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Moving up the Sentia Media political index this week were state politicians Campbell Newman and Jay Weatherill, while Lance Armstrong nearly doubled Julia Gillard’s coverage figures thanks to his Oprah confessional.

Jay Weatherill’s new-look South Australian cabinet reveals an election strategy that will have to cover over big cuts. The Premier himself has stepped up to massage the numbers, writes David Washington of InDaily.

South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill will reshuffle his cabinet and possibly give himself the plum role of treasurer. Though it’s hard to see why he’d want it, writes InDaily editor David Washington.

As SA Premier Jay Weatherill enters the run up to the 2014 election, he’s dogged by a high-profile inquiry into alleged cover-ups of sexual abuse at an Adelaide school. InDailyeditor David Washington explains.

Isobel Redmond’s “Honest Izzy” factor has again fuelled speculation about the Liberal leadership in South Australia. Des Ryan of InDaily reports from Adelaide.

The latest Newspoll measuring voting intentions in South Australia shows the state looking like it belongs to a different planet from NSW and Queensland. Premier Jay Weatherill is enjoying strong ratings — even if Labor isn’t actually ahead, writes William Bowe.

The best thing Wayne Swan could do is negotiate a suicide pact with Mark Arbib, his old Nambour High schoolmate.

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.

The final quarterly Newspoll of South Australian state voting intention concurs with last month’s Advertiser poll in showing a honeymoon bounce for Labor under new leader Jay Weatherill, writes William Bowe.

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They will be able to say in South Australia that the assassination of a Premier was done without spilling blood. The man is still politically dead but Rann’s statement that he is stepping down makes it look cleaner, writes Richard Farmer.

SA Premier Mike Rann has announced he will stand down and hand the reins to Education Minister Jay Weatherill after months of poor polling. William Bowe compares Rann’s polling to other premiers.