Many more residential tenants across South Australia who have suffered significant financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic will be able to access rent relief through a $1000 grant to their landlords, with the State Government expanding eligibility for the scheme. In changes announced by Treasurer Rob Lucas, the scheme will be open to any…
A breakaway group of about 100 local train drivers and other rail staff have publicly attacked Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) bosses for their ‘ridiculous’ wage claim of 4 per cent per year for the next four years, saying they do not support strike action. The group’s industrial representative, Gary Collis of Australian…
Greedy union bosses from the Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU) are poised to strike over their claim for a massive 4 per cent pay rise each year for 4 years for local train drivers from South Australian taxpayers in the middle of a global pandemic – the greatest economic challenge of our time. …
A series of independent economic reports released this week show South Australia’s economy is performing relatively well compared with other states from the COVID-19 low of April, with positive jobs growth and strong housing indicators, including rising house prices and stable rents. In fact, Adelaide was one of only three cities where house prices rose…
South Australia is withstanding the economic shock of COVID-19 better than almost every other state or territory, buoyed by our ‘mature and stable’ housing market – including a recent surge in multi-unit construction, strong renovations activity, retail trade and wages growth – Australia’s leading housing industry body has found. In its quarterly State Outlook (Winter…
FOI Relating to: T&F20/0142 ‘Copies of all invoices and receipts of charges against the Office Manager’s credit card in the Office of the Treasurer From 15 March 2014 and 16 March 2018’ T&F20/0141 ‘Copies of all statements of the Office Manager’s credit card in the Office of the Treasurer From 15 March 2014 to 16…
Labor leader Peter Malinauskas must immediately sack his frontbench colleague, Tom Koutsantonis – ironically the Opposition’s spokesman for Government accountability – who has been caught out concealing thousands of dollars of taxpayer spending on boozy lunches, dinners and fine wine during his time as state Treasurer. In recent weeks, Mr Malinauskas has said repeatedly that…
Former Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis has serious questions to answer about thousands of taxpayer dollars spent on alcohol, lunches and dinners which were deliberately hidden from public disclosure. Documents released under Freedom of Information show that, despite rules requiring public disclosure, Mr Koutsantonis hid spending on a series of boozy lunches and dinners, such as $856…
A land tax relief scheme which supports landlords provide significant rent reductions for their residential and commercial SME tenants impacted by COVID-19 restrictions will be extended by two months, to the end of September. Under the State Government scheme, eligible* landlords can receive up to a 25% reduction on their 2019-20 land tax liability on…
Independent global ratings agency, Moody’s, has reaffirmed its confidence in South Australia’s economy, recognising our ‘resilient and diverse’ economy as critical in helping cushion the blow of COVID-19. In its latest credit update, Moody’s – which has maintained the state’s Aa1 stable rating – acknowledged there would be some budget impact as a result of…