Vickie Chapman makes defamation threat in bid to halt parliamentary inquiry

South Australia's Deputy Premier, Vickie Chapman, has threatened to sue an opponent for defamation in a bid to halt a parliamentary investigation into whether she has a conflict of interest. Key points: Vickie Chapman is threatening to sue Labor's Tom Koutsantonis for defamation Ms Chapman's decision to block a timber port on KI is the subject of a parliamentary inquiry into whether she had a conflict of interest. Mr Koutsantonis has indicated he will seek to defend his statements Ms Chapman issued a lawyer's letter to Labor frontbencher Tom Koutsantonis on Friday, the penultimate day of a fortnight-long parliamentary inquiry into whether she had a conflict of interest in blocking a timber port on her native Kangaroo Island. Public servants, adviser, Crown lawyer discussed potential conflict In the latest parliamentary committee hearing on Friday, multiple public servants and Ms Chapman's own planning adviser all confirmed they had discussed the possibility that the Attorney-General had a conflict. Ministerial adviser Oliver Luckhurst-Smith told the committee he had emailed the Crown Solicitor's office, asking for a document to be prepared that would allow Ms Chapman to delegate her decision to another minister.