Key SA election promises

The three main parties' election promises ahead of Saturday's South Australian election.

KEY SA ELECTION PROMISES:

LABOR:

* A 75 per cent renewable energy target and a 25 per cent renewable storage target by 2025.

* A $2 billion infrastructure fund including money for new road works, extensions to the city's tram lines as well as support for a deep-water port in Spencer Gulf.

* A $692 million program to upgrade more than 90 public schools.

* A $150 million pledge to replace 600 old and outdated public housing properties.

SA-BEST:

* Redeveloping the disused Port Stanvac oil refinery site into a housing and commercial precinct.

* New laws to protect vulnerable South Australians from neglect as well as psychological, physical and sexual abuse.

* Bidding to be the home of a Qantas pilot training academy located in regional SA.

* Mandatory rehabilitation for ice users.

LIBERALS:

* Completion of the North-South road corridor through metropolitan Adelaide.

* The GlobeLink freight airport and road corridor near Murray Bridge.

* Deregulating shopping hours, with current laws restricting trading on weekends and public holidays.

* Nearly $10 million to boost crisis accommodation for victims of domestic violence.


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