‘We got it wrong’: SA Health boss concedes failures on border exemptions

SA Health “miscalculated” the capacity it needed to process travel exemption requests from stranded South Australians interstate this year and was “caught off guard” by the numbers of people appealing to return home, its CEO says.

Downer slams SA Health boss | Marshall swallows a fly

In today’s Notes On Adelaide, the SA Libs show their latest defector who’s boss (on Facebook at least), while their former federal leader finds SA Health’s CEO’s border comments… well, a bit of a downer.

SA Health CEO Chris McGowan appearing before a parliamentary committee in 2019. Photo: Tony Lewis/InDaily

SA Health chief declares new "open and accountable culture"

The chief executive of SA Health has declared “a line in the sand” for the state’s largest government department as it confronts Independent Commission Against Corruption concerns, telling staff it will adopt a “truly open and accountable culture – and anything less is unacceptable”.

Investigator hands down SA Health boss report

BREAKING | A report from the independent investigator into SA Health chief executive Dr Chris McGowan has been handed to the Public Sector Commissioner – but she says her own investigation into his conduct remains ongoing.