It was out with the old and in with the new in South Australia on Sunday, as incoming premier Steven Marshall outlined his future plans and outgoing premier Jay Weatherill stepped down after seven years as Labor leader.
On his first day in the job, Mr Marshall said the Liberals would deliver every pledge announced during the campaign and vowed to get the state "back on track".
"We're going to lower people's taxes, we're going to lower their cost of living and we're going to create more jobs in this state," he told reporters.
He said the Liberals' early decision to rule out doing a deal with Nick Xenophon had paid off.
"The party room backed my position that we wouldn't do a deal and I think that's one of the turning points in the campaign," he said.
"I'm particularly delighted that the people of South Australia backed us into a majority government because I genuinely believe that is exactly what we need."
Mr Marshall and Mr Weatherill each met with Governor Hieu Van Le on Sunday to inform him of the election result.
Mr Weatherill will head to the back bench after failing in his bid to win Labor a record fifth straight term, most likely clearing the way for outgoing Health Minister Peter Malinauskas to be installed as opposition leader.
He said he was now looking forward to being a "good local member" and spending more time with his family, beginning with a visit to his mother's nursing home on Sunday, a coffee with his father and time with his two young daughters.
SA-BEST leader Nick Xenophon will also have more time on his hands after failing spectacularly to win lower house seats, an outcome he blamed on stretching the party's resources too thin and the "dirty" campaign waged against it.
He plans to still have a role in politics in some way but has ruled out asking one of his two successful upper house candidates stand down to allow him to take their seat.
He's also ruled out an immediate return to federal politics and says he won't take a job as a paid staffer.
"I think for me I'll be citizen X for quite a while," he said.
"What I have planned is to get eight hours sleep."
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