The Weatherill Government paid contractors an extra $600,000 for ‘acceleration costs’ to get Adelaide Oval ready for the Rolling Stones concert, Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today. “This $600,000 was wasted expenditure because the Rolling Stones concert was ultimately cancelled and then rescheduled,” said Mr Lucas. “This $600,000 payment was in addition to the proposed…
Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today that Premier Jay Weatherill’s decision to waste taxpayers money on another ‘citizens’ jury’ is yet another example of why we had a $1.2 billion deficit and are heading towards a $14 billion debt. Premier Weatherill wasted more than $150,000 on his last citizens’ jury and this one will just…
The State Liberals are concerned that yesterday’s glut of ambulances left waiting outside emergency departments at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH), Flinders Medical Centre (FMC) and Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) will become the norm in the next few years. “It’s more than two years since the State Labor Government promised the implementation of the Monaghan…
Federal Government data showing the number of online job vacancies fell over the year to July 2014 is yet another disturbing sign that the South Australian economy is on life support. The Department of Employment Internet Vacancy Index shows that in seasonally adjusted terms South Australia suffered a drop of 1.00 per cent over the…
The Weatherill Labor Government must urgently address safety concerns at the new Royal Adelaide Hospital construction site, Shadow Industrial Relations Minister Rob Lucas said today. Media outlets reported yesterday that a crane collided with a concrete pump, causing damage. Mr Lucas said the Government must not repeat the tragic circumstances that marred the construction of…
Concerns about the reduction of health services at the new Royal Adelaide Hospital (NRAH) justify the Budget and Finance Committee’s decision to conduct an inquiry into the NRAH project. This morning on ABC Radio interviews with Health Minister Snelling and the Past-Chair of RACSSA Peter Subramaniam made it clear the Government was planning moving non-cancer…
Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said the SA Health Chief Executive had confirmed the annual health budget cuts imposed by Premier Weatherill were more than twice as big as any Federal budget cuts. Mr David Swan told the Budget and Finance Committee that in 2017/18 total health budget cuts will be $603 million per year when…
The Legislative Council Budget and Finance Committee has decided to conduct an inquiry into progress on the new Royal Adelaide Hospital project. “There have been growing concerns about multimillion dollar cost blowouts and delays in the completion of the project which require an investigation by a parliamentary committee,” said Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas. “Evidence from…
Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas has written to the Auditor-General Simon O’Neill seeking an investigation of the Weatherill Labor Government’s advertisements attacking the Abbott Coalition Government’s health and education budget cuts. “This is political advertising plain and simple and the million dollar cost should be paid for by the Labor Party not the South Australian taxpayer,”…
Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas today welcomed the acknowledgement by Premier Jay Weatherill and the Labor Government that their 12 years of financial mismanagement of the WorkCover scheme had been a disaster for workers and employers. “The Weatherill Labor Government’s latest claim of radical reform of WorkCover comes after a series of failed attempts over 12…