Labor candidate for Fisher, Nat Cook, must be open and honest with the people of Fisher and admit that as the Labor candidate for the seat of Fisher she has no option but to support the Labor Government’s massive hikes to the Emergency Services Levy. “Labor candidates are bound by the pledge to support Labor…
The State Liberals are calling on the Speaker of the House of Assembly Michael Atkinson to reverse his outrageous decision to hold by-elections in the state seats of Davenport and Fisher on different days. “The Speaker has been caught playing party politics with his decision to hold the two elections on separate weekends and needs…
The Environment Department advised Treasury at the end of September of a $14 million ‘black hole’ in the Environment budget, said Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas. Acting DEWNR Chief Executive Tim Goodes told the Budget and Finance Committee yesterday they had been unable to impose new water charges on groups such as irrigators in the Riverland…
The latest CommSec State of the States Report demonstrates yet again that South Australia is continuing to fall behind other states under the Weatherill Labor Government. The October 2014 Report revealed that: • South Australia is again ranked the weakest state economy on the mainland; • South Australia is generally ranked sixth to eighth on…
The new unsolicited bids guidelines established by the Weatherill Government is an admission of failure from Labor over its handling of the sale of public land at Gillman last year. On 23 December last year it was announced that the State Government had signed an agreement with Adelaide Capital Partners (ACP) to sell 400Ha of…
Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas today accused Premier Weatherill of sneaky and deceptive conduct in breaching government guidelines prior to the election to conceal the fact he was planning to privatise the MAC. In evidence provided by the Treasury CEO to the Budget and Finance Committee it has been confirmed that on 7 March 2013 the…
Two of the twenty new Education Directors appointed under Weatherill Government policies had concerns raised about their performance in the Debelle Royal Commission. This was confirmed yesterday by Department for Education and Child Development (DECD) Chief Executive Tony Harrison in the Legislative Council Budget and Finance Committee. These highly paid new Education Director positions are…
Consumer sentiment in South Australia is at its lowest level in three years and the worst on mainland Australia, according to the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Survey of Consumer Sentiment released yesterday. The report noted that the South Australian consumer sentiment index fell to its lowest level since October 2011 and is now 24 per cent below…
South Australia recorded the worst business conditions of all states in Australia in August, according to the latest NAB Business Survey released yesterday. During August, South Australia also suffered the worst decline in business conditions of all states and now has the equal worst business confidence of all states as well. “Under the Weatherill Labor…
The Weatherill Government’s Emergency Department Dashboard is providing a disturbing snapshot of the gridlock that is gripping Adelaide’s major hospitals. “Yesterday five out of the six metropolitan hospitals Emergency Departments were classified as Code White* at one point of the day and it’s patients that are paying the price,” said Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas. “The…