Liberal Member of the Legislative Council Rob Lucas claimed today Mr Rann received legal advice that public statements he had made about a referendum on his promise to abolish the Legislative Council were wrong. Since November 2005, Mr Rann has been promising to conduct a ‘pick-a-box’ type referendum on the future of the Legislative Council…
Liberal Member of the Legislative Council Rob Lucas has today criticised Premier Rann’s priorities because he is cutting public service jobs everywhere, but not in Ministers’ personal offices. Mr Rann is wasting about $25 million over four years on an explosion in the number of ‘Spin Doctors’ and other Ministerial staff employed in Ministerial offices.…
Liberal Member of the Legislative Council Rob Lucas has today called for major reform to the current process for the appointment of the Auditor General. The position of the Auditor General is absolutely critical for ensuring public accountability of Government expenditure and decision making. It is therefore obviously vital that all Members of Parliament have…
Liberal MLC Rob Lucas said today he would be asking the Statutory Authorities Review Committee (SARC) to recall key Land Management Corporation (LMC) executives to give further evidence to respond to allegations there was a major error in the Newport Quays Redevelopment contract which threatened the vicinity of commercial fishing businesses at Port Adelaide. Mr…
Liberal MLC Rob Lucas today released a detailed analysis of companies, individuals and unions who gave a record $4.9 million to Mr. Rann’s Labor Party in the 2005/2006 election year. Whilst the biggest listed donor was the mysterious ALP Holdings Pty Ltd, at $1.6 million, the biggest companies, individuals and unions are as follows: Donor…
“As a loyal Liberal, I accept completely that in the Liberal Party it is the right of the Leader alone to select his team,” Mr. Lucas said. “Whilst there have been indications of sufficient support from my Legislative Council colleagues for me to continue as Leader of the Legislative Council, I have decided that I…
Documents released under Freedom of Information legislation have confirmed that $2 million spent by Premier Rann on government advertising had been designed solely to help win the last election and had nothing to do with raising public awareness. Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today these FOI documents show that whilst Mr. Rann spent about $2…
Treasurer Foley has lost control of the State Budget and has obviously given up trying to stop Ministers from going on a spending spree just prior to the end of every year. Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today that budget figures just released show that some Rann Government Ministers actually spent up to 83 per…
A planned crackdown on drug abuse in Hindley Street and other entertainment precincts has been hindered by the inaction of Police Minister Holloway. Shadow Police Minister Rob Lucas said that Minister Holloway had confirmed that he would not be introducing a critical new drug law into Parliament until later this year. The drug law is…
Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today that thousands of struggling home buyers would be outraged at the ‘out of touch’ comments on housing affordability made by Treasurer Kevin Foley. “I don’t agree with the argument that stamp duty is affecting housing affordability.” K. Foley, The Australian (March 20, 2007) “Mr. Foley is living in ‘cloud…