Strong customer demand for extended trading hours has driven several independent supermarkets to flout current shop trading laws. An audit, conducted by SafeWork SA, has revealed a number of independent retailers -which are bigger than 400 square metres – have been trading before 11am on Sundays, after 5pm on weekends, and also on public holidays.…
Premier Steven Marshall has toured family-owned dairy producer and exporter, Moo Premium Foods, in Adelaide’s eastern suburbs this morning as he continues to sell the State Liberal Government’s major payroll tax relief reforms. The Glynde company – which employs 22 people and produces more than 100,000 tubs of yoghurt each week – is one of…
Small businesses across South Australia are set for a major economic boost, with the Marshall Liberal Government today introducing legislation to exempt the state’s 3,200 businesses with taxable payrolls of up to $1.5 million from paying any payroll tax – a saving of up to $44,500 a year. The move delivers on one of the…
The Marshall Government is delivering on its commitment to slash ESL bills for South Australians by putting $360 million back into the pockets of householders over the next four years, with an average household set to receive a saving of more than 50 per cent or $144.85. “Today we’re pleased to announce that we are…
It’s been revealed that former Labor Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis ignored Treasury advice before the election to ensure MPs had offices located within their electorates following the redistribution of electoral boundaries. Treasury documents show that on 27 March 2017, Mr Koutsantonis rejected Treasury advice to allocate funding in the 2017-18 Budget to establish new electorate offices.…
The former Labor Government concealed a secret deal prior to the state election to privatise the state’s Motor Vehicle Registry. As part of Labor’s privatisation of the Lands Titles Office, a secret deal was struck which saw the Land Services SA (LSSA) consortium pay $80 million to be granted an exclusive right to negotiate…
The Marshall Liberal Government has welcomed the 2018-19 Federal Budget and will continue to work with the Turnbull Coalition Government to deliver for South Australians. “The Marshall Government has been working with Turnbull Government to secure funding for important infrastructure projects and we look forward to further discussing the opportunities contained in the Federal Budget,”…
State Treasurer Rob Lucas revealed today that former Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis had splashed $2.7 million in the last nine months before the election out of a personally controlled ‘slush fund’. “This was an unprecedented and outrageous pork barrelling exercise by Mr Koutsantonis with the vast bulk of the money going to support Labor MPs and…
Treasurer Rob Lucas today welcomed the decision by the Return To Work South Australia Board to reduce their average premium rate for businesses to 1.7 per cent for 2018/19. This new average premium rate of 1.7 per cent is reduced from 1.8 per cent this year and will be the lowest in the scheme’s…
The Leader of the Opposition Peter Malinauskas has a chance to back up his words with action by supporting the Marshall Liberal Government’s reforms to shop trading hours. “The first real test for Mr Malinauskas is whether he is prepared to put the interests of the public ahead of the interests of his mates…