SA election 2018: Steven Marshall sworn in as new Premier at private Government House ceremony

IT’S official. Liberal Leader Steven Marshall is the 46th premier of South Australia.

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IT’S official. Liberal Leader Steven Marshall is the 46th premier of South Australia.

Mr Marshall was sworn in at a private Government House ceremony at 9am this morning, along with SA’s first female Deputy Premier Vickie Chapman.

Veteran MP Rob Lucas also took the oath and returned to his former role of Treasurer. The three will begin work today as the first Liberal government since 2002.

Steven Marshall leaves Government House after being sworn in as our 46th Premier. Picture: Tricia Watkinson

A full Cabinet is expected to be sworn in on Thursday, before meeting for the first time next week.

Here’s what it’s likely to look like.

After winning Saturday’s election, Mr Marshall has pledged again to deregulate shop trading hours as soon as possible.

“We will introduce that legislation as soon as parliament is recalled, we want to do that and we want to drive that agenda,” he told ABC radio on Monday.

An honour to be sworn in as South Australia’s 46th Premier by His Excellency the Hon. Hieu Van Le at Government House. pic.twitter.com/GsClx929dm

— Steven Marshall, MP (@marshall_steven) March 19, 2018

He said a recent poll outlined 75 per cent of people were for the move and it would be an economic boom for the state.

Mr Marshall has called on the new Upper House to respect the reform “mandate” delivered to his party at the ballot box and pass controversial elements of his agenda including expanded shop trading hours and putting caps on council rate rises.

SA Deputy Liberal Leader Vickie Chapman and Treasurer Rob Lucas leave Government House after being officially sworn in. Picture: AAP/Sam Wundke

Speaking to The Advertiser just hours after securing a conclusive election win and with the Liberals’ transition-to-government machine in full swing, Mr Marshall said his ambition for SA over the next four years was for it to regain lost pride after becoming the butt of national jokes.

Outgoing treasurer Tom Koutsantonis this morning warned Mr Marshall that Labor could use its numbers in the Upper House to block legislation that would deregulate shop trading hours.

The Liberals moved to block Labor’s proposed state bank tax in the Upper House with the support of crossbenchers and stopped a city car parking levy, contravening a longstanding convention of rubberstamping money Bills.

Mr Koutsantonis said when the Opposition Leader makes decisions overturning precedent, as Mr Marshall did in blocking the state’s bank tax, there must be “consequences for it”.

“I think any opposition that uses its numbers to block budget measures has set a very, very dangerous precedent, and I don’t think they can expect us to perform a precedent that they’ve scrapped,” he told Radio Adelaide.