Much of the credit for Labor’s victory in the South Australian state election must go to the youthful and energetic performance of the new Premier, 41-year-old Peter Malinauskas.
, following the 5.6 per cent swing against the Liberal Party amid SA’s omicron reopening wave. This marks the end to the electoral advantage that incumbent governments have enjoyed during the pandemic.Labor’s campaign attacking the government over long ambulance waiting times also cut through on the kind of health issue that traditionally benefits Labor. Mr Malinauskas is the former boss of the right-wing shop assistants union, and says SA-born Bob Hawke is his political idol.
Mr Malinauskas was just 11 when Mr Hawke lost the prime ministership to Paul Keating in 1991. Is the new premier aware that the Hawke-Keating government’s privatisation of government-owned utilities was part of the pro-business reforms of the 1980s and 1990s?
to the author of this.. do you have any self awareness? SA Govt debt rose at its fastest pace in history in the past four years of our state liberal Govt
No government anywhere in a capitalist economy should be handing out money to any business. Business should depend on income from the market only. Government spending should be for social services, infrastructure development, research and technological innovation.
the alternative is spend and dont tax?
Tax-and-spend, shock horror.
The lies and garbage from macquarie