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Staff costs the largest contributor to SA Health's budget blowout

Salaries and wages were the most significant factor in a $467 million forecast blowout in SA Health’s budget last financial year, the Auditor-General says.

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Auditor to investigate taxpayer-funded "political" ad campaign

The Auditor-General says he will inquire into the State Government’s “same day” approval of a $750,000 grant to fund an advertising campaign against the Federal Government in the lead up to last year’s federal election.

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Councils consider handing financial oversight to Auditor-General

South Australian councils will consider handing their audits to the state’s Auditor-General after a report found concerns in the sector that audits of local government by lower-paid private contractors were sometimes inconsistent and of questionable quality.

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'Everything up for grabs' in biggest ever review of LGA

Everything is “up for grabs” in what has been stamped the largest governance review undertaken by South Australia’s Local Government Association.