Shadow Health Minister Rob Lucas has called on Premier Weatherill to recommit to his Labor Government’s redevelopment of the Flinders Medical Centre (FMC) before the release of the State Budget in June. During the recent state election, the Weatherill Labor Government committed $117.5 million to redevelop the Flinders Medical Centre, which included building two new…
The closure of the Phillip Kennedy Hospice at Largs Bay will be the first of many cuts in health services by the Weatherill Labor Government. “The CEO of Southern Cross Care Andrew Larpent has made it quite clear the reasons for the closure were solely due to a ‘lack of commitment from the State Government’,”…
Shadow Health Minister Rob Lucas today described as ‘bizarre’ a claim by Premier Weatherill’s Labor Party that documents shouldn’t be released by the Electoral Commission of SA (ECSA) under Freedom of Information because they would reveal their ‘trade secrets’. Equally as concerning is the decision by the ECSA to refuse the release of these documents…
An independent review is needed into the Electoral Commission of South Australia’s (ECSA) handling of the Legislative Council vote count, following news that ECSA conducted a full recount of the vote yesterday. Following a complaint lodged by the Liberal Party, the Electoral Commission has admitted it made four errors in the original Legislative Council vote…
South Australians go to the polls tomorrow, but to vote out Labor, South Australians must vote for their local Liberal candidate. “When South Australians vote tomorrow they will have a clear choice between a united and energetic Liberal team and a divided, dysfunctional and tired Weatherill Labor Government with no ideas and no plans,” said…
Jay Weatherill’s Labor candidate for Elder, Annabel Digance, must come out of hiding and explain why racist material against Liberal candidate for Elder, Carolyn Habib is being distributed. Jay Weatherill yesterday attempted to shut down journalists’ questions on the serious issue of racism at a press conference, following the distribution of a racist Labor flyer…
After 12 long years, Premier Weatherill and Labor think they can trick South Australians into believing they have a plan for cost of living increases. Under Labor since 2002: • Water bills have increased by 227 per cent; • Electricity bills have increased by 140 per cent; • Gas bills have increased by 136 per…
Jay Weatherill has today attempted to shut down journalists’ questions on the serious issue of racism at a press conference, following the distribution of a racist Labor flyer against Liberal candidate for Elder, Carolyn Habib. Instead, Jay Weatherill defended the material, did not think the flyer was offensive and refused to apologise. “Jay Weatherill and…
Labor Premier Jay Weatherill needs to detail his campaign activities outside of the Adelaide area since the issuing of the writs on the 15th of February. South Australia has a total land area of 983,482 square kilometres but there’s little evidence of Labor Premier Jay Weatherill going much beyond the square mile of Adelaide’s CDB…
A Marshall Liberal Government would ensure a comprehensive inquiry was conducted into all aspects of the Weatherill Government’s management of SA Health’s ICT projects, Shadow Health Minister Rob Lucas said today. “Whilst the Auditor-General has told the Budget and Finance Committee he is conducting an inquiry into the $422 million EPAS project, there are also…