The Rann Government has breached its own contract disclosure policy and commitments made in Parliament by not releasing a copy of the Government’s first Public Private Partnerships (PPP) contract, Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today. “In May 2005, the Rann Government entered into a contract with Plenary Justice to deliver a number of regional police…
Shadow Police Minister Rob Lucas has today offered cautious support for a Rann Government proposal to use private security guards to help protect the state against terrorist attacks. “However, whilst we can see the potential advantages of this proposal, there are a number of serious issues that would need to be resolved before it should…
The Australian Bureau of Statistics had released official economic growth figures showing South Australia has the second slowest growing economy in the nation, Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today. Economic growth in SA last year was only 2.2 per cent, which was worse than all other states and territories with the exception of New South…
The Minister for Industry and Trade, Mr. Foley, had continued to ignore warnings from the Auditor General about significant accounting control deficiencies in his Department, Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today. This year’s Auditor General’s Report states: “…Staff who processed expenditure transactions on behalf of the Department did not have a signature register to verify…
A key industry group has given evidence to a Parliamentary committee that some investors were not investing in South Australia due, in part, to the high level of property taxes in SA, Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today. The Property Council gave evidence to the Legislative Council Select Committee on property taxes and stated: “As…
Minister for Health John Hill stood condemned for a financial scandal identified in the Auditor-General’s Report in which most of the decisions taken last year in the $2.5 billion Health Department were made without appropriate approval authority, Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today. “The Auditor-General’s Report this year highlighted that Treasurer’s Instructions had been breached…
Shadow Minster for Police Rob Lucas today called for a review as for the reasons why SAPOL had estimated $51 million of traffic infringement notices issued in 2006 would not be collected this year. “During Estimates Committee hearings, Deputy Police Commissioner John White indicated that this year expiation notices to the value of $127 million…
Two senior Rann Government Ministers have given conflicting answers in Parliament as to whether a $35 million Rann Government grant to Mitsubishi would have to be repaid if they closed their manufacturing plant in South Australia, Shadow Minister for Industry and Trade Rob Lucas said today. “In simple terms, either Treasurer Foley or Minister Holloway…
The number of surplus employees under the Rann Government was now 275 and growing, and costing tax payers almost $20 million every year, Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today. “Minister Weatherill told Estimates Committee last week the number of surplus employees was now 275, rather than the previously announced 174 employees,” Mr. Lucas said. “These…
Claims by a Rundle Street nightclub owner that police have not responded to a complaint about counterfeit $50 notes needed to be investigated urgently, Shadow Police Minster Rob Lucas said today. “The nightclub owner has told me that three weeks ago a patron had passed two counterfeit $50 notes at his nightclub. The owner then…