On Tuesday in parliament Mr Marshall said Ms Close was \u201cputting on her nasty face\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe sounded embarrassed, and so she should be because it\u2019s a load of drivel,\u201d The Australian\u2019s Michael Owen told FIVEAA on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s confected political outrage — try and land any kind of smear you can on the new premier over something that was pretty minor, pretty mild really in terms of parliamentary debate.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Earlier Ms Close told FIVEAA \u201cit doesn\u2019t matter whether I personally take offence or not, this is about standards in politics.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou need good people in politics. I worry that people get put off because of the personal attacks, the sense of bullying, the pettiness of invective.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are a lot of people in South Australia who are intelligent, professional young people\u2026 many of them when I\u2019m out and about say why would you go into politics?<\/p>\n
\u201cA day like yesterday makes you question the kind of standards that we have, particularly from leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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BREAKING: Premier @marshall_steven<\/a> says in Parliament @susan_close<\/a> has a "nasty face".
A disgraceful comment. pic.twitter.com\/8Ll07vYfR5<\/a><\/p>— SA Labor (@alpsa) July 3, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote> \n