The suggestion comes as Mr Speirs' successor Vincent Tarzia tries to redirect focus towards Labor's pledge to fix the ramping crisis with ambulances spending a near-record number of hours on hospital ramps last month.
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00:00A former leader floating a federal intervention.
00:05I think a federal takeover, the arrival of some senior states people from the party's
00:13history coming on and taking over this party, I think that is something that ought to be
00:18seriously considered.
00:21David Spears says he raised the idea of placing the SA Liberals into federal administration
00:26before stepping down as state leader last month.
00:29I didn't push it that hard, but I said, is this possible, because I was seeing the party
00:34sort of stuck in a decision-making swamp really.
00:38I don't know where that suggestion's come from, I find that a laughable suggestion.
00:42But Mr Spears says he's concerned the Liberal state executive isn't making decisions in
00:47the best interests of the party, and has been pulled too far to the right.
00:52This push from, not even from a right-wing ideology, but more a populist ideology around
01:00right-wing issues.
01:01We're a broad church here in South Australia, and I think we do better and best as a party
01:07when we do consult with the more progressive wing and also the conservative wing of the
01:12party.
01:13While Mr Spears continues to publicly voice his concerns about the Liberals, his successor
01:18is trying to steer focus towards Labor's election promise to fix the ramping crisis.
01:23Last month, ambulances spent more than 5,200 hours on hospital ramps.
01:28That's the second highest figure since record-keeping began.
01:31Labor is not going to fix the ramping crisis.
01:34What Labor has done is they've found a crisis and they've turned it into a disaster.
01:38There's no doubt that what we need is additional doctors, nurses and beds, and they are coming
01:43online.
01:44Including 130 extra beds in Adelaide South, set to open by the end of this year.