Treasurer Kevin Foley’s personal mobile phone bill for 2009 cost South Australian taxpayers a massive $22,000. “Mr Foley must explain publicly why he is wasting up to $22,000 per annum when there are many local phone plans offering unlimited national calls, text messages and significant mobile internet browsing for $129 per month, or only $1,548…
Evidence given to the Legislative Council Budget and Finance Committee had revealed the supposed 15 per cent cut in Ministerial Office costs was a fraud. “Treasury officers confirmed this week that the 15 per cent cut will not be applied to the total actual cost of staff and resources in Ministers’ offices,” Shadow Minister for…
Premier Mike Rann’s promised 15 per cent cut in Ministerial Office budgets is an illusion and yet another example of “Rann Spin”. “In fact, the Budget documents show Ministerial Office budgets actually increase by $1.2 million this year compared to last year,” Shadow Minister for Finance Rob Lucas said today. “The Budget papers claim that…
After a 30 month battle, Treasurer Kevin Foley had been forced to release details of payments made to consultant Bruce Carter and his company. “For 30 months, Mr Foley and Mr Rann have refused to answer questions on notice in Parliament about total payments made by the Government to Mr Carter and his company,” Shadow…
Treasurer Kevin Foley has today been accused of gross hypocrisy when it was revealed he had paid almost $50,000 to a company he had unfairly criticised as doing “shoddy work” for the Liberal Party before the election. “Under Treasurer Jim Wright has provided evidence to the Legislative Council Budget and Finance Committee that Mr Foley…
The USB Budget leak earlier in the week has revealed confidential information the Budget Papers claimed should not and would not be revealed. “Budget Papers revealed the Rann Government was going to privatise or sell all metropolitan hospital car parks and Medvet laboratories,” Shadow Minister for Finance Rob Lucas said today. “Budget Paper 6 (pp…
Evidence to the Legislative Council Budget and Finance Committee had confirmed the total cost of the Adelaide Oval project had blown out to at least $655 million. Rod Hook, deputy CEO of the Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure, confirmed that the following four projects were all not included in the current $535 million estimate…
There must be a review of the processes being used by the Rann Government in offering targeted voluntary separation packages to public servants. Evidence given by the Education Department’s CEO, Chris Robinson, to the Legislative Council Budget and Finance Committee has raised a number of serious concerns including complaints from staff that improper and unacceptable…
The Education Department’s CEO, Chris Robinson, had refused to answer questions from a Parliamentary Committee about Budget cuts recommended by the Rann Government’s Sustainable Budget Commission. “This was despite the Under Treasurer and the Health Department CEO both recently answering similar questions for their departments,” Shadow Minister for Finance Rob Lucas said today. “The Health…
Shadow finance Minister Rob Lucas said today the CEO of SA Health, Dr Tony Sherbon, confirmed SA Health had over spent by $210 million last year and the Sustainable Budget Commission (SBC) had told it to prepare annual budget cuts of $360 million per year. It is clear that Treasurer Foley has lost control of…