Sausage roll targets and disappearing corflutes: SA’s campaign rollercoaster
With election day almost upon us, InDaily looks back at some of the weird and unexpected happenings on the campaign trail – from the Attorney-General’s bid to hit bakeries across the state to a bull appearing on the top of a country pub.
From disappearing corflutes to a sausage roll trail, the 2026 state election campaign definitely had some eccentric moments.
After his campaign posters mysteriously disappeared, lower house candidate Frank Pangallo set out to catch the culprit.
Posting on social media on March 5, Pangallo told his followers that “Waite’s Corflute creep is being watched”.
It troubled him so much that he installed a solar camera and “other little secrets”, as well as placing a $500 bounty “for information that unmasks this rascally vandal”.
However, it turns out that there was no thief at all – the corflutes had been placed illegally on public land and were removed by Mitcham Council.
Meanwhile, the SA Liberal leader Ashton Hurn got her own flavour of doughnut this election.
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Browns Barossa Donuts – located in Hurn’s electorate of Schubert – created Ashton Hurn’s Blueberry Pie as an election week special.
“Can confirm it’s absolutely delicious!” wrote Hurn on Instagram.
On the other side of politics, Deputy Premier and Attorney-General Kyam Maher has been busy travelling around the state to find South Australia’s best sausage roll.
Posting on Facebook on March 18, Attorney-General Maher said he had achieved his campaign goal of testing sausage rolls at 50 different locations over six weeks.
“But there is no room for complacency. Stay tuned for what’s next,” he said.
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Minor parties have not been without their peculiarities, with the Legalise Cannabis South Australia Party seeing hemp as a solution to the state’s housing crisis.
The party is staging a live fire demonstration of hempcrete construction at an eco-village in Mount Barker.
According to the party, just 4000 hectares of hemp could deliver up to 800 hempcrete homes every week.
The party also unveiled a cannabis dispensary in Station Arcade.
Then there was independent Legislative Council candidate Craig Pickering wanting to halve his own elected term to four years instead of the usual eight.
“Eight years is simply too long for any elected official to avoid the judgment of the voters,” Pickering said.
“I am running to change the system. Halving the term of Legislative Councillors is a necessary step to cure the growing cynicism and alienation many citizens feel toward their government. True representation means facing the voters every four years, no exceptions.”
However, according to the Electoral Commission of South Australia, halving the electoral term would require a change to SA’s constitution.
If Pickering resigned after four years, his replacement would be elected by the combined houses of parliament.
There was also a swathe of campaign material vandalism from Unley Liberal candidate Rosalie Rotolo, seeing her campaign car hit by graffiti, Adelaide independent Kieran Snape having his posters defaced with Nazi symbols and Dunstan Greens candidate Christel Mex having posters pinched.
While a fake bull on the roof of the Oakbank Hotel was used to promote Kavel independent candidate Matt Schutlz’s bid for election.
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