Rann still not claiming victory in SA

Premier Mike Rann has yet to claim a Labor victory in the South Australian election,
but already a power play is on to succeed him.
As the premier and Liberal leader Isobel Redmond on Sunday refused to confirm a
definitive election result, Mr Rann's likely successor has made his intentions
known.
Jay Weatherill, environment minister under Mr Rann, said on Sunday he would
challenge Kevin Foley for Labor's deputy leader position.
Mr Rann is expected to win a third term in government after Saturday's poll and has
promised to serve a full four-year term as premier.
But factions within the Labor Party are believed to consider Mr Rann's days as
premier are numbered.
Mr Weatherill, 46, has long been considered a potential leader and said Sunday that
Labor's election plunge meant a fresh approach was needed.
Attorney-General Michael Atkinson on Sunday said he would not seek a cabinet
position in a re-elected Rann government because Labor needed renewal.
Labor is forecast to win 25 seats to the Liberals' 18, with four independents, in
the 47-seat lower house, but the ruling party suffered a swing against it of almost
eight per cent in the election.
Mr Rann on Sunday described Mr Weatherill's challenge as "somewhat premature",
saying he would support Mr Foley to continue as deputy leader.
"Jay has got plenty of time, he's got time on this side," Mr Rann said.
Mr Rann said the swing against Labor, which entered the poll with a 10-seat buffer,
was inevitable, but it also sent a clear message.
"What we have seen is a natural correction plus a kick in the pants," he said.
"We have got a message from the public, in a number of seats we got a real hiding.
"And we have got to listen to that message from the public and learn from it, take
our punishment."
Ms Redmond, meanwhile, said her position as Liberal leader was secure regardless of
the final election result.
"I don't think that anyone in the Liberal Party would even think of changing
leaders," she told reporters on Sunday.
"But I think it would be foolish, the day after an election, to be making promises
about what can happen four years from now.
"You just never know what is going to happen around the corner.
"It's not about people trying to knife me or anything. I have the absolute security
that the people of my party, both the parliamentary party and the lay party, are 110
per cent behind me so I have no worries about that.
"All things being equal, certainly I expect to lead us into the next election."
The jostling for positions within Labor didn't surprise her.
"I have thought for some time that it's unlikely that Mike Rann will see out a full
term, even if he did succeed in retaining government at this election," Ms Redmond
said.