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EXCLUSIVE | The state’s Independent Commission Against Corruption could have its wings clipped by parliament, with a wide-ranging inquiry to be launched after Ombudsman Wayne Lines highlighted a demarcation dispute over ICAC’s role.
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The Ombudsman has added to the long list of daming reports about South Australia’s child protection system, slamming a practice by the previous Families SA agency which he described as “repugnant to the objects and spirit of the Children’s Protection Act”.
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A deal designed in offices in the city and negotiated largely between several layers of government and corporate executives looks set to bring down a tiny local council. David Washington asks whether an Ombudsman’s investigation into serious maladministration has left some of the biggest questions unanswered.
Local Government Minister Stephan Knoll is considering whether to sack the Coober Pedy Council at the suggestion of the Ombudsman, while the council has asked the Premier to intervene to ensure a “just” outcome for the Outback town.
The State Ombudsman is considering whether to investigate another complaint about a petrol station development, approved after a local council was stripped of powers to decide the project’s future.
The State Government has abandoned logic and political sense in its no-win battle against the anti-corruption commissioner it appointed, argues Tom Richardson.
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