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States and territories implement measures for latest gathering restrictions

By Shannon Jenkins

Federal

The federal government’s new restrictions on gatherings has come into effect, with states and territories taking different approaches to enforce it.

Senior SA public servants step down

By Shannon Jenkins

News

Two senior mandarins in South Australian have stepped down from their roles. It was revealed the Department for Human Services chief executive Tony Harrison and…

SA Health boss to keep job after conflicts of interest investigation

By Shannon Jenkins

Health

SA Health Dr Chris McGowan breached a public sector act and made some mistakes but he should not lose his job, the state public sector…

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Case study: how not to hire a public service leader from the private sector (or: How a highly respected CEO of a venerable NGO learned about politics the hard way)

By Stephen Easton

Health

In South Australia, the Labor opposition is keeping the pressure on SA Health chief executive Dr Chris McGowan about his involvement in deals with his…

SA opposition says a vote for Labor in 2022 is a vote to undo public transport outsourcing

By Stephen Easton

News

The South Australian opposition has vowed to reverse the latest round of public transport outsourcing if it wins the next election in 2022, as the…

Cross-sector space challenge launches in Adelaide

By Shannon Jenkins

Economy & Industry

A program that brings Australia’s innovators together to solve real-world problems using space data and capabilities has launched this week. Organised by Amazon Web Services…

SA Health offers voluntary redundancy to hospital workers

By Shannon Jenkins

Health

South Australia’s health department is offering hospital staff voluntary redundancies, insisting it’s what some workers want. Staff from the Central Adelaide Local Health Network and…

Partnership boost for dryland farming research

By Andrew Spence

Economy & Industry

South Australia is positioning itself as a global leader in dryland agriculture following a major partnership between government and the state’s biggest university.

SA government agrees to cut red tape and improve local procurement

By Shannon Jenkins

Economy & Industry

The South Australian government has responded to the final report of the SA Productivity Commission’s stage one inquiry into government procurement, promising to back local…

AusTrade veteran takes the reins at SA Department for Trade, Tourism and Investment

By Stephen Easton

Economy & Industry

The South Australian government has appointed long-serving AusTrade commissioner Leonie Muldoon as head of its Department for Trade, Tourism and Investment. Muldoon was previously senior…

NSW shake-up: Berejiklian only wants to see her cabinet every two weeks

By Stephen Easton

New South Wales

After New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian's post-election cabinet's first meeting today, it might not convene again for a fortnight.

The Space Agency goes to... Adelaide

By Stephen Easton

Communications & Technology

South Australia has won the bidding war to host the Australian Space Agency's headquarters on the site of the old Royal Adelaide Hospital.

NSW, SA governments progress deals with Commonwealth on digital and data

By Stephen Easton

Communications & Technology

South Australia's Marshall government is sold on the benefits of digital identity credentials and will either start accepting the federal government's myGovID in the future,…

Nothing to fear from 'business-like' efficiency: SA public service chief Jim McDowell

By Stephen Easton

News

South Australian public servants have nothing to fear from their new chief’s mission to run the bureaucracy more like a business, according to a profile…

Marshall's law: ministers must respect public service independence

By Harley Dennett

News

South Australian Premier Steven Marshall has shown his softer side in his first address to the people of the state's public sector…