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The state’s most senior bureaucrat headlines a list of high-profile departures as the new Labor Government today set about on a major public service shake-up that will see new leadership in key portfolios, including Health, Transport, Education, Treasury and the Premier’s Department.
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Health authorities don’t really know how many South Australians have COVID and believe that many cases are going unreported, the SA Health CEO admits.
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UPDATED | An Adelaide mother has told about the heartbreaking loss of her 26-year-old son who died after waiting for an ambulance, as the Opposition claims leaked data reveals the State Government’s legal direction to fix the ramping crisis is “failing”.
Premier Steven Marshall has doubled down on his comments that the majority of those interstate who are double vaccinated and want to come to South Australia for Christmas will be able to do so without quarantining, after the SA Health boss yesterday raised doubts about any such timeframe.
UPDATED: Fully vaccinated interstate visitors might not be allowed into South Australia for Christmas without having to quarantine – despite a bold declaration from the Premier last week – with the boss of SA Health telling a parliamentary committee “that’s not our expectation”.
The state’s anti-corruption watchdog this week met with senior SA Health bureaucrats, including CEO Chris McGowan, as the troubled agency attempts to overturn a culture found to be “riddled with maladministration”.
Health authorities are “quietly confident” they have the Parafield cluster “bagged up” – but they still have “no operating hypothesis” as to how COVID-19 breached South Australia’s medi-hotel regime, says SA Health CEO Chris McGowan. He spoke to InDaily’s Tom Richardson about recent events, future fears – and the art of “building the plane while flying it”, as authorities continue to learn more about the coronavirus.
