Eligible South Australian public sector workers, including nurses and teachers, will be able to choose their preferred superannuation fund under new laws that have passed State Parliament. For many years, membership of the state’s Triple S superannuation scheme administered through Super SA has been mandatory for public servants – in direct contrast to the…
South Australia has been showered with about $1 billion a year in Federal Government transport infrastructure spending over the forward estimates, supporting a massive pipeline of job-creating projects over the next four years and beyond. Treasurer Rob Lucas welcomed the ‘significant jobs windfall’ for SA in last night’s Federal Budget 2021-22, which will…
A Bill to give South Australians the ultimate power to decide whether they want greater freedom of choice in shop trading will be introduced to State Parliament today, as the Government announces all suburban shops will be able to trade on the upcoming Queen’s Birthday public holiday, for the first time. Treasurer Rob Lucas…
The Marshall Liberal Government has welcomed the Federal Government’s 2021-22 Budget for its strong focus on ongoing national economic and jobs recovery from the global COVID-19 pandemic. Treasurer Rob Lucas said the significant investment in job-creating infrastructure projects across the state, as well as targeted funding to support working families, single homebuyers, and low-and-middle…
South Australians will be given the ultimate power to decide whether the state introduces popular job-creating shop trading hours reform, with the Marshall Government announcing plans for an historic referendum on the issue to be held on the same day as next year’s state election. The referendum would be the first in SA in…
A first home buyer boom is sweeping South Australia with a huge surge in demand for the State Government’s $15,000 First Home Owner Grant, which supports locals achieve the great Australian dream of home ownership. So far this calendar year, 1,453 South Australians have received the grant – for the purchase or construction…
The State Government has today gazetted a schedule of fees and charges for 2021-22, with most to increase by the standard government indexation rate of 1.9% – which is consistent with the practice under the former Labor government. The 1.9% increase covers a range of charges, including conveyancing fees, land valuations, motor vehicle registration…
South Australians seeking urgent medical attention, and SA’s hardworking ambulance officers and paramedics, will be further supported with the State Government employing an extra 74 full-time equivalent ambos as part of the resolution to the current long-running industrial dispute with the Ambulance Employees Association (AEA). In what would be the end to the current…
The overwhelming success of the HomeBuilder grant scheme in South Australia - more than any other state or territory per capita – is helping drive a huge hi-vis economic recovery, with local tradies inundated with housing and construction work for at least the next 18 months. Thousands of SA tradies, from carpenters, bricklayers and…
The State Government has welcomed a decision today by the independent South Australian Employment Tribunal to order the United Workers Union (UWU) to immediately cease its ill-considered cleaning bans in our hospitals due to the significant risk to patient and staff safety. The Tribunal has ordered the UWU to immediately lift over 20 bans…