{"id":26542,"date":"2026-07-22T12:31:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joshteague.com.au\/?p=26542"},"modified":"2026-08-11T14:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T14:00:10","slug":"labors-cost-excuse-doesnt-add-up-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joshteague.com.au\/index.php\/2026\/07\/22\/labors-cost-excuse-doesnt-add-up-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Wok the actual duck?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Malinauskas Labor Government must immediately release its rationale for planning to bulldoze much-loved restaurant Wok the Duck to make way for a new school in Mount Barker, as the sorry situation descends further into a farce.<\/p>

State Liberal Party Shadow Ministers have been working with Wok the Duck co-owner David Keir since the Government dropped its compulsory acquisition\u00a0 bombshell, and on Monday submitted a Freedom of Information request for full details of the 16 potential site assessments to be made public.<\/p>

The Shadow Minister for Planning Josh Teague says there\u2019s no reason the Government shouldn\u2019t come clean with the information now.<\/p>

\u201cWhat\u2019s to hide?\u201d\u00a0he asked.<\/p>

“If the process was thorough and the Wok the Duck site genuinely stands out as the only option, then let us all see why.<\/p>

\u201cBut yet again, instead of transparency, Premier Malinauskas is telling South Australians it\u2019s his way or the highway.<\/p>

\u201cWell sorry, Mr Premier, but you\u2019ve steamrolled South Australians too many times.\u201d<\/p>

Shadow Minister for Education Heidi Girolamo welcomed the Premier\u2019s decision to pause the school development, but says consultation on the project should have begun many months ago\u00a0\u2013\u00a0not after an announcement has been made.<\/p>

\u201cMount Barker desperately needs a new school and it is deeply disappointing that Labor has completely botched the planning process,\u201d\u00a0Ms Girolamo said.<\/p>

\u201cWe\u2019ve already had timeline blowouts for this school and now the project has been paused while the Government tries to unscramble the egg\u00a0 it dropped onto David and his Wok the Duck team.<\/p>

\u201cThis is the second time in as many months that we\u2019ve seen a Labor Minister with training wheels on make an utter mess of a key announcement.<\/p>

“This is exactly the lack of consultation and secretive behaviour we\u2019ve come to expect from this arrogant Government, but enough is enough.\u201d<\/p>

Mr Teague says David and his co-owners\u00a0\u2013\u00a0daughter Ebony and son-in-law Daniel\u00a0\u2013\u00a0have endured enormous impact on their operations since being blindsided by the compulsory acquisition order.<\/p>

\u201cThis fiasco has robbed David and the team of hours and\u00a0 hours that they need to be running their small business,\u201d\u00a0he said.<\/p>

\u201cPlease, Premier Malinauskas, let these hard-working small business owners know what you know in terms of other site options so they can have a fair shot at saving their restaurant.<\/p>

\u201cSadly, this is what we\u2019ve come to expect from the Malinauskas Labor Government. It rushes into planning decisions without showing due respect to hard-working South Australians. What a mess.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/section>\r\n\t\t\t\t

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The Malinauskas Labor Government must immediately release its rationale for planning to bulldoze much-loved restaurant Wok the Duck to make way for a new school in Mount Barker, as the sorry situation descends further into a farce.<\/p>

State Liberal Party Shadow Ministers have been working with Wok the Duck co-owner David Keir since the Government dropped its compulsory acquisition\u00a0 bombshell, and on Monday submitted a Freedom of Information request for full details of the 16 potential site assessments to be made public.<\/p>

The Shadow Minister for Planning Josh Teague says there\u2019s no reason the Government shouldn\u2019t come clean with the information now.<\/p>

\u201cWhat\u2019s to hide?\u201d\u00a0he asked.<\/p>

“If the process was thorough and the Wok the Duck site genuinely stands out as the only option, then let us all see why.<\/p>

\u201cBut yet again, instead of transparency, Premier Malinauskas is telling South Australians it\u2019s his way or the highway.<\/p>

\u201cWell sorry, Mr Premier, but you\u2019ve steamrolled South Australians too many times.\u201d<\/p>

Shadow Minister for Education Heidi Girolamo welcomed the Premier\u2019s decision to pause the school development, but says consultation on the project should have begun many months ago\u00a0\u2013\u00a0not after an announcement has been made.<\/p>

\u201cMount Barker desperately needs a new school and it is deeply disappointing that Labor has completely botched the planning process,\u201d\u00a0Ms Girolamo said.<\/p>

\u201cWe\u2019ve already had timeline blowouts for this school and now the project has been paused while the Government tries to unscramble the egg\u00a0 it dropped onto David and his Wok the Duck team.<\/p>

\u201cThis is the second time in as many months that we\u2019ve seen a Labor Minister with training wheels on make an utter mess of a key announcement.<\/p>

“This is exactly the lack of consultation and secretive behaviour we\u2019ve come to expect from this arrogant Government, but enough is enough.\u201d<\/p>

Mr Teague says David and his co-owners\u00a0\u2013\u00a0daughter Ebony and son-in-law Daniel\u00a0\u2013\u00a0have endured enormous impact on their operations since being blindsided by the compulsory acquisition order.<\/p>

\u201cThis fiasco has robbed David and the team of hours and\u00a0 hours that they need to be running their small business,\u201d\u00a0he said.<\/p>

\u201cPlease, Premier Malinauskas, let these hard-working small business owners know what you know in terms of other site options so they can have a fair shot at saving their restaurant.<\/p>

\u201cSadly, this is what we\u2019ve come to expect from the Malinauskas Labor Government. It rushes into planning decisions without showing due respect to hard-working South Australians. What a mess.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/section>\r\n\t\t\t\t

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But yet again, instead of transparency, Premier Malinauskas is telling South Australians it\u2019s his way or the highway.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/section>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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