'I work with all premiers and chief ministers around the country, whatever their stripes are, to focus on the things that are important to all Australians.' The PM says there are no federal implications from the SA election result.
Peter Malinauskas and his wife Annabel SA Labor Leader celebrates victory for Labor during the state election.Federal Labor and Liberal figures say there are lessons to be learned out of the South Australian state election contest.Prime Minister Scott Morrison is poised to pull the trigger on a federal election in coming weeks, with May 14 widely expected to be poll day.
Outgoing premier Mr Marshall's loss was the first for any incumbent state or territory government during the pandemic. "We saw the Labor party run a very targeted, very singularly focused campaign around hospitals and ambulances," he told the program. "The carefully calibrated plans he had for reopening were clearly blown out of the water at that time."
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