The Marshall Liberal Government has reaffirmed its strong commitment to the ongoing resourcing of the SA Metropolitan Fire Service, having allocated millions in additional funding for new state-of-the-art appliances and protective equipment. In a meeting with United Firefighters’ Union of SA (UFU) Secretary Max Adlam and other union representatives today, Treasurer Rob Lucas recognised the…
Acting Minister for Infrastructure and Transport The Marshall Government’s commitment to deliver better services for train passengers is another step closer, with experienced private service provider Keolis Downer Pty Ltd set to operate the Adelaide Metropolitan Passenger Rail Network from the end of this month. In total, 83 train drivers have accepted an offer of…
Acting Minister for Health and Wellbeing Brand new Adelaide hotel Tom’s Court has been selected as South Australia’s dedicated COVID-19 facility to start from February, the Marshall Liberal Government has announced. Acting Minister for Health and Wellbeing, Rob Lucas, said all new positive COVID-19 cases will be transferred to the facility when it becomes operational.…
More than 6,300 small businesses and not-for-profits still hard-hit by COVID-19 have received $58.4 million in cash grants in the past 7 weeks as part of the Marshall Government’s sweeping economic stimulus to help protect local jobs. The small businesses supported by the second round of $10,000 cash grants range from florists, cafes, restaurants…
Thousands of South Australian home builders and renovators are rushing to take advantage of the Federal Government’s popular HomeBuilder grant scheme – with only 5 days left to apply for the larger $25,000 grant – as local builders hire hundreds of new staff just to keep up with demand. There have been 5,851 applications for…
Suburban retailers across Adelaide will ring up millions of dollars in Boxing Day sales today – and provide jobs for thousands of eager South Australian retail staff – as local shoppers and holidaying tourists rush to take advantage of the Marshall Liberal Government’s extended shop trading hours. Today is only the third year in SA’s…
South Australia is outperforming the rest of the nation with our COVID-19 economic rebound, recording the strongest jobs growth of every state, except Western Australia, since the pandemic’s low point of mid-April. Employee wages have grown four times higher than the national level, while local consumers are rushing back to the shops, with latest ABS…
A land tax relief scheme which supports landlords provide significant rent reductions for their residential and commercial SME tenants impacted by COVID-19 restrictions will be significantly expanded and extended by 6 months, to the end of April next year. Under the State Government scheme, eligible landlords now can receive up to a 50% reduction on…
Hundreds more South Australian low and moderate-income earners will be supported to achieve the great Australian dream of home ownership, thanks to a further $3 million expansion of the Marshall Government’s ‘Starter Loan’ scheme. The scheme – administered through State Government-owned HomeStart Finance – provides an interest-free loan of up to $10,000 for five…
Rail union bosses are being urged to ‘think of hardworking commuters’ and immediately call off their threat of industrial action which could cause widespread commuter chaos amid the COVID-19 global pandemic. Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) bosses – who are demanding 4 per cent per year pay rises over the next 4 years for…