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Matt Smith is the political editor for The Advertiser and Sunday Mail in South Australia. He covers state and federal politics with a strong focus on decisions made in Canberra that have an impact on South Australians.

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UpdatedSA 2018
Newly elected South Australian Premier Steven Marshall at the South Australian election Liberal reception in Adelaide, South Australia, Saturday, March 17, 2018. Jay Weatherill has conceded defeat, failing to win a fifth straight election win for Labor in the state. (AAP Image/Tracey Nearmy) NO ARCHIVING

Election night wrap: The Marshall era begins

PREMIER-ELECT Steven Marshall will form a Liberal government in SA for the first time in 16 years, after a dramatic state election which ended as an almost complete bust for the new third force in state politics led by former senator Nick Xenophon.

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