South Australians will continue to observe the Adelaide Cup public holiday in March in 2020, to coincide with that month’s major events calendar which in the past has featured the Adelaide Fringe Festival, the Adelaide Festival, WOMADelaide and the Adelaide 500 car race. Since 2006, the Adelaide Cup public holiday has been changed to the…
The reformist Marshall Liberal Government has decided to implement massive reforms to the arrangements for media access to their technology during the State Budget media lock-up. Treasurer Rob Lucas has decided to allow all those attending Tuesday’s budget media lock up access to their mobile phones, tablets and Wi-Fi during the lock-up to assist in…
The State Government has paid more than $2 million in compensation and retraining fees to 87 TAFE SA aircraft maintenance training course students who had their licences revoked following a damning Civil Aviation Safety Authority audit. The audit, which helped precipitate a widespread TAFE SA training scandal affecting about 800 students across 16 ‘sub-standard’ courses…
“The State Government has inherited the significant problems created by the former Labor government’s incompetence and mismanagement of the nRAH project and associated contracts. “Sadly, it is another part of the financial mess which the new Government will have to clean up. “The Government confirms that it is working cooperatively with Celsus and Celsus’ subcontractor…
The former Labor government flagrantly ignored the expert advice of its own treasury officials and shelled out $5.48 million in taxpayer-funded jobs grants and another $23.6 million in loans to businesses, some of which had been evaluated as ‘high risk’. Treasurer Rob Lucas said as many as 7 companies that either failed grant criteria or…
A vocal opponent of the Marshall Government’s push to reform shop trading laws has applied for – and been granted – a Ministerial exemption to open one of its stores outside prescribed shop trading hours, to capitalise on increased crowds at the nearby Royal Adelaide Show. Treasurer Rob Lucas has granted the temporary exemption under…
The Marshall Liberal Government will support the proposal by Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison to remove the GST from feminine hygiene products. Treasurer Rob Lucas said the proposal will be discussed at a meeting of all Treasurers in September or October. “Whilst the total cost is still being confirmed, it has been estimated at about $30…
The State Government will keep one of its key election commitments to establish an SA Productivity Commission through administrative arrangements rather than through legislation through the Parliament. The decision has been made following ‘unreasonable, unworkable and untenable’ amendments to the SA Productivity Commission Bill 2018 insisted upon by Labor and some crossbenchers in the Legislative…
Electricity costs across government are expected to jump by $45 million to $106 million this year – a staggering 73 per cent hike – thanks to a ‘rushed and incompetent’ deal struck by the former Labor government. Treasurer Rob Lucas said in the latter half of 2017, Labor hurried into arrangements for the supply of…
Australia's eight state and territory Treasurers today resolved to work together to ensure they would be no worse off under the Federal Government's proposed changes to the GST. The Board of Treasurers (the Board) met for a third time in Sydney today, where they agreed clarity was essential on how the proposed changes would impact…