Retail sales figures issued by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and a June survey of business intentions by the Engineering Employer Association (EEASA) were two further warning signs about the health of the South Australian economy, Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today. “The monthly survey by EEASA of South Australia’s metal and engineering industries…
Last year’s Auditor General’s report showed that about 30 state government departments and agencies had estimated that about $108 million of debts owed to government would be lost and not be able to be recovered, Shadow Treasurer, Rob Lucas said today. In simple terms this means that the Rann Government has made an allowance in…
Other Labor states are ‘leaving South Australia for dead’ by using significant private investment to help tackle massive public sector infrastructure backlogs, Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today. Other Labor state governments in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland are using Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) to help tackle backlogs in funding for schools, hospitals, TAFEs,…
Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today senior public service executives were furious at Mr Rann’s broken promises on public service job cuts and have predicted hundreds of jobs will go, contrary to specific promises made by Mr Rann at the election. These senior public servants have leaked highly confidential details of an extraordinary Cabinet meeting…
Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today the total number of ‘spin doctors’ and other Ministerial office staff was increasing so rapidly it appeared they were ‘breeding like flies’. “Mr. Rann is wasting about $20 million over four years by this explosion in the number of staff employed in Ministerial offices,” Mr. Lucas said today. “The…
Shadow Police Minister Rob Lucas said today that the latest revelation about the driver caught speeding at 175 km/h with a blood alcohol level of 0.151 now raised the question as to how many other drivers have not lost their licences automatically as intended by the legislation. “This ongoing fiasco with the Rann Government’s road…
Shadow Police Minister Rob Lucas said today Premier Rann stood condemned for another Rann Government ‘stuff up’ with road safety laws which potentially put at risk the lives of innocent drivers. “The most recent example revealed by police relates to a driver caught speeding at 175 km/h in a 60 km/h zone and who also…
Shadow Police Minister Rob Lucas said today police officers were graduated last week without having completed critical sections of their training course to help the Rann Government ‘spin’ their message of 4000 police officers being employed before the end of June. Last Wednesday (June 28) 42 police officers in two courses of UK recruits graduated…
The Rann Government is today slugging taxpayers by increasing almost 2000 fees, fines and charges with some increasing by more than 200 per cent, Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today. “The Rann Government was already the highest taxing government in this state’s history but is further consolidating its record with today’s rises,” Mr Lucas said…
Allegations about the behaviour of senior Government Ministers had to be taken seriously by Premier Rann and properly investigated, Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today. Mr Lucas said if the allegations made this week by Independent MLC Ann Bressington about the behaviour of Ministers Kevin Foley and Pat Conlon were true, they would be a…