Department for Infrastructure and Transport

The Department for Infrastructure and Transport (DIT), formerly the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI), is a large department of the Government of South Australia. The website was renamed as of 7 August 2020, but without a formal announcement of change of name or change in documentation about its governance or functionality.[1]

Ministerial Responsibility

The Minister responsible for all aspects of the department's operations in the Marshall government (19 March 2018 –) was Stephan Knoll, Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Local Government, and Minister for Planning, until his resignation in the wake of an expenses scandal on 26 July 2020.[2]

Corey Wingard was sworn in as Minister for Infrastructure and Transport on 29 July 2020.[3]

Chief Executive Officer

Former Chief Executive Officer Michael Deegan, appointed on 25 July 2014 after the sacking of Rod Hook,[4] was sacked on 21 March 2018 by the incoming administration of Steven Marshall, following the state election of 17 March 2018.[5]

As of August 2020, Tony Braxton-Smith is CEO.[6]

References
  1. "About us - South Australia". Department for Infrastructure and Transport. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  2. "Three SA ministers resign from cabinet". Australian Associated Press. 26 July 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  3. Siebert, Bension (29 July 2020). "Three new ministers sworn into South Australian Government following expenses scandal". ABC News. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  4. New infrastructure boss Michael Deegan took job when he couldn’t find anyone else to do it The Advertiser, 25 August 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  5. New SA Liberal Government sacks four senior public servants ABC News, 21 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  6. "DPTI Matters - 24 July 2020 - South Australia". Department for Infrastructure and Transport. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
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