Kinda reminds you of NSW a while back. All the pollies retiring for family reasons. Loosely translated as rats jumping from the sinking ship!!!
no date given.... and there are suggestions it won't happen till next year
Rann's reign to end in October Updated August 08, 2011 12:38:49 PHOTO: SA Premier Mike Rann will stand aside on October 20.(ABC News) RELATED STORY: Rann set to reveal hand MAP: Adelaide 5000 South Australian Premier Mike Rann has agreed to step down from the role on October 20. Mr Rann was flanked by the man who will succeed him, Education Minister Jay Weatherill, while making the announcement in Adelaide this morning. He says he wants to work with Mr Weatherill before the transition. "With more than two years to go before the next election, it remains my belief that there is no pressing urgency to make the transition in leadership right now," he said. Mr Rann says he was told the party intended to replace him with Mr Weatherill at a meeting with Treasurer Jack Snelling and union powerbroker Peter Malinauskas on Friday July 29. "I was disappointed with the leaking of selective details of that confidential meeting within minutes of it taking place and in some cases before it actually did take place," he said. Speculation about the timeline of the handover mounted while Mr Rann was on a week-long trip to India. Mr Rann says he decided it would be better to vacate the leadership sooner than his planned date of March next year. "Continuing speculation about the date of my departure would have been unhelpful to the Government and the State," he said. Mr Weatherill thanked Mr Rann for his endorsement. "I've always said that the best way to handle the transition is by agreement and we've reached agreement," he said. Mr Rann says he has not decided whether he will retire from Parliament after relinquishing his current office. Topics: states-and-territories, state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa First posted August 08, 2011 12:02:57
Updated August 08, 2011 12:38:49
South Australian Premier Mike Rann has agreed to step down from the role on October 20.
Mr Rann was flanked by the man who will succeed him, Education Minister Jay Weatherill, while making the announcement in Adelaide this morning.
He says he wants to work with Mr Weatherill before the transition.
"With more than two years to go before the next election, it remains my belief that there is no pressing urgency to make the transition in leadership right now," he said.
Mr Rann says he was told the party intended to replace him with Mr Weatherill at a meeting with Treasurer Jack Snelling and union powerbroker Peter Malinauskas on Friday July 29.
"I was disappointed with the leaking of selective details of that confidential meeting within minutes of it taking place and in some cases before it actually did take place," he said.
Speculation about the timeline of the handover mounted while Mr Rann was on a week-long trip to India.
Mr Rann says he decided it would be better to vacate the leadership sooner than his planned date of March next year.
"Continuing speculation about the date of my departure would have been unhelpful to the Government and the State," he said.
Mr Weatherill thanked Mr Rann for his endorsement.
"I've always said that the best way to handle the transition is by agreement and we've reached agreement," he said.
Mr Rann says he has not decided whether he will retire from Parliament after relinquishing his current office.
Topics: states-and-territories, state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, adelaide-5000, sa
First posted August 08, 2011 12:02:57
