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The Marshall Government has quietly killed off its own legislation honouring an election commitment to crack down on lobbyists in South Australia, with a Bill withdrawn from parliament last week – more than 18 months after it was first introduced.
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South Australia’s Equal Opportunity Commission has finally been granted permission to launch an inquiry into the prevalence of harassment at Parliament House – three months after a report was supposed to be handed down.
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The State Government has backed a call for an independent investigation into workplace harassment within South Australia’s legal profession – despite stalling the approval of and highlighting the expense of a similar inquiry into potentially inappropriate behaviour at Parliament House.
A former Transport Department official who was fined $5000 after a four-year legal saga sparked by an ICAC investigation has written to the Marshall Government demanding an independent review of his case and stronger oversight of the state’s anti-corruption watchdog.
SA’s Equal Opportunity Commissioner Niki Vincent will quit next month to take up a comparable role in Victoria – citing the eastern state’s “nation-leading” new laws as the reason for her move – but insists an already-overdue inquiry into workplace harassment in SA Parliament will not be further delayed by her departure.
The Local Government Association has rejected a State Government push for councils to give greater scrutiny to design quality in development decisions, saying the “overly bureaucratic” move will be “easily ignored” by developers and assessment authorities.
The SA Architects Institute has criticised recent approvals of hotels at listed city heritage sites, warning the state’s planning system risks “falling apart” and becoming “meaningless”.
