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Steven Marshall’s timing problem

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

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South Australia’s Steven Marshall may qualify as Australia’s unlucky state premier.

For three years, he has run a competent Liberal government focused on the economy, reversing some of the state’s brain drain and drawing in new tech industries instead. He kept SA’s COVID-19 deaths down to a handful for much of the pandemic, while minimising lockdowns.

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