Mike Rann
Michael David Rann, AC, CNZM (born 5 January 1953) is an Australian former politician who was the 44th premier of South Australia from 2002 to 2011.Rann grew up in the United Kingdom and New Zealand, completing a Bachelor and Master of Arts in political science at the University of Auckland.Manning has stated that one commentator reported that Rann was "frankly inspired by Dunstan's idealism" as opposed to "Bannon's cool electoral pragmatism".[9] Labor lost government at the 1993 election in a landslide due to the State Bank collapse, falling to only 10 seats.As Opposition Leader Rann launched a "Labor Listens" strategy designed to re-connect with voters[10] and vigorously opposed the privatisation of water services and electricity assets.Despite this, it initially appeared Rob Kerin, who had succeeded Olsen as premier in 2001, would remain in office with the support of four conservative-leaning independents.However, one of those independents, former Liberal Peter Lewis, agreed to support Labor in return for a constitutional convention and being named Speaker.In response, Kerin announced that in accordance with precedent set by Don Dunstan three decades earlier, he would stay in office until Labor demonstrated it had support on the floor of the House of Assembly.Rann later secured the support of conservative independent Rory McEwen and the Nationals' Karlene Maywald by adding them to his cabinet.[15] Rann was comfortably re-elected in 2006, taking 28 seats to the Liberals' 15—to date, Labor's largest majority since the abolition of the Playmander.University of Adelaide Professor of Politics Clem Macintyre said that after the State Bank collapse, Rann had to re-establish Labor's credentials as an economic manager as a matter of urgency, and "in that sense Rann had a whole lot of priorities to concentrate on that Dunstan didn't even think about", with a legacy built on economic achievements, achieving the triple-A credit rating, as well as its capacity to deliver infrastructure projects.Some commentators put the poll slump down to "labour movement ructions" over the underfunded WorkCover liability (see 2008 Parnell–Bressington filibuster), consolidation of rural health services, and the continued degradation of the River Murray.This, coupled with the "dodgy documents affair", also known as "dodgy-gate",[citation needed] saw Hamilton-Smith step down from the Liberal leadership, to be replaced by Isobel Redmond.[27][28] Rann commented before the interview went to air that claims of a sexual relationship were "wildly sensational", and that once he had seen the program, he would respond with a "brief statement".[34][35] Others suggested that it was the turning point for Rann's decline, with the issue causing indirect damage over a sustained period of time.[38] The Rann Labor government won a third four-year term at the 2010 state election with 26 of 47 seats though with only 48.4 percent of the two-party preferred vote.The subsequent Newspoll saw the two-party vote narrow to 46–54, a swing against Labor of just 2.4 percent, however there was no statistical change in Rann's personal satisfaction-dissatisfaction ratings.In late July 2011, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and The Advertiser reported that senior figures within Labor had indicated to Rann that the state party's left and right factions had formally decided to replace Rann with Education Minister Jay Weatherill as party leader.A day later, Rann confirmed he would stand down and undergo a party leadership transition to Weatherill, with the handover occurring in October 2011.[64] In 2016, Rann's son, David, was appointed media advisor to South Australian Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis.
The HonourablePremier of South AustraliaElizabeth IIMarjorie Jackson-NelsonKevin ScarceKevin FoleyJohn RauRob KerinJay WeatherillAustralian Ambassador to Italy, Albania, Libya and San MarinoDavid RitchieAustralian High Commissioner to the United KingdomJohn DauthAlexander DownerJohn FaulknerLinda BurneyLeader of the Opposition in South AustraliaRalph ClarkeAnnette HurleyLynn ArnoldLeader of the South Australian Labor PartyDeputy Leader of the South Australian Labor PartyDr. Lynn ArnoldFrank BlevinsBarbara WieseGraham IngersonTerry HemmingsKym MayesMember of the South Australian House of AssemblyZoe BettisonBriggsRamsaySidcupEnglandAustralian Labor Party (SA)New Zealand Labour PartyNorthcote CollegeAlma materUniversity of AucklandSouth Australian Branch of the Australian Labor PartySouth Australian Leader of the Opposition2002 electionlongest serving Premier of South AustraliaThomas Playford IVJohn BannonHouse of Assembly1985 electionEl AlameinSouth LondonBlackfenMangakinoTaupōWaikato RiverMatamataBirkenhead, New ZealandAucklandCampaign for Nuclear DisarmamentCraccumPrinces Street LabourMike MooreNew Zealand Broadcasting CorporationHaydon ManningDon DunstanDes CorcoranAboriginal land rightsuranium miningParliament1989 electionLe Cordon BleuRegency ParkUniversity of South AustraliaAustralian Formula One Grand Prix1993 electionState BankLiberalDean BrownJohn Olsen1997 electionminority governmentNationalsUS Deputy Secretary of StateRobert ZoellickPrime Minister of AustraliaGough WhitlamMargaretRann government2002 South Australian state electionLeader of the Oppositionmajority governmentPeter LewisGovernorRory McEwenthe Nationals'Karlene MaywaldBob SuchMinister for Social InclusionALP National Executive2006 South Australian state electionPat ConlonGlenelg tram lineNational Sorry DayElder Park, Adelaidestolen generationshot rock powerFestival of IdeasThinker in ResidenceAdelaide Film FestivalAdelaide Film Festival Investment FundWOMADelaideAdelaide FringeAdelaide Festival of ArtsPlaymandertwo-party-preferred voteUniversity of AdelaideMartin Hamilton-Smith2008 Parnell–Bressington filibusterRiver MurrayNewspollThe Sunday Mail2009 Frome by-electionIsobel RedmondSeven NetworkSunday NightThe AdvertiserNational Wine CentreNick Champion