Michael David Rann,,is an Australian former politician who was the 44th premier of South Australia from 2002 to 2011. He was later Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 2013 to 2014,and Australian ambassador to Italy,Albania,Libya and San Marino from 2014 to 2016.
Donald Allan Dunstan was an Australian politician who served as the 35th premier of South Australia from 1967 to 1968,and again from 1970 to 1979. He was a member of the House of Assembly (MHA) for the division of Norwood from 1953 to 1979,and leader of the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party from 1967 to 1979. Before becoming premier,Dunstan served as the 38th attorney-general of South Australia and the treasurer of South Australia. He is the fourth longest serving premier in South Australian history.
David Oliver Tonkin was an Australian politician who served as the 38th Premier of South Australia from 18 September 1979 to 10 November 1982. He was elected to the House of Assembly seat of Bragg at the 1970 election,serving until 1983. He became the leader of the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia in 1975,replacing Bruce Eastick. Initially leading the party to defeat at the 1977 election against the Don Dunstan Labor government,his party won the 1979 election against the Des Corcoran Labor government. Following the 1980 Norwood by-election the Tonkin government was reduced to a one-seat majority. His government's policy approach combined economic conservatism with social progressivism. The Tonkin Liberal government was defeated after one term at the 1982 election by Labor led by John Bannon.
Kevin Owen Foley is a former South Australian politician who served as 11th Deputy Premier of South Australia and additionally Treasurer of South Australia in the Rann government from 2002 to 2011 for the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party. He is the longest-serving deputy premier and the third longest-serving treasurer in South Australian history.
The state election for the 51st Parliament of South Australia was held in the Australian state of South Australia on 18 March 2006 to elect all members of the South Australian House of Assembly and 11 members of the South Australian Legislative Council. The election was conducted by the independent State Electoral Office.
The South Australian Museum is a natural history museum and research institution in Adelaide,South Australia,founded in 1856 and owned by the Government of South Australia. It occupies a complex of buildings on North Terrace in the cultural precinct of the Adelaide Parklands. Plans are under way to move much of its Australian Aboriginal cultural collection,into a new National Gallery for Aboriginal Art and Cultures.
Michael John Henry Harbison was the Lord Mayor of Adelaide,South Australia from 2003 to 2010. He was succeeded by Stephen Yarwood in 2010. He is also Adelaide's longest serving mayor.
State elections were held in South Australia on 9 February 2002. All 47 seats in the South Australian House of Assembly were up for election,along with half of the 22 seats in the South Australian Legislative Council. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Premier of South Australia Rob Kerin was defeated by the Australian Labor Party led by Leader of the Opposition Mike Rann. The Labor Party won 23 out of 47 seats,and then secured the one more seat it needed for a majority by gaining the support of independent Peter Lewis.
This is a Timeline of South Australian history.
Michael Harry Armitage is an Australian former politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the South Australian House of Assembly between 1989 and 2002,representing the electorate of Adelaide.
Gregory Alan Mackie is a South Australian cultural advocate and entrepreneur who has worked to promote the arts and culture in Australia. He served two separate terms as an elected Councillor on the Adelaide City Council. He was managing director of independent bookshop Imprints Booksellers from 1984 to 2007,and founded the Adelaide Festival of Ideas in 1999.
Thinkers in Residence is a program in Adelaide,South Australia,designed to bring leaders in their fields to work with the South Australian community and government in developing new ideas and approaches to problem-solving,and to promote South Australia. Initiated by the state government in 2000 as Adelaide Thinkers in Residence and a global first,it was run by the South Australian government from 2003 to 2012,when funding ceased.
Steven Spence Marshall is a former Australian politician who served as the 46th premier of South Australia between 2018 and 2022. He was a member of the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia in the South Australian House of Assembly from 2010 until 2024,representing the electorate of Dunstan.
Stephen Yarwood is an Australian urban futurist and the former lord mayor of the City of Adelaide in South Australia,serving from 2010 to 2014.
The inaugural government-funded Adelaide International Film Festival (AIFF) took place in Adelaide,Australia,from 28 February to 7 March 2003,with screenings,special events and forums presented in various cinemas and locations. Established by South Australian Premier Hon. Mike Rann to stimulate the local film industry and celebrate the 30th anniversary of the South Australian Film Corporation,the festival showcases and explores contemporary screen culture with a program of screenings,special events and forum sessions.
The Rann government was the state executive government of South Australia led by Premier of South Australia Mike Rann of the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 2002 to 2011.
Sandra Maaike Jayne Verschoor is an Australian businesswoman who was the Lord Mayor of Adelaide in South Australia from 12 November 2018 until November 2022. Prior to this,she was Deputy Lord Mayor and a General Manager at the City of Adelaide. She is now the Chair of both the Art Gallery of South Australia and the South Australian Heritage Council.
Team Adelaide was an Australian political grouping. It controlled the City of Adelaide,a local government area in South Australia,between 2018 and 2022.
The 2022 Adelaide City Council election was held on 12 November 2022 to elect a lord mayor and 11 councillors to the City of Adelaide. The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in South Australia.
