The Motorola affair was an incident which resulted in the resignation of South Australian Premier John Olsen

John Olsen

John Wayne Olsen, AO was Premier of South Australia between 28 November 1996 and 22 October 2001.-Parliament:Olsen was a member of the Liberal Party and Member of Parliament for more than 20 years...

 on 21 October, 2001. His resignation came after the release of the Clayton Report, which stated that he had given "misleading, inaccurate and dishonest evidence to a judicial inquiry" relating to the a contract granted to the telecommunications company, Motorola

Motorola

Motorola, Inc. was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, which was eventually divided into two independent public companies, Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions on January 4, 2011, after losing $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009...

. Olsen denied any wrong doing in relation to the contract and the Clayton Report did not indicate any criminal or illegal activities. However, at his press conference on 21 October, Olsen stated that he was "a political realist and for that reason I intend to offer my resignation to my Party as Premier of this State". Olsen was replaced as leader by Rob Kerin

Rob Kerin

Robert Gerard Kerin was the Liberal Premier of South Australia from 22 October 2001 to 5 March 2002. He also served as Deputy Premier of South Australia to John Olsen from 7 July 1998 until he became premier upon Olsen's resignation....

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