A court has granted permission for former South Australian Liberal leader David Speirs to travel overseas, at his first appearance on a drug charge. Speirs originally faced two charges of supplying a controlled substance from August 2-3 and on August 9, but one charge was dropped and the other has been varied. He is now charged with supplying or administering a drug (not cannabis) to another person between August 1 and August 10 at Kingston Park. Vision courtesy: AAP
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00:00I acknowledge this has been a very difficult time for me personally,
00:05a very difficult time for friends and for family members.
00:09I do want to thank the many hundreds of people in South Australia
00:14that have been so supportive of me
00:17and have reached out to see if I'm OK to support friends and family
00:22and to provide a level of encouragement during this time.
00:26I didn't need to leave Parliament.
00:28There was no compulsion to do so, but I couldn't sustain that job.
00:33I couldn't do that job properly
00:35and I couldn't execute my responsibilities as a Member of Parliament
00:41and also deal with my dental health and wellbeing through this process.