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For the first time since the 1990s, nearly 15,000 retired South Australian public servants will see their indexed pensions frozen until consumer prices bounce back – but the state Treasurer has intervened to ensure they don’t lose money.
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High-profile head of Human Services Tony Harrison and long-serving primary industries boss Scott Ashby have become the latest departures in the Marshall Government’s transformation of the public service.
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The future of another major agency boss is in limbo, with the State Government advertising for a new CEO in its primary industries department – while the incumbent remains in the role.
The State Government will decide within months whether to seek to enforce provisions that allow for forced redundancies of public servants deemed surplus to requirements.
Adelaide continues to propagate an image of itself as a “big country town” – but that’s just become an excuse for shoddy public administration.
The Marshall Government is set to pursue new “savings or revenue measures” to make up for a higher-than-expected shortfall in SA Water dividends from next year, as the state’s Auditor-General warns the budget faces “increased exposure” to the utility’s operations.
