South Australia government shuffles with the sudden departure of senior ministers

ABC NEWS (Australia)

South Australia has a new cabinet a day after the sudden departures of two of the state's most senior ministers. It triggered a major reshuffle involving some of the most key positions. But, with an election looming, the premier says it'll be a smooth transition for his frontbench

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00:00A new look cabinet line-up six months from the state election.

00:06Ministers sworn in at Government House after a major reshuffle,

00:10triggered by the shock resignation this week of the Premier's two most senior lieutenants,

00:15Deputy Premier Susan Close and Treasurer Stephen Mulligan.

00:19Those resignations bring with it new opportunities,

00:22opportunities to be able to refresh and renew in the lead-up to an important state election.

00:29Upper House MP Kyem Ma is stepping up to become Deputy Premier,

00:34the first Aboriginal person to hold the role in the state's history.

00:38It shows anybody can be anything they want to be.

00:41Tom Coutts and Tonus will take over as Treasurer,

00:44returning to the position he held during Labor's last term in Government.

00:48I was a Treasurer who took a budget deficit into surplus, paid down debt,

00:53invested heavily in our schools and our hospitals and helped grow the economy.

00:57Back to the future, we're going to see Treasurer Coutts and Tonus.

01:01Well, South Australians have seen that one before and they know how it ends.

01:05His vacated portfolio of infrastructure and transport will be filled by up-and-coming Minister Emily Burke.

01:12There are two new faces in Cabinet.

01:15Lucy Hood is taking on the challenge of the algal bloom crisis as the new Minister of Climate, Environment and Water,

01:22while Rhiannon Pearce is now Minister for Emergency and Correctional Services and Recreation, Sport and Racing.

01:28Education Minister Blair Boyer will add police to his name,

01:31the fourth Minister to hold the portfolio in the last 18 months.

01:35It will be the first South Australian Cabinet where women outnumber men.

01:39We said, who are the best people in the caucus to be in Cabinet?

01:43And it turns out that it's a majority of women.

01:45The new frontbench has vowed to hit the ground running as the clock ticks down to polling day.

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