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yes hello it's time for a zipppost™on March 17, 2018, South Australians will go to the polls to elect members of the 54th Parliament of South Australia. I'll try my very best to bring you an impartial view on the two major parties, whilst occasionally reminding you about the minor parties.

 

On the Left, we have the South Australian Labor Party, lead by our current Premier, the Honorable Jay Wilson Weatherill MP, member for Cheltenham. In power since 2002, the Labor government has overseen some of the largest changes in recent South Australian history, the most important of which being the closure of our motor industry, with Mitsubishi Motors closing it's Adelaide plant in 2008 and Holden in 2017. Labor has also overseen several institutional failures, including the systematic abuse of elderly people in State care facilities, the failure of the Child Protection system to protect our youth from abusive families and pedophiles. However, not all is dark under Labor, we've seen the rollout of a controversial health policy, known as Transforming Health, which has seen the construction of the new Royal Adelaide Hospital (nRAH) at a total cost of $2.7 Billion AUD, the extension of the metropolitan tram line, the electrification of suburban railway lines and, most recently, the construction of the worlds largest Lithium Ion Battery, to provide additional baseload power in the event of another total loss of baseload power, as seen in September of 2016. A reelected Weatherill-Labor government has committed to providing laptop computers to 10th Grade Students, the removal of several metropolitan level crossings and the introduction of a "virtual power network" providing low interest loans for solar equipment on residential buildings.

 

On the right, we have the South Australian Liberal Party, lead by opposition leader Steven Spence Marshall MP, member for Dunstan. After his election as Opposition Leader in 2013, Marshall has lead the Liberals to one electoral loss, however South Australians are hopeful for change. After the 2014 Election, the party as a whole saw a shift in campaigning and started preparing for this election as early as 2016. Under a Marshall lead Liberal Government, key policy areas include the slashing of the current Payroll Tax to encourage businesses in South Australia, the deregulation of shop trading hours, a reversal of the Transforming Health policy and the construction of Globelink, a major infrastructure project involving the construction of a dedicated Freight airport, approximately 80km North-East of Adelaide, with a dedicated road and rail corridor to direct this traffic to the industrial areas of Port Adelaide, Osborne and Outer Harbour. Steven Marshall is also battling wavering public support, after a number of gaffes, the most prominent of which involves Mr Marshall, on the day before the 2014 State Election, telling people to vote Labor. Recently, Mining Magnate Sally Zou, reportedly donated approximately $1.2 Million AUD to the party, however Mr Marshall and Ms Sascha Meldrum, state director of the Party, have denied receiving such a large donation.

 

On the Centrist/Populist side, we have Nick Xenophon's SA-Best, lead by Namesake and former Federal Senator, Nick Xenophon. Mr Xenophon, standing for the marginal inner city seat of Hartley, is mainly known for his stunts and general disregard for parliamentary practice. He's best known for taking credit for things that he didn't do, abusing his former partner and being a general nasty person. He and his party stand for nothing and are the literal tumor of Australian Democracy.

 

 

Current Polling Data (Current as of 7/3/2018)

 

ALP: 30%

LIB: 32%

BST: 20%

GRN: 7%

IND: 10%

 

 

 

I'll try and be your impartial moderator through this ****storm that is, SA Votes 2018

[PingPong]

Which muppet set the date for this election as the day before the far more corrupt and interesting Russian election?

[zipp]

Which muppet set the date for this election as the day before the far more corrupt and interesting Russian election?

Our election has always been the 3rd Saturday in March every four years

[PingPong]

Our election has always been the 3rd Saturday in March every four years

Doesn’t surprise me. Ours are always the first thursday in May whenever they get called. If you call an election in June, you wait nearly a year...

[Airboss777]

Fascinating reading for the half-dozen people from Australia who play this game. Good work Bill. 

[zipp]

Fascinating reading for the half-dozen people from Australia who play this game. Good work Bill.

There's a surprisingly large amount of us

[zipp]

Hello all! It's now 1530 and polls have been open for 7 and a half hours. Prepolling has seen the highest percentage of votes ever, with 1/3 of the state casting votes via prepoll methods.

It's clear now that we will not be able to call this election tonight

[zipp]

Okay so I do apologize for the lack of updates because I was busy.

 

ELECTION OUTCOME:

 

The ABC predicts that, with 66% of the vote counted, Steven Marshall and the Liberals will form Government, with at least a 1 seat majority.

 

At approximately 9:45PM Last Night (17/3) Premier Jay Weatherill telephoned Premier-Elect Marshall to offer his congratulations and concede defeat.

This victory marks comes over 25 years since the South Australian Liberal party last came to power and over 16 years since the party was last in power. 

Across the board, the Liberals have 25 seats, the Labor Party 18, 3 Independents and 2 seats too close to call.

 

Nick Xenophon, leader of SA-Best has failed to win a single seat, with the Hills seat of Heysen, Xenophon's most likely chance of a lower house seat, predicted to be a retain for Liberal Candidate, Josh Teague. Moving further into the Hills to the seat of Kavel, where some of the highest recorded NXT votes were found during the 2016 federal election, however the Liberal's Dan Cregan sailed to victory, with a clear 19.8% margin TPP.  

 

So, as I close this coverage, I'll leave you with this.