SA Premier Peter Malinauskas has ruled out any move to federal politics, dismissing speculation he could one day run to replace Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.<\/p>\n
Mr Malinauskas told Sky News Sunday Agenda that his focus was on leading South Australia and rejected suggestions he would consider entering federal politics.<\/p>\n
“No, because I feel as though I’m making a contribution to the federation by getting South Australia firing in all cylinders,” Mr Malinauskas said.<\/p>\n
“The analogy I use is, you know, the six states, think of it as a six-cylinder engine as a country, and South Australia hasn’t always been the piston that’s firing.<\/p>\n
“Now we are. And I hope that makes a contribution to the country as best as I can.”<\/p>\n
Mr Malinauskas said he enjoyed working alongside his federal Labor Party colleagues but had no desire to shift to Canberra.<\/p>\n
“I enjoy the opportunity to be here amongst my federal colleagues. We do a lot of good work together,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut my focus and my responsibility is on my home state, bringing it up to the full potential that I’ve always believed us to have.”<\/p>\n
Mr Malinauskas’ comments came after reports speculated he could emerge as a future Labor leader if Mr Albanese were to eventually leave the top job.<\/p>\n
Pressed on whether he would reconsider if senior Labor figures urged him to succeed the Prime Minister, Mr Malinauskas again rejected the prospect.<\/p>\n
“No, no, because I look at the federal frontbench and I see a suite of talent, a suite of genuine leadership capability,” he said.<\/p>\n
“So anyway, I can support them. I’d love to, but I think the party’s in pretty good hands with Anthony and with the Prime Minister.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou’ve seen his authority very much on display over the course of the last few days, and long may that continue.”<\/p>\n
The comments come amid periodic speculation about Labor’s long-term leadership, despite repeated insistence from Mr Albanese that the issue is not under consideration.<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, a Sky News Pulse\/YouGov poll found almost half of Labor voters did not know who should replace Mr Albanese if he were to unexpectedly step down.<\/p>\n
Among those who nominated a successor, Treasurer Jim Chalmers was the clear frontrunner, attracting 26 per cent support.<\/p>\n
Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek was second on 13 per cent, followed by Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles and Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke on five per cent.<\/p>\n
Health Minister Mark Butler received just four per cent support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SA Premier Peter Malinauskas has ruled out any move to federal politics, dismissing speculation he could one day…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58424,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[44367,37016,62142,41565,62150,38151,62168,62156,44365,62147,1869,62154,62151,52334,483,62152,62177,62185,22,4917,4920,21,2184,36917,44377,41559,43449,44371,62159,62160,39751,148,62162,62181,2709,62144,62143,9115,10635,62172,62155,53415,62176,39112,3180,44380,156,14955,44384,62175,14164,6263,62183,35086,62170,62158,62163,62169,62145,62161,40807,62182,318,34917,30551,62148,489,13091,62165,3079,485,10050,62166,62146,62184,6720,44376,62171,62180,44399,121,62179,62174,38760,40619,45547,33380,62153,44418,40545,37024,41633,62157,62178,62149,40910,62164,40224,37011,62173,41162,45078,62167,44383,2797,5203,10736,32962,52264],"class_list":["post-58423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-44367","tag-37016","tag-a-contribution","tag-a-country","tag-a-future-labor-leader","tag-a-lot","tag-a-six-cylinder-engine","tag-a-sky-news-pulse-yougov-poll","tag-a-successor","tag-a-suite","tag-albanese","tag-albanese-replacement-snp-30062026","tag-all-cylinders","tag-anthony","tag-anthony-albanese","tag-any-move","tag-asanka-ratnayake","tag-asanka-ratnayake-getty-images-mr-malinauskas","tag-au","tag-auspol","tag-australian-politics","tag-austrlia","tag-canberra","tag-cent","tag-cent-support","tag-comments","tag-consideration","tag-deputy-prime-minister-richard-marles","tag-desire","tag-display","tag-earlier-this-month","tag-federal-politics","tag-firing","tag-genuine-leadership-capability","tag-getty-images","tag-getty-images-mr-malinauskas","tag-good-work","tag-health-minister","tag-health-minister-mark-butler","tag-his-authority","tag-his-federal-labor-party-colleagues","tag-his-focus","tag-his-political-future","tag-home-affairs-minister-tony-burke","tag-jim-chalmers","tag-just-four","tag-labor","tag-labor-party","tag-labor-voters","tag-long-term-leadership","tag-malinauskas","tag-mark-butler","tag-mounting-speculation","tag-mr-albanese","tag-mr-malinauskas","tag-my-federal-colleagues","tag-my-focus","tag-my-home-state","tag-my-responsibility","tag-no-desire","tag-one-day","tag-periodic-speculation","tag-peter-malinauskas","tag-picture","tag-pm","tag-pretty-good-hands","tag-prime-minister","tag-prime-minister-anthony-albanese","tag-repeated-insistence","tag-reports","tag-richard-marles","tag-sa-premier","tag-sa-premier-peter-malinauskas","tag-sa-premier-reveals-whether-hell-run-for-prime-minister","tag-senior-labor-figures","tag-sky-news-pulse","tag-sky-news-sunday-agenda","tag-snapp-sunday-agenda","tag-social-services-minister","tag-social-services-minister-tanya-plibersek","tag-south-australia","tag-south-australia-firing","tag-south-australian-premier-peter-malinauskas","tag-speculation","tag-suggestions","tag-talent","tag-tanya-plibersek","tag-the-analogy","tag-the-clear-frontrunner","tag-the-comments","tag-the-country","tag-the-course","tag-the-federal-frontbench","tag-the-federation","tag-the-full-potential","tag-the-issue","tag-the-last-few-days","tag-the-opportunity","tag-the-party","tag-the-piston","tag-the-prime-minister","tag-the-prospect","tag-the-six-states","tag-the-top-job","tag-tony-burke","tag-treasurer","tag-treasurer-jim-chalmers","tag-yougov","tag-yougov-poll"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}