South Australia has long been a leader in innovative social policy and services. After a series of leadership roles in Victoria and SA, Sandy Pitcher wants her staff to take pride in being the place the most vulnerable can turn to.
Sandy Pitcher is leading her third agency, this time South Australia’s Human Services department.
As a young lawyer, she was promoted by then-premier Jay Weatherill out of his department to become the first woman to head the state’s environment and water agency.
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