Mike Rann ended his premiership a diminished figure, as they all mostly do. The price to be paid for a prolonged period in power is people inevitably grow sick of you, writes Des Ryan of InDaily.
Isobel Redmond
Ticking time bombs in SA Liberals’ reshuffle
Four new faces in SA’s shadow cabinet and Isobel Redmond boasts she leads a “formidable and energetic team”. But is her leadership now under threat, asks Des Ryan of InDaily?
SA Libs abandon Mitch Williams over Chloe Fox slur
Several senior South Australian Liberals have privately apologised to Labor front-bencher Chloe Fox over a parliamentary slur from deputy opposition leader Mitch Williams.
To say low-key Weatherill is dull is, well, just a figure of speech
Behind the scenes, Jay Weatherill might actually be a bolshie, sparky firebrand but he slips into soothing auto-pilot at the lectern, almost disconnected from what he is saying, writes Des Ryan, of InDaily.
Going, going … just get on with it, Rann
Mike Rann’s end-time as premier has come in a flurry of tweets and media statements typical of him — always focused on the good, never on the bad, writes Des Ryan.
“Indecent” SA Libs tear themselves asunder
Three deputy leaders of the South Australian Liberal Party in three weeks, and just 200 weeks to go until the next State election. Hendrick Gout examines the fallout.
Memo SA Liberal leader: with friends like these…
SA Liberal leader Isobel Redmond started the week basking in having almost won the election. A week later she’d dumped her deputy and been rolled on her preference for his replacement. Michael Jacobs explains what went down.
Redmond in bowling club burnt end
On the eve of the SA election, Opposition leader Isobel Redmond has been forced to answer questions about a legal deal she was involved in as member for Heysen, writes Crikey intern Tom Cowie.
Poll Bludger: SA Labor holding on by skin of their teeth
However, the trend to the Liberals which began when Isobel Redmond became leader last July has continued to gather pace, to the extent that Labor now hopes for little more than to hang on as a minority government.
Newspoll: Bad news for SA ALP — worse for Rann
The latest Newspoll results in South Australia — a 50-50 TPP — shows voters are growing tired of Rann, and the fresh face of Isobel Redmond is starting to look very appealing in comparison, writes David Nason.
A dead heat in SA
With less than a fortnight until election day, Newspoll has released a poll of South Australian state voting intention: a two-party preferred of 50-50, with the Libs leading on the primaries and Rann’s disapproval rating surging past his approval.
SA Libs ban cussing: “Sir Robert Menzies didn’t swear”
South Australia’s new Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond explains why she’s banned swearing at Liberal party meetings.
Another spin of the wheel for SA Libs
Not much has changed in South Australia since Chris Kenny described the state’s politics 12 years ago as “Melrose Place on ugly pills”.
Tips and rumours: Building stalls on the Education Revolution
Funding has taken a step backwards in the government’s “Education Revolution”, factional fun in the Queensland ALP left, is Isobel Redmond getting ambitious? and more from Crikey’s tipsters.
