SA Department of Planning Transport and Infrastructure

Most of the team in charge of leading the South Australian government’s new electronic planning system has quit, while the rollout of the scheme has been pushed back by at least three months over community concerns.

Mount Barker and the Barossa are the first regions in South Australia to test a state-funded on-demand bus service. The six-month trial — which began on Monday — is part of a $1.7 million state government grant to Keolis Downer. The public transport provider will operate nine buses across the locations, which the public can […]

Renewal SA chief executive John Hanlon has not had his contract renewed after a mysterious 10 months away from his role. Hanlon and one other executive went on leave in September without public explanation, but last week Planning Minister Stephan Knoll told a budget estimates hearing that Hanlon’s term of employment had expired and would not be renewed.

An ombudsman’s investigation has found a former department head committed misconduct through inappropriate expenditure and by getting involved in a related information request from the Liberal Party, which sacked him once in government.