Serious questions still surround the future of train operator Keolis Downer – and hundreds of South Australians jobs – as the Malinauskas Labor Government struggles to deliver one of its flagship election promises.

The Auditor-General has revealed his shock over an “unprecedented” funding cut to his department – Peter Malinauskas’ decision to do so the first of its kind in state history – that “undermines the Auditor-General’s independence” in another Labor hit on transparency.

Auditor-General Andrew Richardson described the surprise $1.492 million budget cut as “the first I am aware of ever being imposed”.

The Malinauskas Labor Government has refused the Auditor General access to crucial documents to justify $133 million of grant payments – promised to key seats before the March election – which were not “conducted within the public sector framework and processes”.

The damning conclusion was outlined in the latest Auditor-General’s Report.

Crucial federal funding worth $1 billion for the delay-plagued North-South Corridor has been pushed beyond the forward estimates, a Senate Estimates Hearing has been told.

The revelation came to light on Friday when an Infrastructure and Transport Department official told a Senate Committee “we’ve moved a little over a billion dollars, about 1.1 billion, out of the forward estimates for that project”.

Labor’s hit the brakes on a pre-election promise to add an extra carriage on weekend Belair line train services to accommodate mountain bike riders travelling to the popular Mitcham Trail Network – in another blow to the increasingly popular recreation group.

The Opposition is calling on the Malinauskas Labor Government to release modelling which justifies a $120 million project to install Southern Expressway on/off ramps at Majors Road with a leaked feasibility study from 2020 showing the project “could not be justified”.

The Opposition is calling on Mayoral candidates standing for election in the City of Marion to commit to overturning a decision to ban free footpath manure supplied by stables in the Morphettville Racecourse area.

The Opposition is calling on the Malinauskas Labor Government to publicly release its “completed” review of key elements of the North-South Corridor project after a hidden website revealed startling new details.

The homes, businesses and future of hundreds of South Australians hang in the balance as the Malinauskas Labor Government refuses to reveal its final plan for the delayed – and cost blowout plagued – North-South Corridor project.

Tom Koutsantonis is yet to justify his decision to change the final design of the now estimated $15 billion project and continues to hide behind a snail-paced review while concerned communities along the corridor are kept in the dark.

South Australians have been left in the lurch once again by Peter Malinauskas who has failed on his promise to open major Service SA branches on Saturdays.

In Labor’s election policy document, Peter Malinauskas declared a “government I lead” will ensure Service SA “opening hours will be extended to make it easier for South Australians to access the services they need”.