Labor Leader in waiting Peter Malinauskas has serious questions to answer about his failure to release an essential safety report into the new Royal Adelaide Hospital prior to the state election. “The Labor Leader in waiting is the Labor Leader in hiding,” said Treasurer Rob Lucas. “The former Health Minister in the previous Labor administration…
The State Liberals will end the practice of Government Ministers having long boozy lunches at the taxpayers’ expense with a strict new policy on who pays for alcohol consumed by Ministers, their staff and guests. Ministers spending taxpayers’ money on alcohol for themselves, their staff, public servants and guests will end under a Marshall Liberal…
Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today that a Marshall Liberal Government would not be matching more than $2 billion of reckless spending promises made by Premier Weatherill and Treasurer Koutsantonis. Sadly for South Australia Mr. Weatherill and Mr. Koutsantonis have been throwing money around like drunken sailors on shore leave. A Marshall Liberal Government will…
A Marshall Liberal Government will support the growth of South Australia’s local funds management industry, creating more jobs in our state. “There are more than 7,000 South Australians currently employed in the finance sector and our universities are producing well-trained graduates in related fields,” said Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas. “For too long, this sector has…
The State Liberals have today launched a campaign against Labor’s secret plan to increase the GST, which would smash SA households and businesses. “South Australian voters need to cast their vote this week with their eyes wide open to Labor’s secret plan to increase the GST,” said Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas. “Increasing taxes and introducing…
A Marshall Liberal Government would ‘open up the books’ and reveal as much detail as is legally permitted regarding the millions of dollars the Weatherill Labor Government has thrown at business in its reckless pre-election spending spree. “The Weatherill Government has repeatedly abused the principle that taxpayers have the right to know their money is being spent wisely,”…
Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today the powerful shoppies union (Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Association (SDA)) had given $1.5 million to the Labor Party since 2013/14. In fact, Electoral Commission of South Australia (ECSA) records show since 2015 the shoppies union has given almost $1 million, including $150,000 paid as recently as 18th January 2018.…
Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today that a Marshall Liberal Government would establish a Parliamentary Select Committee to investigate valuation policies of the Valuer-General and their impact on some retirement village residents. This decision has been taken in response to lobbying from the SA Retirement Villages Residents Association (SARVRA) which has called on both the…
The State Liberals have launched a new website – 16YearsOfLabor.com.au – exposing some of the Weatherill Labor Government’s most outrageous failures, lies and broken promises. “For too long Labor have been governing on a platform of over-promising, under-delivering and shameless backflipping, failing South Australians time and time again,” said Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas. “Under Labor’s…
Premier Jay Weatherill must answer serious questions regarding the Oakden scandal which has engulfed his government. Will Mr Weatherill release a copy of the 2008 letter to him as Minister for Ageing which warned of ‘serious issues impinging on consumer and staff safety, staffing…’ at Oakden? What actions, if any, did Mr Weatherill take in…