Senior Labor MP Tom Koutsantonis has been reappointed Treasurer of South Australia following a sweeping reshuffle of Premier Peter Malinauskas’ cabinet.
Koutsantonis, who last held the Treasury portfolio between 2014 and 2018, had been serving as Minister for Transport, Infrastructure, Energy and Mining since Labor’s 2022 election victory.
He will relinquish transport and infrastructure, with former Sport Minister Emily Bourke stepping into those roles.
The changes come after the sudden resignations of Deputy Premier Susan Close and Treasurer Stephen Mullighan from cabinet on Thursday.
Koutsantonis and new Deputy Premier Kyam Maher were formally sworn in this morning at Government House.
Labor MPs Lucy Hood and Rhiannon Pearce have also joined the frontbench. Hood, the member for Adelaide, has taken over Dr Close’s former environment portfolio amid the state’s ongoing algal bloom crisis.
Pearce, representing King, has been handed recreation, sport and racing, along with emergency services and corrections.
Education Minister Blair Boyer will assume responsibility for the police portfolio, while Premier Malinauskas has added defence and space industries to his own ministerial load.
