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…
Taxpayers would be forced to pay a special personal ‘car wash allowance’ to rail staff working at the Adelaide Operation Control Centre in Dry Creek, with union bosses claiming their members’ private cars collect dust while parked in the ‘industrial environment’. Treasurer Rob Lucas has described the claim – one of a long list of…
Many more residential tenants across South Australia who have suffered significant financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic will be able to access rent relief through a $1000 grant to their landlords, with the State Government expanding eligibility for the scheme. In changes announced by Treasurer Rob Lucas, the scheme will be open to any…
A breakaway group of about 100 local train drivers and other rail staff have publicly attacked Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) bosses for their ‘ridiculous’ wage claim of 4 per cent per year for the next four years, saying they do not support strike action. The group’s industrial representative, Gary Collis of Australian…
Greedy union bosses from the Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) are poised to strike over their claim for a massive 4 per cent pay rise each year for 4 years for local train drivers from South Australian taxpayers in the middle of a global pandemic – the greatest economic challenge of our time. …
A series of independent economic reports released this week show South Australia’s economy is performing relatively well compared with other states from the COVID-19 low of April, with positive jobs growth and strong housing indicators, including rising house prices and stable rents. In fact, Adelaide was one of only three cities where house prices rose…
South Australia is withstanding the economic shock of COVID-19 better than almost every other state or territory, buoyed by our ‘mature and stable’ housing market – including a recent surge in multi-unit construction, strong renovations activity, retail trade and wages growth – Australia’s leading housing industry body has found. In its quarterly State Outlook (Winter…
FOI Relating to: T&F20/0142 ‘Copies of all invoices and receipts of charges against the Office Manager’s credit card in the Office of the Treasurer From 15 March 2014 and 16 March 2018’ T&F20/0141 ‘Copies of all statements of the Office Manager’s credit card in the Office of the Treasurer From 15 March 2014 to 16…
Labor leader Peter Malinauskas must immediately sack his frontbench colleague, Tom Koutsantonis – ironically the Opposition’s spokesman for Government accountability – who has been caught out concealing thousands of dollars of taxpayer spending on boozy lunches, dinners and fine wine during his time as state Treasurer. In recent weeks, Mr Malinauskas has said repeatedly that…