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August 2024

New South Australian Liberal leader Vincent Tarzia.

New SA Liberal leader reckons he can beat Malinauskas

Vincent Tarzia denied taking part in party infighting that his predecessor David Speirs says caused him to quit.

  • Simon Evans

March 2022

New SA Premier Peter Malinauskas with his wife Annabel and three children, Sophie, Jack and Eliza at Government House in Adelaide.

Ambitious SA Premier wants to kick early goals

Peter Malinauskas has a big agenda after a thumping election win but some of his policy announcements seem a long way from being “pro-business”.

  • Simon Evans
New South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas wants to move fast to implement his policies which include a taxpayer-funded $593m hydrogen plant and storage facility, and scrapping a $2.1b metro rail privatisation contract.

New SA Premier charges ahead on $593m hydrogen plant despite criticism

Industry experts warn that taxpayers are being exposed to big financial risks when governments own energy plants.

  • Simon Evans
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
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
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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
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
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
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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