SA premier says Labor will target Pyne
South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill says Labor will take the Adelaide seat held by Education Minister Christopher Pyne at the next federal election.
Mr Weatherill has launched a robust attack on Mr Pyne, claiming Labor will target the Sturt MP and other marginal Liberal MPs in SA because they failed to stand up for the state ahead of a federal budget that offered no extra money for infrastructure spending.
"We're going to target Christopher Pyne in the next federal election and we're going to take his seat off him," Mr Weatherill told ABC radio on Wednesday.
"We're going to target every one of those Liberal marginal seat MPs because they have been pathetic in standing up and fighting for South Australia.
"That will concentrate their minds and they might find their voice."
Mr Pyne said he would put his trust in the voters in his electorate and was confident he could win again.
"I've won eight elections and almost every election the Labor Party says they're going to take the seat off me," he said.
"They haven't won it yet."
He also characterised the premier's attack as extremely vindictive despite earlier having described Mr Weatherill and SA Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis as operating "like a political bikie gang".
