Election

LABOR to lead the next 4 years in SA

Peter Malinauskas, leader of the Labor Party becomes the 47th Premier of South Australia with a historic victory over the Liberal Party.

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South Australia has spoken with the Labor Party set to lead the state after claiming election success.

In a historic election win, Peter Malinauskas, leader of the Labor Party, has been elected 47th Premier of South Australia ahead of the Liberal Party candidate, Steven Marshall.

Peter Malinauskas delivered his victory speech to the South Australian voters promising to deliver a “fairer, better society and more opportunity for those who need it most”.

“True satisfaction for us comes in realising our ambition, ideal of delivering a fairer, better society and more opportunity for those who need it most.

Premier-elect Peter Malinauskas told supporters the Liberals ‘may be our adversary, but they are not our enemies’.

“Politics is a hard business but we should acknowledge the hard work of others.

“Politics naturally focuses on the leader, and that’s understandable, but it truly is a team effort, not just from MPs and candidates, but so many hard working volunteers that we’ve been able to rely upon, but the people I’m most thankful to are the people of our state who have decided to change the government and invest their confidence in me.

Despite losing the election, Mr Marshall directly addressed the SA people in his concession speech and said he was proud of the work his government had done over the last four years.

“We leave this state in an immeasurably better state than we found it four years ago.

“It’s been an honour and a pleasure and privilege to lead this state. I love this state.

“I’m just so proud of the way that South Australians have responded to a global pandemic. We’ve come out of this stronger than before and all South Australians must share in this fantastic result.

“Thank you for your support. I think we have immeasurably changed South Australia. We’ve put it on a new trajectory going forward.

Polling booths closed at 6pm and by 9pm SA had a new premier.

The Labor Party claimed victory with 25 seats, needing 24 seats to win in comparison to the 9 the libs held at the last count.

What we may see moving forward and some of the election promises Labor have made include:

-Stop the Ramping

-Renewable energy projects through Hydrogen Jobs Plan.

-The reinstatement of the Adelaide 500 and Adelaide Motorsport Festival.

-$2million boost to registered classic and historical car clubs.

-Reversal of the privatisation of trains and trams.

-Historically higher taxes and higher spending.

-80 million for new Adelaide Aquatic Centre.

-Escalate access to booster doses.

More than 200,000 people cast their pre-poll ballots, accounting for 16.4 per cent of South Australian voters and a 75 per cent increase on the 2018 election, while about 21,000 people requested COVID-19 pick-up voter packs on Saturday because they were in isolation.

Votes are still being counted and South Australians can find further information HERE.

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