The re-election prospects of the first term Marshall Liberal Government have been dealt a major blow, after it was defeated on a bill in Parliament.
No, it's not contentious land tax changes, which have caused all sorts of pain for Premier Steven Marshall.
Rather, Labor and crossbenchers in the state's Upper House teamed up to defeat a change to the state's constitution, which would have reinstated a so-called "fairness clause".
South Australians are still more than two years from going to the polls to pass judgement on Mr Marshall's first term, but the field of play is already being set.
Not by voters, nor political parties, but by three people sitting around a table drawing lines on a map.
The Electoral Districts Boundaries Commission of SA is starting to examine the borders of seats in State Parliament, and if history is anything to go by, its final decision will have a major impact on who will be in the top job at the end of March 2022.
The Electoral Commissioner Mick Sherry, the Surveyor-General Michael Burdett and the Honourable Justice Trish Kelly will spend the next year coming to grips with new seat boundary rules they need to follow.
