Shadow Finance Minister Rob Lucas said today Treasurer Kevin Foley had ‘stuffed up’ his Adelaide Oval costings in a radio interview this morning. Mr Foley this morning admitted that his costings for the Adelaide Oval redevelopment were just a ‘ballpark estimate of $500 million’. He was then corrected by the interviewers who reminded him he…
Mike Rann’s desperate complaints to the Electoral Commissioner about the State Liberals’ RAH costings have been dismissed outright by the independent umpire. Kaye Mousley yesterday comprehensively dismissed Labor State Secretary Michael Brown’s complaint regarding the State Liberals’ advertised plan for the rebuild of the RAH. “…I am not satisfied that the [costings] advertisement is inaccurate…
Premier Mike Rann has today misled South Australians on the issue of pledges and election promises and has confirmed widespread public opinion that he cannot be trusted. “Mr Rann has this morning told South Australians that he has honoured all pre-election pledges made by him,” Liberal MLC Rob Lucas said today. “However, Mr Rann has…
If Kevin Foley wants to know about the State Liberals’ policies, he should start paying attention to detail and realise Labor has played “follow the Liberal Leader” for a long time now. “Mr Foley’s audacity on this issue is an embarrassment to himself and the Labor Party,” Liberal MLC Rob Lucas said today. “Mr Rann…
Grace Portolesi today admitted that Premier Mike Rann is not in control of his own Cabinet – another reason why Mr Rann cannot be trusted to govern South Australia. “Ms Portolesi this morning admitted that Mr Rann is not trusted to choose his own Ministers and revealed that Labor’s women are overlooked for men,” Mr…
Whilst welcoming a belated Rann Government announcement to duplicate the Southern Expressway, residents of southern suburbs will be wondering whether they can trust Mr Rann on yet another election eve promise. “Southern suburbs residents will remember just prior to the 2006 election a $140 million promise as detailed in the Advertiser to build an underpass…
The Report of the Statutory Authorities Review Committee into WorkCover had now been completed and published. “The Committee’s Report highlights that Premier Mike Rann had broken another key promise by not reducing the WorkCover average levy rate by June 2009,” Shadow Minister for Finance Rob Lucas said today. The following graph shows the average levy…
The State Liberals have discovered a massive financial black hole in the Rann Government’s untrustworthy stormwater plan. The Government has committed in its Water For Good document to use 20GL of stormwater by 2013 and up to 60GL by 2050 to stop drinking water being used for parks, sports grounds and industrial uses, Shadow Minister…
Plans by the Rann Government to allow developers to build a $5 million hotel complex on a public park in Paradise in a secret land swap deal is another example of a government that has stopped listening to the people. Shadow Minister for Finance Rob Lucas said the controversial development had been supported by local…
Today’s Advertiser opinion poll makes it clear that “trust” will be a key issue for voters in the upcoming State Election. “Today’s poll indicates that when asked which political leader they trusted the most, an overwhelming majority trusted Liberal Leader Isobel Redmond rather than Mike Rann,” Shadow Minister for Finance Rob Lucas said today. “In…