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Malinauskas Swears In New SA Cabinet, Moves Picton From Health To Industry Super-Portfolio

The shake-up signals a pivot toward industry growth.

Overview

  • Premier Peter Malinauskas installed his second-term cabinet on Wednesday at Government House after Labor’s landslide win.
  • Former health minister Chris Picton shifts to state development with defence, space, artificial intelligence and veterans’ affairs, which the premier said was not a demotion.
  • Blair Boyer takes over health, Lucy Hood becomes education minister with a new City of Adelaide brief, Joe Szakacs moves to infrastructure and transport, and Michael Brown, Nadia Clancy and Alice Rolls enter cabinet.
  • Soon after the swearing-in, the government removed stamp duty for people aged 60 or over who downsize into newly built homes or apartments.
  • First-term MP Alice Rolls will lead child protection and domestic, family and sexual violence work by implementing royal commission reforms backed by $674 million over 10 years.