It is less than a year out from the South Australia state election and last night’s result makes the local Liberal path to government look even more difficult.
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00:00There were swings to Labor around the country, but in South Australia the swing was higher
00:07than most.
00:09The only state where Labor has done better is Tasmania.
00:13At least some of that local success can be put down to a very popular state Labor government
00:18led by Premier Peter Malinowskis.
00:21Mr Malinowskis was certainly used as an asset by Federal Labor.
00:25He was by the Prime Minister's side every time he visited the state throughout the campaign.
00:30Contrast that with the opposition leader Vincent Tazia, who didn't feature in Peter Dutton's
00:35visits.
00:36Mr Tazia already has a tough fight on his hands.
00:40His party lost a raft of seats in the 2022 state election and lost two more at the Dunstan
00:46and Black by-elections.
00:48But neither leader is taking last night's loss as a sign of their future.
00:52I think any sort of analysis about what this means for the state election would be foolhardy
00:57and from my perspective we have just got to focus on doing the job.
01:01The federal election has been fought on federal issues and I think people can distinguish between
01:05federal issues and state issues.
01:07Vincent Tazia now has little more than 10 months to get his party into shape and convince South
01:13Australians that they should vote for him in 2026.
01:17And last night's result hasn't made what is close to an impossible task of toppling a popular
01:23first term government any easier.
01:26Thanks a lot.
01:27Yes.
01:28Sorry.
01:29See you at the end of the season.
01:29That's all about keeping track of the point and trying to pass to be on you.
01:31We'll see you later.
01:32And we're just gonna re-re-re-re-re-are.
01:34Okay.
01:35Here we go for that.
01:36Here we go.
01:37Here we go.
01:39And we're going to take care of the benefits of this incident.
01:42And we're just going to try to get you back for this incident.
01:42That's what you're doing.
01:44Nothing is good.
01:45It's a huge issue.
01:47That's a huge issue.