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…
Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today a Marshall Liberal Government would scrap the Economic Development Board and save taxpayers almost $20 million over four years. The Economic Development Board has a budget of $6 million this year and it would be replaced by an Economic Advisory Council which would cost no more than $500,000 per…
The State Liberals latest election policy will slash the excessive number of ministerial staff and spin doctors currently employed by the Weatherill Government. “The Weatherill Government’s bloated ministerial offices are a disgraceful waste of taxpayers’ money,” said Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas. “This move would save $20 million over four years or about $5 million per year. “Whilst…
The Weatherill Labor Government will be forced to go cold turkey on taxpayer funded political advertisements from today, as the moratorium on government ads has been brought forward by a month ahead of the state election. The media last month reported: ‘The pre-election advertising moratorium period will also be brought forward by a further month, to 17 January…
Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today the Weatherill Labor Government had spent $448.7 million on separation packages to reduce the number of public servants yet had actually increased the number of public servants by 3501. This is yet another example of the financial mismanagement and incompetence of the Weatherill Labor Government. Clearly whilst the Government is spending millions…
Mid-Year Budget Review (MYBR) provides further proof that the Weatherill Labor Government has run its race and that South Australia desperately needs a change of government if we are going to pull ourselves out of Labor’s economic rut. “The most telling number in the MYBR is Jay Weatherill’s pitiful 1 per cent annual employment growth during the next…
The State Liberals have described evidence presented to a Parliamentary Committee that the Weatherill Government forced SA Water to borrow $71 million to pay a $71 million extra dividends to the Weatherill Government as outrageous. “This meant the Weatherill Government ripped $193 million out of SA Water’s coffers even though their net profit for 2016/17 was only $134…