Jay Weatherill

Jay Weatherill is an Australian politician who is the 45th and current Premier of South Australia, serving since 21 October 2011. Weatherill has represented the House of Assembly seat of Cheltenham as a member of the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party since the 2002 election.

Labor has been in government since 2002, with Weatherill leading the Labor government since a 2011 leadership change from Mike Rann. During 2013 it became the longest-serving state Labor government in South Australian history and in addition went on to win a fourth four-year term at the 2014 election.

Date of birth:
3rd April, 1964
"By and large we have got to find the good leaders to work with to make sure that we build the strength in these communities. Simply issuing edicts from Canberra isn’t going to solve issues on the APY lands."
― Jay Weatherill
Topic(s): Strength
"Our commitment to defence goes beyond this. It’s a long-term commitment to make SA the home for Australian defence. It’s a commitment to providing the right infrastructure and the right people."
― Jay Weatherill
Topic(s): Home
"My government, you can be assured, will be less focused on personalities. It is about treating people with respect. I think complaining about the community not being able to see the wisdom of our ideas is the wrong approach."
― Jay Weatherill
Topic(s): Government
"We are all in this together. We want to have, I suppose, a single point of entry so that anyone coming near a disability service can get a very complete picture. Government needs to understand that picture, and we need to be able to offer somebody a one-stop shop."
― Jay Weatherill
Topic(s): Government
"People want the freedom. They want to be able to shop. If you don’t like the shop trading hours and you’re a shop owner, you don’t have to open."
― Jay Weatherill
Topic(s): Freedom
"You’ll be much more successful if you follow your dreams and follow your passions."
― Jay Weatherill
Topic(s): Dreams
"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."
― Jay Weatherill
Topic(s): Age

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