Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today the fourth leak in three months of a confidential Weatherill Government Cabinet document was a clear indication of a deeply divided and dysfunctional government. The latest leak is a Cabinet submission drafted just prior to the last election from Minister Jack Snelling relating to keeping secret details of serious…
Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today a new expert study into the nuclear waste dump will cause major problems for Mr Weatherill as it raises significant concerns and questions about the financial assumptions of the project. The report by international nuclear experts Nuclear Economics Consulting Group was released today by the Joint Parliamentary Committee and…
Premier Jay Weatherill has once again taken the extraordinary step of gagging his Ministers regarding their support for a high-level nuclear waste dump in South Australia during question time in State Parliament today. “For the second day running the Premier has refused to allow his Ministers to record their views regarding his doomed nuclear waste…
Premier Jay Weatherill has taken the extraordinary step of gagging his Ministers regarding their support for a high-level nuclear waste dump in South Australia during question time in State Parliament. “Jay Weatherill’s refusal to allow his Ministers to record their views regarding his doomed nuclear waste dump is illustrative of just how desperate he is…
Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today the Weatherill Government’s much hyped ‘forced redundancy for public servants’ policy was virtually unworkable for government departments. In late 2014 the Weatherill Government introduced its new policy of allowing forced redundancy of surplus public servants after a 12-month period. The Government proudly boasted that this policy, detailed in Determination…
Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today that after a 14-month Freedom of Information battle Treasurer Koutsantonis had been forced to admit he had allowed two of his ministerial staffers to fly business class with him to Canada. In March 2015 Mr Koutsantonis took his media adviser and chief of staff to a four day Prospectors…
Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today another leak of a confidential Cabinet submission, this time one signed by Treasurer Koutsantonis, is a major embarrassment for Premier Weatherill and his government. This leaked submission was signed by Treasurer Koutsantonis on 4 August 2014 and related to the controversial issue of the resignation of the former Small…
Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today a leaked confidential Cabinet submission signed before the last election by Premier Weatherill conflicted with his public statements about the total cost to taxpayers of the Rolling Stones concert at Adelaide Oval. The leaked Cabinet submission signed by Mr Weatherill on 12 August 2013 included the recommendation that Cabinet…
Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today the Chief Executive of Renewal SA (RSA) John Hanlon had revealed massive multimillion dollar losses and financial write downs on key government development projects. Mr Hanlon told the Legislative Council Budget and Finance Committee that RSA had lost $153 million last year following losses of $123 million in 14/15…
Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas today slammed Premier Weatherill and Treasurer Koutsantonis for planning to spend hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars in a belated attempt to sell their discredited State Budget. The Weatherill Labor Government has released a tender for a communications campaign for its 2016-17 State Budget. The tender says the budgeted costs just…