Major sporting events, broadway blockbusters and global conventions will be on South Australia's shopping list if Labor wins this month's state election with the party promising a $40 million injection to the tourism sector.
Opposition Leader Peter Malinauskas said the investment over four years would seek to bring new events to SA to attract both interstate and international visitors.
"Our tourism sector has been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic and we know that it needs a major boost to bring it back to life," he said.
"Labor will support this important industry with this significant package to lure more events and to better market our state.
"Major events will fill our hotels, our restaurants, our bars and grow our economy and that means more jobs for South Australians."
Among the events to be targeted would be rugby internationals, including the finals matches in the 2027 World Cup, Socceroo World Cup qualifiers, and matches featuring English Premier League clubs.
US National Football League and Major League Baseball games would also be on the wish list along with major conventions and art exhibitions.
Also on the campaign trail on Tuesday, the revived Family First party called on the state government to end COVID-19 vaccine mandates to ease the burden on health and emergency service workforces.
SA has no widespread vaccine mandates but does require certain sectors to have the jabs, including teachers, those working in health, aged care, the police and ambulance services and people employed in the passenger transport industries.
Family First upper house candidate Tom Kenyon said the mandates had become counter-productive, due to the rising numbers of state government employees forced out of their jobs for refusing the jabs.
"It is time for the government to withdraw its cruel vaccine mandate system, and reinstate informed consent for South Australians," Mr Kenyon said.
Meanwhile, crossbench party SA-BEST released its seniors' election policy offering free ambulance cover and annual car registration among a range of cost-of-living measures for the state's 250,000 aged pensioners.
The party's suggested concessions for pensioners would also include free public transport, free access to national parks, and three hours of free parking at public hospitals.
It also proposed a waiver of any stamp duty due if an aged pensioner downsized to a smaller property.
Upper house MP Frank Pangallo said the sweeping reforms would not only provide much-needed financial respite for pensioners but also help them remain active and valuable members of the community.
South Australians go to the polls on March 19.
