Premier Jay Weatherill and Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis will be called as witnesses in the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Gillman land deal. Last week ICAC Commissioner Bruce Lander released his report into the matter which found there had been maladministration during the assessment of the deal. Whilst Mr Lander was able to investigate legal issues such…
The State Liberals are calling on Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis to explain whether his promised 6,000 job oil and gas hub will be delivered under Adelaide Capital Partners Gillman Project Plan. Adelaide Capital Partners (ACP) confirmed on Saturday that they had provided a Project Plan to the Government which is required under the deal signed by…
Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today that some public servants had been allowed to accumulate up to 109 days annual leave without being required to take their leave. This is yet another example of the waste and financial mismanagement of the Weatherill Government which not only increases costs but also potentially impacts on the health…
The State Liberals today reiterate calls for the Weatherill Labor Government to immediately bring forward job creation policies. The call follows Arrium’s announcement today that it will cut $100 million from the Whyalla steelworks over the next two years. This is in addition to the $60 million of savings across the Arrium business announced in…
Not content with having delivered the highest unemployment rate and worst business conditions in Australia, the Weatherill Labor Government has proposed another new tax! Environment Minister Ian Hunter has revealed the Weatherill Labor Government is investigating a state-based carbon tax. The move follows the Federal Coalition Government successfully repealing Labor’s national carbon tax which was…
Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas has written to the Auditor General asking him to investigate concerns that a Ministerial Adviser to Minister Leon Bignell had broken government rules in paying for some of his Ministerial expenses. During 2013 and 2014 Treasurer’s Instruction 13 makes it clear that Ministerial staff were not allowed to use Government issued…
Minister Bignell’s use of a chauffeur car service to take him to the AFL Grand Final instead of walking 1.4 kilometres is another example of an outrageous waste of taxpayers’ money, Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today. “Similarly, taxpayers will be furious at Mr Bignell on another Melbourne trip spending $255 on chauffeured cars to…
Premier Weatherill and his Government stand condemned for taking more than two years to deliver critically needed child protection staff. In a media release on 11 June 2013, Minister Rankine promised a big boost in child protection staff: “More than 360 full time staff will join Families SA to help, care, protect and look after…
The Federal Department of Employment yesterday released its five year employment forecast which reveals that South Australia has the lowest employment growth forecast in Australia. The Report predicts that South Australia will only add 53,800 jobs between November 2014 and November 2019. This compares to New South Wales creating 358,800 jobs, Victoria creating 308,700 jobs…
Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today documents released under FOI reveal that the Weatherill Government paid National Geographic Channel $800,000 before the election to be ‘selected’ as one of the ‘smart cities’ in the world. On 26 June 2013 Mr Weatherill told Parliament: “This has been a real coup for South Australia, to be selected…