The criticism was contained in a report into the State Government\u2019s controversial Gillman land deal, which found there had been maladministration but cleared the Premier and Treasurer.<\/p>\n
SEE MR KOUTSANTONIS APOLOGISE BELOW<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI find that Minister Koutsantonis communicated with public officers employed in the URA in 2013 using profanities during the course of meetings with those public officers,\u201d Bruce Lander QC wrote in the report.<\/p>\n \u201cI have received a large volume of evidence supporting that finding. Indeed, it is consistent with Mr Koutsantonis\u2019 own evidence.<\/p>\n \u201cMinister Koutsantonis accepted that he can be impatient. Minister Koutsantonis accepted that he used some of the language of the kind deposed to … (but) he denied that he ever directed those profanities at public officers or used them in a personal way.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr Lander also wrote that two witnesses had accused Mr Koutsantonis of using \u201cthe c-word\u201d during meetings, although this was denied by the treasurer.<\/p>\n @TKoutsantonisMP<\/a> receives a verbal slap from angry Premier over foul 'c' word language! #Gillman<\/a> #icac<\/a> @7NewsAdelaide<\/a> 6PM<\/p>— Mike Smithson (@mikesmithson7) October 14, 2015<\/a><\/blockquote>
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