Overview
- Tom Koutsantonis was sworn in as treasurer and Kyam Maher as deputy premier at Government House on Friday following the resignations of Susan Close and Stephen Mullighan.
- Adelaide MP Lucy Hood was elevated to cabinet to take the climate, environment and water portfolio, placing her in charge of the state’s algal bloom response.
- King MP Rhiannon Pearce entered cabinet to oversee emergency services and corrections as well as recreation, sport and racing, while Emily Bourke assumed transport and infrastructure.
- Education Minister Blair Boyer added the police portfolio and Premier Peter Malinauskas took on defence and space industries.
- Close and Mullighan will remain in parliament until the March 2026 election, and the premier highlighted a milestone with more women than men in cabinet as the opposition questioned the government’s handling of the algal bloom.