MP Fights Renaming, Expanding Grey Electorate

0:00South Australia's Federal MP, for Grey, Tom Vinning, is pushing back hard against the plan to rename and expand his already massive electorate. Grey covers 92% of the state, bigger than all of New South Wales at over 900,000 square kilometers. The Australian Electoral Commission wants to call it O'Donohue and tack on another nearly 4,000 square kilometers from Adelaide's northern suburbs. Firing fired office admission on April 17, saying the change would stretch him even thinner. He already logs over 100,000 kilometers a month on the road, burning through two sets of tires, just keeping up with farmers, fishers, miners, and remote communities. Folks like Vending Worry, this mixes urban growth areas with rural heartlands, messing up the focus on regional voices. He calls it a logistical nightmare that could drown out country concerns in city noise, and questions if it fits the commission's own rules on keeping. Things stable. The name swap honors Dr. Loiccia O'Donohue, a trailblazing indigenous leader and first

1:04aboriginal nurse at Royal Adelaide Hospital who fought for. Native title. Grey's been around since 1903, named for old explorer Sir George Gray and Vinning respects both but says stick with tradition to avoid, confusion and extra costs. Right now, the commission's in consultation mode on these boundaries for Gray and a few other seats, no word yet on Vinning's pushback. With his family political roots running deep, he's vowing to keep fighting for that wide open turf. Local news, powered by AI, this is Adelaide News Today.