Jacksons Supplies is with Matt Burnell MP and 3 others in South Australia.

18 hours ago

It is time for the truth to come out about the Department for Correctional Services and Mobilong Prison Industries.
For more than two years, I have attempted in good faith to negotiate with the South Australian Government, yet at every turn there has been no accountability, no attempt at understanding, and no meaningful solutions. Instead, we have been passed from department to department in what appears to be an effort to delay, deflect, and ultimately wear us down until we simply go away.

In 2018, Jacksons Supplies was cold-called by a uniformed officer from the Department for Correctional Services, representing the Government of South Australia on behalf of the Prison Industries.

What was presented as a golden opportunity was, in reality, built on a series of false representations, including misleading claims about the previous contract holders and the actual capacity of the program.

What we believed would be a straightforward and sustainable arrangement instead became a situation where we were dragged down alongside a sinking ship.
We immediately lost of over $50,000 to an unauthorized release of goods. The SA Government gave us a new contract under better conditions and spoke of (supposedly) better oversight going forwards.

We now find ourselves once again significantly financially harmed by the Department for Correctional Services, with @Farm Fresh Markets - Murray Bridge, receiving the new contract and being told all sorts of things about Jacksons Supplies that are completely untrue. As well as DCS staff blaming things on FFM which I now suspect to have been the Department for Correctional Services covering for themselves.

A supplier has also contacted us and told us that a DCS staff member told them that Jacksons Supplies had 'entered insolvency' in 2024, also untrue.
This was an action taken by the Prison after they overproduced truck-loads of goods after we clearly paused production for the summer, and they continued; filled the sheds and then continued production until goods were spilling into the car-park, allegedly left in the rain, which I ordered them to unpack and destroy any rain-damaged (moldy) timber at their own cost. They sent us the bill for the overproduced goods and then held it over us, forcing us to be further financially trapped by them during a negotiation process about their own alleged misconduct.
When I reported this to the GM of the Mobilong Prison I will allege he said something like "That's just the boys having some fun."
Their idea of fun is staff destroying the livelihoods of small family businesses to cover up for incompetence, a lack of governance and oversight.

The Department investigated itself and found no wrong-doings. After 'a bit' of a push, that's not what happened, is it? Why does a department need a push to do the basic right thing?

The longstanding treatment by DCS staff and omissions by uniformed Department for Correctional Services staff created limitations that prevented our small family business from;
a. exiting while having the original agreement met.
b. exiting without significant financial harm.
c. understanding that our role was sacrificial 'fall-guy'/'middle-man'.

I went through the correct pathways of calling the Office for Public Integrity and Ombudsman SA, which resulted in a call from an anonymous number stating that I would be "made an example of" if I continued to do so.
That is really unusual. Is that "the boys having some fun"? (it was a woman).

This is not a fair situation to be placed in; accordingly; I have generously spent my time gathering evidence and have sent a number of internal emails to the relevant CE and Minister and a few extras so everyone knows what has really been going on in Murray Bridge, Mobilong Prison.

Nick Champion MP
Emily Bourke - Labor MLC
Rhiannon Pearce MP
Michael Brown MP, Member for Florey
Office of the Industry Advocate South Australia

The names above are why there's no Wood Guy kindling or firewood this year and they cannot pretend they don't know.
It's not our fault that there's no more;
1. free bags with every order.
2. % to a childhood cancer charity.
3. local donations. (not zero but extremely limited)
4. giveaways this year.
We have no control over the Governments internal conduct.

We are extremely grateful for the support/assistance of the Small Business Commission SA who facilitated and provided an avenue for DCS to right their wrongs.
and the office of Matt Burnell MP, who advocated for and assisted us by directing us to the Minister for Small and Family Business.

The SA Government exploited our circumstances, including the hardship caused by being sidelined through government misconduct, and our ongoing frustration with the alleged and evident misconduct throughout this matter; to pressure us into signing an agreement that is profoundly unfavorable to Jacksons Supplies under a time limited 'take it or get nothing' arrangement.

This occurred despite the fact that I had offered to withhold certain emails relating to G4S, Woolworths, Coles, OTR, and their alleged involvement in a program that was supposedly designed to support and benefit small local businesses. I'm now thinking these groups don't know anything about it and will need to know that DCS was making representations about them to further themselves.

Their program? Wack.
Their department? Wack.
Their governance? Wack.
Their Ministers? Wack.
The SA Government? Wack.

"was willing to honour as a good will gesture to enhance the partnership which works both ways and not I just one way." - DCS

Except for when its time for it to go our way, then it does go one way, the SA Government way.

That's where Wood Guy went. It wasn't Jacksons Supplies fault. Ever since we raised concerns, I’ve been treated like the one who did something wrong.
All this on our shoulders and the SA Government have nothing for us except for excuses.
Stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from a small business is bad. It's not complicated Peter Malinauskas.

Sincerely,
Bill Jackson
Administrator
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3 weeks ago

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Contact:
Bill - 0429116127
Guy - 0400083852
Email - admin@jacksonssupplies.com.au
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