SA election shakes up political landscape

South Australian Premier, Peter Malinauskas, is finalising a cabinet reshuffle as the party enters its second term, following a landslide victory.

But, days out, the state’s election is widely painted as a ‘political shake up’ with results threatening the traditional two-party system.

Labor is on track to secure 33 of 47 lower house seats for the first time. Meanwhile, attention is on the collapse of Liberals, after One Nation surpassed the party’s primary voter share by 3 percent – sparking questions about what the latest political shift means for SA and beyond.

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Produced By: Emma Wotzke

Featured In Story: Josh Sunman – Associate Lecturer in Public Policy at the College of Business, Creative Arts, Law and Social Sciences at Flinders University , and

First aired on The Wire, Thursday 26 March 2026