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An independent upper house candidate has stepped into the fray as beach sand carting emerges as a coastal battle ground in the state election.

The scientist whose bombshell claim that the government is holding off on investigating the cause of the harmful algal bloom until after the election is fighting for a spot in state parliament.

Diary notes released under Freedom of Information show the Premier was meeting key players in December last year ahead of wrestling the MotoGP from Victoria’s Phillip Island.

SA’s parliament’s algal bloom committee has handed down its final report, with one coastal region claiming it was left in the lurch during the critical early stages.