SA Election: Liberal leader Steven Marshall vows no deals with Nick Xenophon
Summary
Mr Marshall lost narrowly to Premier Jay Weatherill in 2014, with some attributing the loss in part to a bad stumble on election eve in 2014 when he mistakenly urged voters to "Vote Labor" in the full glare of television cameras. Mr Weatherill, who became Premier in 2011 when Labor Party factional bosses decided that Mike Rann was on the nose with voters after leading the state since 2002, said he was a real chance to win because he had made job creation a big priority, and there were hundreds of millions and dollars flowing into the state in renewable energy investment. He was referring to the announcement on Friday that British billionaire Sanjeev Guptas SIMEC Zen Energy company would build the worlds biggest storage battery near Port Augusta later this year. It would overtake a large storage battery built by Elon Musks Tesla and French firm Neoen last year, which currently is the largest of its type in the world. Mr Xenophon, who made a surprise return to South Australian politics just five months ago after leaving the Federal Senate amid the dual citizenship crisis, said on Friday he had been locked out from talking to Steven Marshall, but all that meant was that he may negotiate with the Deputy Liberal leader.