Instead of outsourcing elective surgery, the State Government should move more quickly to restore services in places like the Repat. Photo: Tony Lewis/InDaily

Opinion

Private contracts paper over public hospital dysfunction

The State Government’s move to outsource some elective surgery borders on a stunt to divert attention from ongoing problems in the public hospital system, writes Warren Jones.

Local

Lucas ponders Service SA sell-off as valuers brought in

EXCLUSIVE | The Marshall Government will decide by the end of the year whether to privatise Service SA centres across the state, under a prospective sell-off of the Motor Vehicle Registry.

Reader contributions

Your views: on new freeway lanes, privatisation and footy team allegiance

Today, readers question the SE Freeway upgrade, the cost of privatisation and sticking by your team for better or for worse.

News

SA plan could move 1000 patients from public to private hospitals

A new SA Health plan to ease pressure on elective surgery waiting lists could see more than 1000 public patients shifted to private hospitals for treatment over the coming year.

Politics

Policy, privatisation on agenda for Labor love-in

The state’s Labor MPs will tomorrow descend on the Barossa for a strategy meeting that Opposition Leader Peter Malinauskas says will provide the foundation for a new policy platform he hopes can propel the party back into government.