Chris Picton is no longer South Australia's health minister after Labor's cabinet was revealed by Premier Peter Malinauskas on Wednesday.
However the premier, who arrived for the swearing-in with his family in tow, denied Mr Picton had been demoted as he shuffled his team for his second term, introducing new faces including first-time MP Alice Rolls.
Blair Boyer is the new health minister, Lucy Hood takes on the education portfolio, Joe Szakacs is the transport and infrastructure minister and Emily Bourke was handed the environment post.
Mr Picton was given a new "economic super portfolio" after being admonished mid-campaign by the premier when it was revealed he had tried to discredit a widow who claimed the health system failed her partner.
Asked if Mr Picton had been demoted, the premier simply said: "No."
He later spoke extensively on the importance of the minister's new portfolios of state development, artificial intelligence, digital economy, defence and space industries, and veterans' affairs.
"I think everybody that knows minister Picton .. (knows he) throws himself into everything," Mr Malinauskas said.
Ms Rolls, whose win in Unley was the first for Labor in 32 years, was handed the challenging portfolios of child protection, and domestic, family and sexual violence.
She will oversee implementation of recommendations of a royal commission led by former federal senator Natasha Stott Despoja, to which the government has committed $674 million over 10 years.
Mr Malinauskas rejected the assertion that elevating a first-term MP to cabinet could upset backbenchers who thought they were next in line, saying it was not without precedent.
Michael Brown joins cabinet as minister for police, correctional services and consumer and business affairs.
The other new face is Nadia Clancy, who was appointed as minister for small and family business and minister for multicultural affairs.
Clare Scriven retains primary industries, regional development and forest industries, despite her upper-house position being unresolved.
In latest election counting, Labor has 33 seats in the 47-seat parliament, with the Liberals on four seats, One Nation on one and there are three independents.
Six seats were yet to be called on Wednesday afternoon.
Mr Malinauskas romped to victory on the weekend, securing Labor's best result in SA election history with an increased majority and about 39 per cent of first-preference votes.
After his government was formally installed, the premier immediately signed off on the government's election commitment to remove stamp duty for downsizers aged over 60 taking up new homes worth up to $2 million.
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