Adelaide isn't a small country town - we're a major city which needs excellent public administration. Photo: AAP/Bianca De Marchi

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Adelaide - it's time to grow up

Adelaide continues to propagate an image of itself as a “big country town” – but that’s just become an excuse for shoddy public administration.

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Lucas bracing for "increased exposure" to SA Water's fortunes

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.

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Whistleblowers Wanted: Public servants urged to report "wrongdoing"

Anti-corruption commissioner Bruce Lander has emailed tens of thousands of public servants across the state, calling on them to “comply with their reporting obligations” by informing his office of suspected maladministration in their workplace.

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"Kettle-gate": Public servant sacked over "disgusting" kitchen incident

A urine-filled kettle has pushed staff relations in a State Government department to boiling point, with employees escalating a complaint to Premier Steven Marshall alleging the bureaucracy failed to adequately deal with the fallout.

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"The whole place is a joke": Public servants tell of bullying, nepotism

South Australian bureaucrats have described a culture of “bullying, nepotism and favouritism” across the public service, with people appointed based on “who they know and not on merit”, in a staff survey described as “sobering and shocking” by the state’s integrity commissioner.