According to shadow minister Tom Koutsantonis, the high-powered staffers will each earn \u201cover $200,000\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know why Stephan Knoll is doubling the size of his department in terms of executive numbers while making these dramatic cuts to public transport,\u201d Mr Koutsantonis told FIVEAA\u2019s Leon Byner on Friday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey could be for all I know essential, but the question then comes if you\u2019ve got public transport routes that are an essential services to the public of South Australia, why is it ok to cut them\u2026?<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen the government says no one is on these buses, a lot of South Australians were signing petitions saying my service is always full, I can\u2019t get a seat, why are they cutting?<\/p>\n
\u201cI think a lot of South Australians realise all this is an attempt to try and save money and punish a sector of people that the government thinks don\u2019t vote for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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