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Steven Marshall

March

The support base for Anthony Albanese’s Labor Party is getting bigger.

State polls position Albanese for a second term

Polling booths around the country show Labor’s support base is growing enough for another narrow federal win.

  • John Black
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

SA byelection could help Albanese avoid minority government

Anthony Albanese will redouble efforts to win the SA seat of Sturt to ward off replicating the unfolding mess in Tasmania.

  • Phillip Coorey

February

Senator Simon Birmingham.

ABC’s Nemesis, revolving doors and bread-winning

The ABC’s Nemesis documentary serves as a reminder that the post-political career can be tough. Not for all.

  • Mark Di Stefano

November 2022

SA Premier Peter Malinauskas.

Corruption payouts trouble Peter Malinauskas

How is it in the public interest that public officers convicted of criminal offences should be reimbursed for legal costs?

  • Michael Roddan

April 2022

David Speirs at the leadership Ballot at Parliament house in Adelaide on Tuesday.

David Speirs, 37, goes from Scottish farm to SA Liberals leader

The former SA environment minister migrated to Australia with his parents when he was 17 and vows to be a “traditional centre-right” leader.

  • Simon Evans
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March 2022

Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

Pre-election cash splash pours billions into must-win seats

The government’s $17.9 billion infrastructure splurge is tilted to Coalition-held seats and marginal electorates Scott Morrison has to bag at the May election.

  • Michael Read
South Australian “Godfather” Don Farrell: second time’s a charm.

As Wong and Pyne flounder, Farrell ascends

Don Farrell’s second ascendancy is all the more notable for the recent fortunes of the state’s other major political identities.

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  • Myriam Robin
Peter Malinauskas.

How Malinauskas needs to govern to be pro-business

South Australia’s new Premier is going to have to be a careful steward of the public finances, and restrain Labor’s natural tax-and-spend governing instincts.

  • The AFR View
Incoming Labor Premier Peter Malinauskas with five newly elected Labor MPs (left to right) Nadia Clancy, Olivia Savvas, Rhiannon Pearce, Erin Thompson, Lucy Hood and (far right) deputy Labor leader Susan Close.

SA’s ‘pro-business’ premier wants to rip up $2.1b rail contract

Peter Malinauskas vowed to be a “pro-business” leader but one of his first moves is to try to end a $2.1 billion rail network privatisation contract signed by the now-vanquished Marshall government.

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  • Simon Evans and Phillip Coorey
South Australian Liberal leader Steven Marshall with Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

SA election rout confirms the COVID shield has gone

The parallels with the May federal election are obvious. The Morrison government is on its knees and can’t rely on the good things it did in the pandemic to save it.

  • Phillip Coorey
Steven Marshall, the SA Premier for four years from 2018, quit as Liberals leader on Sunday after losing the state election.

Steven Marshall quits as SA Liberals leader

Steven Marshall has stepped down after nine years as SA Liberals leader, with the ranks of obvious successors thin on the ground.

  • Simon Evans
Peter Malinauskas with his wife Annabel on polling day.

Labor wins power in SA with big swing

Labor Leader Peter Malinauskas has stormed to victory in the South Australian election as voters turfed Liberal Premier Steven Marshall out after just one term.

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  • Simon Evans
South Australia climbing up the liveability index is a big win for Premier Steven Marshall.

Steven Marshall’s timing problem

The South Australian Premier may suffer an undeserved loss after troubles piled up late in his term.

  • The AFR View
SA Labor leader Peter Malinauskas says his party is ready to give the state a brighter future on the way out of the pandemic.

Labor’s Peter Malinauskas in box seat for SA election win

South Australian Premier Steven Marshall urged voters to think about the more vibrant economy he helped build, but he may be cast aside after one term.

  • Simon Evans
People with COVID or those who are isolating are able to do a drive-through to get a special postal voting pack at a PCR testing site or one of the rapid antigen test pick-up sites in the SA election on March 19.

Unwell South Australians to test ‘drive-through’ voting this weekend

Voters with flu-like symptoms will be able to pick up their ballots at COVID-19 testing sites as South Australia trials drive-through polling.

  • Simon Evans
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SA Premier Steven Marshall says he’s an underdog in the SA election after one term at the helm.

SA Premier points to pandemic fatigue in underdog status

Steven Marshall says people are grumpy and exhausted from the upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Simon Evans
SA Labor leader Peter Malinauskas says Bob Hawke is a hero.

SA candidates invoke elders Howard and Hawke in final campaign days

The Labor leader in SA thinks his party is the most disciplined and stable state-based party in Australia, and that is hugely valued by voters.

  • Simon Evans
SA’s Energy Minister and Deputy Premier Dan van Holst Pellekaan (right) in March 2021 when Brett Redman (left) was still the boss of AGL.

Ex-NBL basketballer dodges leadership questions

Dan van Holst Pellekaan, who became Deputy Premier of SA last year, has plenty of fans in the outback, but his next step could be tricky.

  • Simon Evans

Fuel excise calls show what’s wrong with politics

Any changes to the tax system should sharpen the incentives for work, initiative and enterprise, not be driven by short-term political expedience.

  • The AFR View
South Australia Treasurer Rob Lucas is bowing out of politics this Saturday at the state election, and warns that $3b in Labor spending will end up falling on households and business.

Outgoing SA Treasurer raises ‘red flag’ on $3b Labor spending spree

The SA Liberal Party has signalled it would not be making any more significant announcements this week but rejects it has put up a “white flag”.

  • Simon Evans

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