South Australians will be given the ultimate power to decide whether the state introduces popular job-creating shop trading hours reform, with the Marshall Government announcing plans for an historic referendum on the issue to be held on the same day as next year’s state election. The referendum would be the first in SA in…
A first home buyer boom is sweeping South Australia with a huge surge in demand for the State Government’s $15,000 First Home Owner Grant, which supports locals achieve the great Australian dream of home ownership. So far this calendar year, 1,453 South Australians have received the grant – for the purchase or construction…
The State Government has today gazetted a schedule of fees and charges for 2021-22, with most to increase by the standard government indexation rate of 1.9% – which is consistent with the practice under the former Labor government. The 1.9% increase covers a range of charges, including conveyancing fees, land valuations, motor vehicle registration…
South Australians seeking urgent medical attention, and SA’s hardworking ambulance officers and paramedics, will be further supported with the State Government employing an extra 74 full-time equivalent ambos as part of the resolution to the current long-running industrial dispute with the Ambulance Employees Association (AEA). In what would be the end to the current…
The overwhelming success of the HomeBuilder grant scheme in South Australia - more than any other state or territory per capita – is helping drive a huge hi-vis economic recovery, with local tradies inundated with housing and construction work for at least the next 18 months. Thousands of SA tradies, from carpenters, bricklayers and…
The State Government has welcomed a decision today by the independent South Australian Employment Tribunal to order the United Workers Union (UWU) to immediately cease its ill-considered cleaning bans in our hospitals due to the significant risk to patient and staff safety. The Tribunal has ordered the UWU to immediately lift over 20 bans…
South Australian small and medium businesses are among the most confident in the nation and have reported a significant rise in trading conditions – which include profitability, sales, forward orders and employment – according to the latest independent NAB quarterly SME survey. The survey, which covered the first three months of the year, showed…
South Australia continues to outperform almost every other state and territory for its strong jobs rebound since the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic, as latest figures show annual overseas goods exports have surged to more than $12 billion. Total employee jobs in SA increased by 12.5 per cent in the 12 months since the…
The union bosses from the United Workers Union have demonstrated how out of touch with South Australians they are, with their disgraceful and dangerous actions to institute cleaning bans in our hospitals putting patient safety at risk, in the midst of a global pandemic. “These disgraceful actions from the union bosses are completely unacceptable…
South Australia continues to lead the nation for its strong jobs rebound since the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic, while local business conditions have surged to near record highs. And SA continues to outperform every other state and territory, except Western Australia, for the total value of employee wages paid since the COVID low point…