SOUTH AUSTRALIAN ELECTION

BILL SHORTEN MP.
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6 years ago
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN ELECTION
BILL SHORTEN MP
On behalf of the Federal Labor Party, I want to thank Premier Jay Weatherill and his team for the great service they have given South Australia.
 
I congratulate Steven Marshall on his victory and I wish his new government well, for the good of their state and our country.
 
Asking people for 20 years in office was always going to be a very high mountain to climb. And while tonight’s result is not what South Australian Labor supporters would have hoped for, the very fact that the party performed so well after so long is a testament to Jay Weatherill, his team and their proud legacy.
 
However the true measure of the Weatherill and indeed Rann Labor Governments is not years but achievements.
 
South Australian Labor leaves office with a remarkable record of transformation and revitalisation, right across the state: from new roads to renewable energy, from public transport to better-funded public schools, from the massive redevelopments of the Royal Adelaide Hospital to the stunning renovation of one of world sport’s greatest facilities, the new Adelaide Oval.
 
Jay Weatherill and his team can hold their heads high tonight knowing they spent every minute in government delivering for the people who counted on them. They have every right to be proud of everything they achieved.
 
Labor Party Premier Jay Weatherill South Australian Election