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…
The Auditor General appears to have criticised unfairly the actions of the Police Commissioner and SAPOL in a recent DNA case, Shadow Police Minister Rob Lucas said today. “On September 6, 2006, when giving evidence to the ‘Stashed Cash’ Select Committee, the Auditor General launched a blistering attack on SAPOL for not cooperating with an…
Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today that Estimates Committee questioning of the Treasurer showed that taxpayers will be paying $13 million per year to the private sector for the six proposed ‘super schools’. “Given that Mr Foley has estimated the total cost of the private sector investment will be $134 million, it seems a very…
Three specially trained drug detection dogs cannot do their job because the Rann Government has not introduced legislation to give SAPOL the necessary powers, Shadow Police Minister Rob Lucas said today. The three Labradors, Molly, Jay and Hooch, and their handlers are part of the Dog Operations Unit and were specially trained during June to…
Three specially trained drug detection dogs cannot do their job because the Rann Government has not introduced legislation to give SAPOL the necessary powers, Shadow Police Minister Rob Lucas said today. The three Labradors, Molly, Jay and Hooch, and their handlers are part of the Dog Operations Unit and were specially trained during June to…