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Abe Maddison

UNBELIEVABLE: Lobby pressure in spotlight after festival capitulates | History Defined

South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas says his comments came from a place of compassion. (Hilary Wardaugh/AAP PHOTOS)

South Australia's premier insists his actions are "founded in compassion" as he faces backlash and a legal threat over an author's festival axing.

Randa Abdel-Fattah has threatened Peter Malinauskas with defamation action, accusing the premier of a "vicious personal assault" that suggested she was an extremist terrorist sympathiser.

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