statement that goes against the conventional expectation that as population increases, so do the numbers in all age groups.

Labor's federal infrastructure spokesman Anthony Albanese claims the Turnbull Government will slash South Australia's share of infrastructure grants to "a paltry 2 per cent in coming years, despite the state being home to 7 per cent of the national popula

South Australia's labour movement, SA Unions, claims in Facebook videos that Mr Xenophon, who leads the SA-Best party, voted with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to cut pensions for older South Australians.