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More SA Health staff blow whistle on department

The number of reports to ICAC about SA Health employees has grown every year since the anti-corruption watchdog was set up, with a dramatic increase in reports coming from whistleblowers within the department itself.

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Kimba firms as nuclear dump site after Hawker ruled out

Kimba, on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula, is firming as the site for a national nuclear waste dump after the federal government today ruled an area near the Flinders Ranges town of Hawker.

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“Angry” Premier privately contradicted public statements on SA Health report: ICAC

Independent Commissioner Against Corruption Bruce Lander says Premier Steven Marshall spoke to him angrily during a closed-doors meeting last week, in which he alleges the Premier contradicted his own public statements about the ICAC report into SA Health.

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Knoll, Lucas at odds over Service SA centres closure

State Transport Minister Stephan Knoll says he’s committed to shutting down three Service SA centres earmarked for closure, despite Treasurer Rob Lucas insisting he’s happy for them to remain open as long as the budget shortfall is addressed.

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Council call for 24/7 park lands booze ban “unworkable”: Govt

An Adelaide City Council push to ban the consumption of alcohol at all times in the park lands is “unworkable”, Attorney-General Vickie Chapman says – but has agreed to a three-month dry zone trial in the city’s south.