The duty of an Opposition is to oppose, but not merely in the sense of bringing the Government to a standstill. It should be the group which is best able to put the opposite point of view, to test, probe and criticise the policy of the Government. It has a duty to expose as well as oppose.

He's probably just stirring the pot, or just forgot this. Maybe its not codified in SA law, but its a convention.
"The Opposition is the largest minority group or coalition of members in the House of Assembly who are not supporters of the Government."
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Tom is replying to a 7 News tweet. https://x.com/7NewsAdelaide/status/2037758081577398779 7NEWS Adelaide @7NewsAdelaide The SA Liberals have headed to the Adelaide Hills to thank voters after deputy leader Josh Teague officially retained the seat of Heysen by just a few hundred votes. A week after the election, the bruised party says it has secured its place as the state’s official opposition. Image 4:06 PM · Mar 28, 2026 https://x.com/TKoutsantonisMP/status/2037809306423451858 Tom Koutsantonis MP @TKoutsantonisMP Not sure where this concept of “official opposition” has originated. There is no statutory number in the SA Parliament for “official opposition” status. The remaining much larger cohort of cross bench MP in the House is much larger than the Lib MP group. Also One Nation received more votes. 7:29 PM · Mar 28, 2026

Treasurer of South Australia and Minister for Energy and Mining throws a curve ball. #saparli #savotes

Picton loses health as Mali's new ministers revealed - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia Malinauskas government has switched its health minister to a new role revealing its Ministers with new leaders in education and arts.

The re-elected Malinauskas govt has switched health minister Chris Picton to a new role. New faces have been elevated and new ministers are at the helm of education, environment and the arts.
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I have added expanded detail on MacKillop, Narungga and 2CP realignments to my main postcount page. #savotes kevinbonham.blogspot.com/2026/03/sout...

Every political correspondent is breathlessly writing stories about the rise of Australian populism and the breakdown of every political norm, every party breaking, all that is solid melting into air, meanwhile the Greens are getting their twelve percent every time like an 808 beat

Teague's currently leading by 108 points, but that'll probably fluctuate for a while, we've still got 30% of the votes to count there.

Further counting in Ngadjuri has seen Labor’s Tony Piccolo gain on Liberal MP Penny Pratt, meaning Pratt will likely be knocked out. One Nation’s David Paton is therefore the favourite to win on Liberal preferences

As a 'lover' of micro parties, I would be sad to see them go, but at the same time it is insane how big the ballots were getting in many places. I think it also doesn't help that this 'bloat' occurred at the same time as One Nation surging, meaning alot of this small parties were obliterated.

I've published my comments on the yesterday's election. A combined 'Malislide' and 'Orange Wave' have wrecked havoc across SA, and have led to some weird seats and weirder results.

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kevinbonham.blogspot.com/2026/03/sout... South Australia Postcount 2026: Kavel

The current count reminds me of Rockhampton 2017

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SA 2026 – the next morning Last night’s election was truly remarkable. Preferential counts had little value, as we grappled with a truly astounding number of three-cornered or even four-cornered contests. By this morni…

Here is my analysis this morning after last night's election result. It includes some statistics on how the parties performed, and analysis of the close races. #sapol

It's been an exceptionally interesting count to watch tonight, enjoyed it very much!

It's quite something that a bunch of election analysts have called SA for Labor less than two hours after polls closed, yet this remains a fascinating and unresolved count: we have no idea yet who is coming second, with 2CP—even 3CP—counts uncertain and ON doing terrifyingly well so far

Final update from me tonight. Thanks to every who listened to the Tally Room livestream and kept up with the live blog, I hope it was all informative! I'll have analysis up in the next couple days, so keep an eye out for that!

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The @pollbludger.bsky.social election site currently shows Labor ahead in Elizabeth. Still one to watch. #savotes

Still going right now as I sit at a joint 30th aha. Its a very interesting race even with alot of seats decided, I think its anyone's guess how many seats Liberals/One Nation/Independents will end up on.

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Just now on the Tally Room live stream, @benraue.com has said there are EIGHT "classic" Labor vs Liberal 2CP seats in SA right now, having just gone 9pm in SA

Eight. Out of forty-seven.

Truly an extraordinary state election

ABC has called the election for Labor, but there's still alot of questions about how much Labor will win by and which party will come second.

#saparli #auspol

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The first results are out! Of course they don't mean much on their own analytically, but they do mean we're into the results part of the day!

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South Australia Votes - Tally Room Live YouTube video by The Tally Room

Join me for the Tally Room live on YouTube tonight from 6:30pm Adelaide time: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCv6... #sapol

I'm trying something new today and undertaking a live blog/thread regarding the SA State Election results! If you're interested in my thoughts throughout the night, check them out below (and make sure to watch Ben Raue's livestream!)

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Valid, they're def my LegCo 'hottake' but I figure you gotta have some spicy predictions at times.

I'm not confident, most people vote above the line and won't know her specifically/won't realise which independent group she's part of. It's sad, because she was high up on my vote, but yea I don't think she'll be able to do that well. She'll probably do the best out of the LegCo independents though

With two hours to go until the day arrives, I have published my predictions for the 2026 SA State Election. The post includes general thoughts + seat/minor party predictions.

#saparli #auspol

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Lodging my prediction now that it’s the witching hour and fewer people will see me fail to call it accurately:

House: Labor 39, Lib 4, indie 4
Council: Labor 5, Lib 3, ON 2, Green 1

I have learnt a number of things from reading this, including some I did not wish to know (the prohibition on corflutes has apparently led to vollies literally wobbleboarding by the side of the road), but the most horrifying is that MacKillop might be Gareth Ward II: Ankle Bracelet Boogaloo

It'll be hard considering the sheer number of candidates in the seat, though y'all have the luck of being one of only 2-3 'left-wing' choices, so that could help.

Lower House Prediction:

Labor 38 | Liberal 4 | Greens 0 | One Nation 0 | Independent 5

Upper House Prediction:

Labor 5 | Liberal 2 | Greens 1 | One Nation 2 | Other 1 (SA Best)

With two hours to go until the day arrives, I have published my predictions for the 2026 SA State Election. The post includes general thoughts + seat/minor party predictions.

#saparli #auspol

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One Nation disendorses candidate for Adelaide but they will still appear on the ballot paper as the One Nation candidate (Unwinnable seat).