Career
Piccolo increased his vote to 55.3 percent at the 2010 election and became the first Labor Member of Parliament to be re-elected to Light. Light was redistributed significantly. However, Piccolo retained the seat at the 2014 election with an unchanged two-party vote of 52.8 percent.
Piccolo"s factional alignment within the Labor party changed during his time in office.
In 2010, Piccolo was aligned with the Labor Left faction. At the time of his appointment to the ministry in 2013, he had switched from the Left faction to the Right following a "factional deal".
At the time of his resignation from cabinet he remained aligned with the Right. From 2013 to 2016 he served in nine various ministerial portfolios at different times in the Weatherill Labor cabinet – Disabilities, Youth, Volunteers, Communities and Social Inclusion, Social Housing, Police, Correctional Services, Emergency Services, and Road Safety.
He announced his resignation from cabinet on 12 January 2016, citing cabinet renewal, and confirmed he intended to re-contest his seat at the 2018 election.