There had been a $20.5 million blowout and a five year delay in a major IT project managed by Treasurer Kevin Foley. Evidence given to today’s meeting of the Legislative Council Budget and Finance Committee by Under Treasurer Jim Wright confirmed that the original $22.5 million budget for Revenue SA Information Systems To Enable Compliance…
Premier Mike Rann was trying to implement a lockout of Adelaide’s bars and clubs through the back door without introducing legislation into the Parliament. Liberal Member of the Legislative Council, Rob Lucas, said today that for the last few weeks Mr Rann had been trying to get more than 100 bars and club licensees in…
Thousands of people have joined with Rob Lucas to oppose strongly any proposed lockout of bars and clubs in Adelaide by the Rann Labor Government. An online Facebook Group titled “Don’t let MIKE RANN lock you out of Adelaide’s bars and clubs after 2am” currently had in excess of 8,000 members after only six days,…
Liberal Member of the Legislative Council, Rob Lucas, said today he would oppose strongly any proposed lockout of bars and clubs in Adelaide city. Mr Lucas said it was clear from statements by the Rann Government and Police Commissioner Mal Hyde that they were considering the introduction of a compulsory lockout. Messrs Gago and Holloway…
The Rann Government should be held accountable publicly for the level of funding provided to major events. Chief Executive of Tourism SA, Andrew McEvoy, today told the Legislative Council’s Budget and Finance Committee that ‘commercial confidentiality’ might prevent release of the details of government funding. Liberal Member of the Legislative Council, Rob Lucas, said today…
Premier Rann should be required to justify why he no longer reports publicly on the extent of taxpayer subsidies per seat sold to the State Opera. In evidence to the Legislative Council’s Budget and Finance Committee, Chief Executive of Arts SA, Greg Mackie, this week denied any knowledge of the reasons why the material was…
Liberal Member of the Legislative Council, Rob Lucas, said today’s evidence given to the Legislative Council’s Budget and Finance Committee had revealed that the Housing Minister Jay Weatherill had wasted up to $5 million on an information technology (IT) project which after five years still wasn’t working. “It is unbelievable that last week Mr Weatherill…
Premier Mike Rann should ensure more information is made available publicly about the activities of the Labor Party’s fundraising vehicle – SA Progressive Business. SA Progressive Business was first established in 2003 and is chaired by lobbyist and former Labor Senator Nick Bolkus. Liberal Member of the Legislative Council, Rob Lucas, said today that SA…
Liberal Member of the Legislative Council, Rob Lucas, has today called for an urgent review of an appalling example of public service mismanagement in which a public servant had been suspended on full pay for almost two and a half years for saying “bullshit” to a co-worker. “This appalling waste of taxpayers’ money is one…
The Rann Government had been left “red faced” by revelations that the independent actuary they appointed to do the WorkCover review was the same person they had attacked and denigrated for five years. Liberal Member of the Legislative Council, Rob Lucas, said today that last year Minister Michael Wright announced he had appointed two independent…