‘Far too presidential’: Does SA premier Peter Malinauskas have his sights set on something else?
“And just hope you’re still normal at the end of it.” Roy VanDerVegtSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.ShareAAAThis story is part of the July 25 edition of Good Weekend. See all stories.It is 6.47am on a Friday morning (14 degrees, feels like nine) and the latest episode of “The Peter Bryden Malinauskas Show” sees a tall streak in a sharp blue suit running at a fair clip alongside Adelaide’s River Torrens. Once again, people are the reason the popular Labor premier is on the crease of lateness.
- ▪“And just hope you’re still normal at the end of it.” Roy VanDerVegtSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.ShareAAAThis story is part of the July 25 edition of Good Weekend.
- ▪See all stories.It is 6.47am on a Friday morning (14 degrees, feels like nine) and the latest episode of “The Peter Bryden Malinauskas Show” sees a tall streak in a sharp blue suit running at a fair clip alongside Adelaide’s River Torrens.
- ▪Once again, people are the reason the popular Labor premier is on the crease of lateness.
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