The Weatherill Government has admitted in answers provided to the Budget and Finance Committee to paying a separation package to a 76 year-old public servant. “This is yet another example of a massive waste of taxpayers’ money at a time when Mr Weatherill is cutting pensioner concessions and closing the Repat Hospital and Emergency Departments,”…
Premier Weatherill is now paying the sacked Chief Executive of his Department $198,565 for 17 hours a week in a new job. Documents made available under FOI laws show Jim Hallion has now been redeployed by Mr Weatherill on a five year contract from 1 January 2015 as the State Coordinator General. It should also…
The Weatherill Labor Government has launched another costly advertising campaign against the Federal Government’s pensioner concessions, costing South Australian taxpayers $1.1 million. At a cost of $1.1 million to South Australian taxpayers, Premier Weatherill could have actually given 5,700 South Australian pensioners their $190 concession instead of paying for another ad campaign. More than $4…
The State Liberals are calling on the Weatherill Labor Government to reveal the cost of government ads promoting its tax reform discussion and Transforming Health plan. In a Tax Review paper released earlier this month, Premier Weatherill has suggested introducing a broad-based property tax be introduced to replace conveyance duty, costing South Australian families $1,200…
Premier Weatherill has shown his ‘warped priorities’ by giving a former Labor staffer a $125,000 pay rise as the boss of his Department. Contract details revealed under FOI laws show Mr Weatherill has appointed Kym Winter-Dewhirst as Department of Premier and Cabinet (DPC) Chief Executive on a five year contract worth $550,000 p.a – more…
Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today the release of the controversial Gillman deal contract had now revealed critical public assurances by the Government about jobs and the oil and gas hub were untrue. The Government’s defence for its Gillman deal has been primarily the 6000 jobs it claims will come from a proposed oil and…
A number of experts have cast doubt on claims by Mr Weatherill and Mr Koutsantonis that their controversial Gillman deal will create 6,000 new jobs. When Mr Weatherill first announced the deal in December 2013 he claimed it would generate 6,000 new jobs. In responding to recent criticism by Justice Blue and the Auditor General…
Mr Weatherill and Mr Koustantonis have deliberately misrepresented a finding by Supreme Court Justice Malcolm Blue on a critical Gillman Cabinet submission. Justice Blue noted the 2 December 2013 Cabinet Submission approved by Mr Weatherill and Mr Koutsantonis contained a ‘limited number of changes to the draft provided by Mr Hansen.’ When challenged by journalists…
Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today that Premier Weatherill had now conceded he had been warned about possible probity issues over his controversial Gillman deal four months before he appointed a probity advisor to monitor the deal. Yesterday Mr Weatherill released a part of the original letter to him from Adelaide Capital Partners on 18…
Premier Weatherill must reveal the cost to taxpayers of the decision to axe 11 senior government executives in his Department. Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said with several of the executives being paid more than $200,000 per year, individual payouts including termination payments and accrued recreation and long service leave could be more than $400,000. One…