Retailers across South Australia are bracing for a ‘Black Friday’ sales bonanza today, with tens of thousands of shoppers expected to turn out and take advantage of the historic extended shop trading hours in the lead up to Christmas, supporting local jobs and the economy. In a South Australian first, Treasurer Rob Lucas has granted a special Ministerial exemption for…
Comprehensive land tax reform that drive jobs growth, business investment and create a fairer and more equitable tax system will be introduced into South Australia, with the Marshall Liberal Government’s Land Tax (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2019 successfully passing State Parliament tonight. The Bill passed the Legislative Council with the support of Advance SA and the SA Greens, followed by the House of…
The Marshall Liberal Government has announced it has successfully secured the agreement of Trafigura Group Pte Ltd, the new majority owner of the Port Pirie lead smelter, to repay the entire remaining $262.1m owed under the $291.1m SA taxpayer-guaranteed loan. It comes as the company advises it’s expanding its Port Pirie workforce, creating an additional…
The Marshall Liberal Government has announced it has reached an agreement with the Hon John Darley MLC to further amend its land tax reform package in exchange for his support for the passage of the amended bill this week. Treasurer Rob Lucas said Mr Darley had made it clear to the Government that he wanted further amendments to…
South Australia is the only state in the nation to record ‘above trend’ economic growth, according to independent analysis by ANZ Bank, with the fast-tracking of major SA road and rail infrastructure projects set to create more jobs and drive further investment. The ANZ Stateometer survey – released last night – shows that while momentum in SA slowed during…
The Marshall Liberal Government has announced it has approved Boxing Day retail trade in the suburbs again this year, following the “roaring success’’ of historic post- Christmas sales across Adelaide in 2018. More than 130,000 people flocked to suburban retailers on Boxing Day last year, in addition to the CBD, with retail sales in the suburbs almost trebling (an increase…
In a South Australian first, retailers across the Adelaide CBD and suburbs will be given the opportunity to trade until midnight on Friday, November 29 to capitalise on the burgeoning popularity of ‘Black Friday’ sales. Treasurer Rob Lucas has granted the Ministerial exemption under section 5 of the Shop Trading Hours Act 1977 in response to strong demand from consumers…
Union boss grinches within the Australian Education Union have forced an Adelaide primary school to reschedule its popular twilight end-of-year Christmas concert to the middle of a working day, denying many working parents and grandparents the opportunity to watch their children perform. The “outrageous, mean-spirited” action is part of state-wide work-to-rule bans being encouraged by the union bosses as part of…
The Marshall Government has made further amendments to its Land Tax Reform Bill, which will deliver an extra $20 million in savings for SA investors over the next three years. The amendments to the Bill – which is now supported by the Property Council of South Australia – increase the top threshold to $1.6 million…
South Australia’s Spring property market is blooming with auction clearance rates this month at their highest level in 19 months. Data released by the Real Estate Institute of SA shows auction clearance rates last week (October 13) hit 78% – compared with 53% at the same time last year – and the strongest performance since just before the March 2018…