Premier Rann and Treasurer Foley made no mention of a multi-million dollar Government financial assistance package to Ingham in their public statement on the issue, Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today. “The Premier, in a number of media statements, has deliberately not mentioned a $46 million State Government assistance package in which the State Government…
Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today the State Government would have to do better than sending out Jay Weatherill to claim incorrectly that there was a ‘gaffe’ in the Liberal Party costings for its ground-breaking concessions policy. This new utilities allowance is based on similar Commonwealth payments, with similar eligibility rules. The Federal Government has…
The State Ombudsman has intervened and taken action to stop the Rann Government from refusing to consider a number of Freedom of Information (FOI) applications until after the coming election, Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today. “In December last year the Rann Government and its officers tried to delay responding to 30 FOI applications from…
Attorney-General Michael Atkinson must explain why his government department is listed on the latest Funding and Disclosure Return lodged by the ALP, Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today. Every year, each political party is required to lodge with the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) a disclosure return which lists sources of all funds given to the…
The latest retail trade figures further highlight that the massive increase in state taxes and charges under the Labor Government are holding back economic and jobs growth in South Australia, Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today. The December figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show that South Australia is the worst…
Attorney-General Michael Atkinson must explain why his government department is listed on the latest Funding and Disclosure Return lodged by the ALP, Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today. Every year, each political party is required to lodge with the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) a disclosure return which lists sources of all funds given to the…
The latest retail trade figures further highlight that the massive increase in state taxes and charges under the Labor Government are holding back economic and jobs growth in South Australia, Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today. The December figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show that South Australia is the worst…
Confidential Treasury documents provided to the State Government warn that nine departments have been predicting they will overspend their budget allocations this year, Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas has revealed. These confidential documents were provided to Treasurer Foley for an Expenditure Review and Budget Cabinet Committee meeting on November 21 last year. The documents include the…
The Rann Government has broken its own record as the highest taxing government in South Australia’s history but much of the enormous extra revenue collected has been wasted, Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today. “Today’s Mid-Year Budget Review confirms the Rann Government is still the highest taxing government in the state’s history, with total revenue…
Attempts by Labor to head off looming summer power shortages have failed with South Australian households and businesses still facing random blackouts this summer. “Today NEMMCO confirmed that South Australia and Victoria will still face a daily deficit of 125 megawatts of electricity during summer after a ‘buy back’ from large commercial users and energy…