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Premier Steven Marshall\u2019s under-the-radar dash out of the country<\/a> is \u201crapidly turning into something that seems bizarre\u201d, says reporter Mike Smithson.<\/h3>\n

Smithson told FIVEAA\u2019s Tony Pilkington on Tuesday he has been unable to confirm the exact reason for the Premier\u2019s trip to Tokyo, which follows a stop-off in Singapore for an Adelaide Uni alumni event.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know who he\u2019s seeing or what he\u2019s doing. I\u2019ve formally requested that I speak to his 2IC Vickie Chapman about what the Premier is doing seeing we can\u2019t really find out from him. Whether I get to speak to her today or not I guess that\u2019s up to her.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government to be honest needs to pull its finger out on this because it\u2019s rapidly turning into something that seems bizarre and the government should never have got itself into this situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Smitho said it was \u201codd\u201d the Premier made no mention of his trip before quietly departing on Monday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo me if you\u2019ve got something to hide that\u2019s the way you do it, you don\u2019t say it. If you\u2019ve got nothing to hide, if you\u2019re completely comfortable with the course you\u2019re taking you would at least mention it then or you would put out a press release or you be loud and proud about it. Hold a press conference at the airport and explain what you\u2019re doing, but there was none of that\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cNormally if he\u2019s going overseas on what he considers an important trade and tourism mission, which he says this is, the government would let the media know because taxpayers have a right to know where their Premier is and what he\u2019s doing but there was none of that yesterday. In fact there was I would say an attempt to get him into the airport as quickly as possible with no media coverage\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cI spoke to him at the airport yesterday. I managed to track him down but that was on the phone and that was with some difficulty. I\u2019m still not aware what he\u2019s doing other than he said everything is under control here, he can be back within 24 hours if need be. He\u2019s entitled to go if he thinks that\u2019s a good judgment decision… but for god\u2019s sake let us all know what he\u2019s doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Premier Steven Marshall\u2019s under-the-radar dash out of the country is \u201crapidly turning into something that seems bizarre\u201d, says reporter Mike Smithson. Smithson told FIVEAA\u2019s Tony Pilkington on Tuesday he has been unable to confirm the exact reason for the Premier\u2019s trip to Tokyo, which follows a stop-off in Singapore for an Adelaide Uni alumni event. 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