The new Royal Adelaide Hospital. Photo: Tony Lewis / InDaily

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State Govt body to sue new RAH joint venture

EXCLUSIVE | State Government workplace insurer ReturnToWork SA and the widow of Jorge Castillo-Riffo, killed while working on the new Royal Adelaide Hospital construction site in 2014, have both launched legal action against the hospital joint venture.

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Premier slaps down SafeWork SA over secrecy on killed workers

Premier Jay Weatherill has made a stunning intervention in a dispute between SafeWork SA and the grieving families of several construction workers killed on worksites over the past seven years, ordering the agency to release a report into why it failed to hold companies to account over the deaths of their loved ones.

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A new Women's Hospital - but where are the children?

A newly-built Women’s Hospital is back on the Government’s agenda as it gears up for another state election – with plans for a co-located children’s facility to be unveiled if Labor retains office – but the proposal will now be delivered later and cost far more than was originally promised.

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SafeWork insiders question investigation into new RAH worker's death: widow

The construction union and the widow of a worker killed on the new Royal Adelaide Hospital site say a series of witnesses have contacted them willing to testify against workplace regulator SafeWork over its handling of the investigation into the death of Jorge Castillo-Riffo in 2014.

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SafeWork overlooked Crown lawyers for new RAH death prosecution

Prosecution over the 2014 death of new Royal Adelaide Hospital construction worker Jorge Castillo-Riffo – sensationally abandoned earlier this year – was handed to private lawyers because the Crown Solicitor’s Office could not put the case together quickly enough, InDaily can reveal.