Premier Steven Marshall has today diced with factional danger by banishing the majority Right faction of the Liberal Party from his cabinet altogether, with two first-term MPs among three new faces in his ministry unveiled early this afternoon.
Deputy Premier John Rau’s unofficial status as ‘the Minister for City Vibrancy’ has been formalised by his appointment to a new City of Adelaide portfolio in a Weatherill Government reshuffle this morning.
UPDATED: Labor’s dominant Right faction is set to claim both new ministerial positions when the party caucus meets on Monday to replace Tony Piccolo and Gail Gago.
Self-described “accidental minister” Tony Piccolo has resigned from Jay Weatherill’s cabinet, paving the way for the elevation of right-faction powerbroker Peter Malinauskas, InDaily can reveal.