The Malinauskas Labor Government is pressing ahead with its ambitious agenda for a second term in office, with the State Budget to be delivered on 4 June.
The Government has today confirmed the parliamentary sitting calendar for 2026, with the annual financial update to be delivered at the earliest opportunity, laying out our blueprint for the coming four years.
We have already signed into effect our pledge to abolish stamp duty for seniors downsizing to smaller properties up to $2 million in value, and handing down the State Budget early will ensure that we can get on with delivering on our election commitments without delay.
The Opening of the 56th Parliament will take place on Tuesday, 5 May, marking the formal commencement of the new parliamentary term and the beginning of an ambitious legislative agenda.
Among the key features of the 2026 sitting schedule:
- Parliament will resume on Tuesday 5 May
- Parliament will then sit every second week through to the winter break in July, including budget estimates
- The budget will be handed down on Thursday 4 June
- Estimates will run from June 18 to June 24
As put by Tom Koutsantonis
The Malinauskas Labor Government has already had a busy four years and we are ready for four more.
We took to the election a significant agenda which we have already started to deliver on, and the sitting schedule follows the successful template of the previous election year, reflecting a strong desire to progress an ambitious legislative agenda through state parliament.
We have seen a roll-call of recent endorsements for the direction of the South Australian economy under the Malinauskas Labor Government, with top billing on today's ANZ Stateometer, the Business Council of Australia ranking our state the best place to do business in the nation for three years in a row, Westpac's "Coast to Coast" quarterly report declaring the state is "hitting a sweet spot" of strong growth and low inflation and this week's Deloitte Access Economics Business Outlook declaring us "Australia's top-performing economy in 2025–26".
The Government takes the strong view that delaying the budget into the next financial year risks the momentum our economy is riding.
Before the election, we handed down the most thorough and detailed policy costings document a major party has ever delivered. The hard work we have already done leaves us in a strong position to hand down our budget in early June.
This will be the economic blueprint for the Malinauskas Labor Government over the next four years.
