Lyn Breuer's safe Labor seat of Giles is set to go to Whyalla councillor Eddie Hughes. Source: adelaidenow
WHYALLA councillor Eddie Hughes is strongly tipped to take the safe outback Labor seat of Giles following the retirement of former Speaker Lyn Breuer.
The seat will shift from control of Labor's Right faction to the Left.
Whyalla is the major population centre in the seat and has a strong union vote based in the steel milling industry.
It is the only non-metropolitan seat held by Labor.
Speaking on ABC radio this morning Ms Breuer, who was first elected in 1997, said she had been thinking about retirement `for quite some time' and had intended to finish after four terms.
"I think people can stay too long in a job; you can go one term too many and I think it's important to always keep that in mind," she said.
The Opposition seized on Ms Breuer's comments to suggest they meant her Labor colleagues who have served four terms or more should follow her example, such as Speaker Michael Atkinson, Transport Minister Tom Koutsantonis, Education Minister Jennifer Rankine, Health Minister Jack Snelling and backbenchers Frances Bedford and Steph Key.
Meanwhile, Chris Picton, a former staffer to retiring local member John Hill, is tipped for preselection in Kaurna.
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