Our new Premier, Peter Malinauskas, is getting himself, his plans and South Australia known. Speaking at the National Press Club is a big undertaking which requires thorough research and preparation. You are before an audience who will consider detail and content deeply. You are broadcast to the nation. He acquitted himself extremely well by respecting the standards of the NPC , representing our state, representing himself and in creating a platform for some decent national discussions about our future.
When he dresses formally , his attire is impeccable. He is just as likely to come on our screens, though, togged up in his running gear, and chat away to us for a bit. He adapts himself and his language to the moment. He has the sort of social awareness you expect from a good leader and he is enthusiastic and positive. You don't have to agree with everything he says but you do value his thinking input which he backs up with action. He is a good thinker but he is an equally a good communicator. It says on his Wikipedia entry he is pro nuclear. Looking forward to the debates and thinking around that. As a state we are generally anti nuclear. He listens, though, and he thinks about what matters.
His three slides on the make up of the German, Canadian and Australian economies stopped everyone and forced them to think differently. Here was a man giving us some really meaty information which was forcing us to get out of our thinking rut and think hard about what he was saying. Think deeply about our future. You could see it on everyone's faces. These are people who like to think and very little which currently comes out in Australia is going to challenge you as a thinker. That changed yesterday. Peter Malinauskas shot his arrow very straight and we realised that yes, we can't keep doing drivel and dribble. We wanted to have something decent to get our brains moving so we can move on and change our country.
He was born in South Australia, educated in South Australia but comes from a Lithuanian, Hungarian migrant background. He knew what it meant to come to Australia and contribute to your own life and the prosperity of Australia. He knew exactly how to get through to us about not welcoming refugees and immigrants. He knew because he had lived it through his family history.
He also spoke about the importance and value of early education as an investment for the future. He seems to have a plan for education in South Australia and we shall see how it unfolds. He understands the importance of the early years as a valuable asset for the future.
It was good to listen to someone with vision, who could really think, who did not just approach things simply but was prepared to make it all a dialogue. We will talk ourselves through this to the future. Repeating guided phrases has landed us in a big ditch because we just keep spinning the wheels. He is the voice of change and should not be overlooked.
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