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.

The two defining issues of this century are both universal but felt locally: the global water crisis and the resources boom.

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.

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.

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 have been getting ready to recycle more e-waste by investing in infrastructure, providing grants to local government and working with industry.

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.