I for one will be voting for Nick Xenophon.

His deal for concessional loans for a solar thermal power station at Port Augusta is likely to be more effective in cutting power prices and boosting reliability than anything the Libs and Labor have done.

And he is strongly pro transparency, which is likely to mean a lot less wasting of government money than occurs at present.

Labor and Liberal governments have both wasted a lot of money while ignoring the state's real needs. They both deserve to lose. The archaic paradigm of left and right has little relevance at state level. Although (ttbn please note) his voting record in Federal parliament favoured the Liberals more than the Greens.

Toni and Paul,

Strange comments from you both. Of course I wouldn't vote for Xenophon in a fit. But unlike some people I could name, I don't think the world revolves around me; I actually care about my state, and I think Xenophon would make worse what Labor has been doing for 16 years. He is a menace.

Aidan,

Of course you will be voting for a person who likes spending other people's money and getting into debt. You and I will be cancelling each other's vote.

ttbn,
Nick Xenophon had a reputation for spending money efficiently - even being the only Senator who regularly flew Tiger!

I make no apologies for supporting someone who strongly advocates more transparency to ensure government money is spent more efficiently.

Both the Labor and the Liberal parties in SA have, because of the fear of debt, made some quite absurd false economies. If you think debt is intrinsically bad, perhaps you should consider how much more it cost to duplicate the Southern Expressway than it would have cost to make it two way at the outset?

Before cancelling out my vote, I suggest you think much harder about what it will take to stop government money being wasted.

And remember, the Murdoch press (which perhaps unfortunately, isn't history yet) is lying when it tells you that NX will never support anything vaguely conservative.

Aidan,

Why are your mentioning 'apologies'? Feeling a little guilty? Not all that sure of your convictions? Nobody suggests that you should apologise. Only you seem not to be sure about yourself.

Politicians have never, and never will, spend our money 'efficiently'; they just spend it. Everything about the 16 year socialist government is “absurd”, and they have never “made...economies”.

The Murdoch press is not lying. It is Xenophon who is refusing to answer questions about whom he would support in the case of a tight vote. Perhaps you haven't been watching him asked the question on TV or listened on radio.

"which in my view precludes him from being seen as an independent, just as a Right person could not be considered independent."

A very odd view there ttbn, independent only mean you are independent of a political party, have no affiliation. It does not mean your politics are central. could be a very conservative independent. I've seen the lot.
Some, would like to head their own political party, but they have a problem drumming up the 500 supporters needed.

Paul,

Whatever. You don't think I have the right to an opinion just because I don't 'have' to vote for a particular candidate. I don't really expect you to agree with me.