Jay Weatherill

“We will also have a more rigorous approach to professional development and managing unsatisfactory performance.”

“I've decided to lead in a way that takes people with me. It's the approach that I think will stand not only our party but also our state in good stead.”

“I believe good governments have nothing to hide. We want to ensure we maintain confidence in our public institutions.”

“I believe that investing in our children's development from the earliest age is the single most important contribution we can make to the health and wellbeing of our citizens, their capacity and the future prosperity of our state.”

“Every user of the river down here understands that a healthy river is absolutely vital for a healthy economy and a healthy tourism industry.”

“We know that defence work results in more than great defence hardware - it can drive innovation and advances in all areas of our life.”

“Grace Portolesi is a strong, assertive passionate young woman and she is precisely the sort of person I want in my cabinet and she will have a senior role.”

“You don't get unity by ignoring the questions that have to be faced.”

“We may very well be faced with the choice of retaining the AAA credit rating or abandoning some of our key infrastructure projects, which are about jobs for the future. I will choose jobs in that equation every time.”

“South Australia has transformed. There has been a range of changes to our economy over the past 10 years in which we have genuinely set ourselves up for the future. I think we have to start behaving like that's real and project a quiet confidence in the future of our state.”

“One thing we do know about the threat of climate change is that the cost of adjustment only grows the longer it's left unaddressed.”

“We need to get back to the concept of taking the community with us.”

“We've been very patient over the years but this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reset the rules for the River Murray and we're determined not to squander that opportunity.”

“If we wish our state's growth to continue, then our future will increasingly be with industries that require a highly skilled and technically proficient workforce.”

“Everybody has to make their own decisions about how they choose to behave.”

“I have learned to not worry about things I can't control.”

“Obviously any export of uranium to India could only occur within an appropriate international framework to be negotiated by the commonwealth government.”

“All the government decisions remain and won't be altered until I get in the role and have had a chance to discuss them with my colleagues.”

“You'll be much more successful if you follow your dreams and follow your passions.”

“Our job as a government is to start with the great underpinnings of our current economic growth - particularly defence and mining - and build on these.”