Notes on Adelaide returns, bringing news of the head of a major SA government department who wants staff to embrace the Eastern philosophy of ‘Kaizen’ when they return to the office en masse – but what’s happened to one of his key appointments?
The future of the free city connector bus is in doubt, with the State Government and Adelaide City Council proposing to scale back the route or replace it with an on-demand service despite concerns from some councillors.
The ‘fly in-fly out’ bureaucrat overseeing the state’s e-Planning overhaul sacked a departmental contractor who questioned an order to work from the office instead of home, and told other staff “we would need to have a serious conversation” if they did not attend work in person, according to an internal email purporting to contain his own account of a torrid staff meeting.
The Marshall Government has conceded a senior ‘fly in-fly out’ bureaucrat has continued to work in the office of the Planning, Transport and Infrastructure Department instead of self-isolating, despite calls from the Premier that working from home will “reduce the risk and the spread” of coronavirus.