The Liberal Party will support Labor Government moves to remove the ‘no forced redundancy’ arrangements in the South Australian public sector, Shadow Public Sector Management Minister Rob Lucas said today. “The Liberal Party accepts that forced redundancy provisions should be one of many options available for government to help manage an efficient and effective public…
Shadow Finance Minister Rob Lucas today accused the Labor Government of massive waste of taxpayer money by continuing to fund a ‘ghost ministerial office’. Mr Lucas said even though former Minister Bernard Finnigan resigned two months ago, the Labor Government has continued to waste money on a fully operational Ministerial office – even though there…
The Labor Government’s much vaunted Shared Services project has become an unmitigated disaster, Shadow Finance Minister Rob Lucas said today. Mr Lucas said Budget documents reveal a further blowout of $10.5 million in the total costs of the project after another blowout of $8.3 million was revealed by Treasury in a letter to the Budget…
Taxpayers paid up to $500 an hour for Labor Government Ministers to receive professional media training, Shadow Finance Minister Rob Lucas said today. Information provided to the Liberal Party from yet another leak has confirmed that Media Insider, a company run by Channel 10 Sports Reporter Mark Aiston, had been contracted to provide the training.…
The Labor Government has caved into pressure from the Opposition and industry groups, shelving its controversial industrial safety legislation which former Minister Bernard Finnigan had been trying to rush through parliament. Labor’s sole remaining Minister in the Legislative Council, Gail Gago, today took the unprecedented action of discharging and withdrawing the Bill. Shadow Industrial Relations…
Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations Rob Lucas said today the Labor Government needed immediately to delay consideration of controversial industrial safety legislation, which former Minister Bernard Finnigan had been trying to rush through Parliament. Mr Finnigan introduced this legislation on 7 April and had advised Members it was a priority for debate in the next…
Auditor-General Simon O’Neill has confirmed to a parliamentary committee that funding to organisations such as Guide Dogs SA had been altered from the amounts approved by Cabinet. Shadow Finance Minister Rob Lucas said the Auditor-General told the Legislative Council Select Committee on Disability Services Funding organisations had missed out on up to $640,000: Organisation Cabinet…
The Rann Government is still embroiled in a legal dispute with a building company which had refused to repay $750,000 to the South Australian Fire and Emergency Services Commission (SAFECOM), Shadow Finance Minister Rob Lucas said today. “Evidence given to the Legislative Council Budget and Finance Committee by SAFECOM CEO David Place has confirmed that…
The Labor Government must explain why it paid Adelaide Aqua millions of dollars extra in a failed attempt to meet a construction deadline for the Lonsdale desalination plant, Shadow Finance Minister Rob Lucas said today. In evidence to a Parliamentary Select Committee yesterday, Adelaide Aqua executives refused to reveal the exact level of the payment…
The Rann Government is about to backflip on a key public sector reform and savings measure announced in the last State Budget, Shadow Finance Minister Rob Lucas said today. “In the last State Budget the Government announced the abolition of the separate and independent position of Commissioner of Public Employment,” Mr Lucas said. “The Government’s…