An interesting column:
indaily.com.au
I agree with the author that SA Premier Peter Malinauskas could very well take his ambitions to federal politics. The possibility of reaching a prominent portfolio or PM is pretty remote, but it's there.
The possibility is remote because a person in a South Australian seat won't have the national profile or networks to become Labor leader. No South Australian or Tasmanian has ever been appointed a High Court judge since Federation.
Yet the possibility is there because, in my biased view as a South Aussie anti-Liberal, Malinauskas is very charismatic. When he smashed the 2022 state election, I thought he had an air of John F. Kennedy about him - a good speaker, with a young family man image. You cannot overlook charisma in politics - in fact, some studies suggest that it's almost everything (those studies where preschoolers are asked which candidate they would pick to captain a ship and they usually pick the election winner).
What other state politicians could you see making the move to federal politics ans going far? Daniel Andrews is a name that gets floated sometimes. But Victoria is a major state and he seems quite content with the impact he's making, coming up on ten years as premier.
I think someone mentioned Mark McGowan but then he decided to call it quits.
Life after Peter Malinauskas | Matthew Abraham | Opinion | InDaily
Life after Peter Malinauskas? South Australian Labor would be wise to plan now for a day when their star leader decides to move on.
I agree with the author that SA Premier Peter Malinauskas could very well take his ambitions to federal politics. The possibility of reaching a prominent portfolio or PM is pretty remote, but it's there.
The possibility is remote because a person in a South Australian seat won't have the national profile or networks to become Labor leader. No South Australian or Tasmanian has ever been appointed a High Court judge since Federation.
Yet the possibility is there because, in my biased view as a South Aussie anti-Liberal, Malinauskas is very charismatic. When he smashed the 2022 state election, I thought he had an air of John F. Kennedy about him - a good speaker, with a young family man image. You cannot overlook charisma in politics - in fact, some studies suggest that it's almost everything (those studies where preschoolers are asked which candidate they would pick to captain a ship and they usually pick the election winner).
What other state politicians could you see making the move to federal politics ans going far? Daniel Andrews is a name that gets floated sometimes. But Victoria is a major state and he seems quite content with the impact he's making, coming up on ten years as premier.
I think someone mentioned Mark McGowan but then he decided to call it quits.
