Premier Rann must explain publicly his reasons for continually appointing so many people with connections to the Labor Party to key Government Boards and Committees. Liberal Member of the Legislative Council Rob Lucas said today it was clear that if you were a ‘Labor Mate’ or had a close association with the Labor Party, your…
There had been a massive $37 million blowout in the implementation costs of the Rann Government’s troubled Shared Services project. Liberal Member of the Legislative Council, Rob Lucas, said today that previously confidential documents released under Freedom of Information had now revealed that the Rann Government ignored advice about possible cost blowouts provided 18 months…
The Auditor General should now investigate concerns which had been raised about the way the Rann Government had handled the tendering process for the State Aquatic Centre and GP Plus Centre at Marion. In June the Rann Government announced that the Aqua43 consortium, including MacQuarie Bank and Candetti Constructions, had been the successful tenderers for…
Premier Rann’s decision to appoint a ‘Labor mate’ and factional heavyweight to the WorkCover Board showed how arrogant and out of touch Mr Rann had become. Liberal Member of the Legislative Council, Rob Lucas, said today that Mr Rann was about to appoint Peter Malinauskas, State Secretary of the powerful right wing union, the Shop…
The Rann Government was going to spend $9 million on a fit-out for a building which was being vacated by the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) and SA Water as they moved into luxury new accommodation in the Catholic Church building in Victoria Square. Last week it was revealed that the Rann Government was going to…
The latest gazetted salaries for Rann Government ‘Spin Doctors’ and staff further confirmed that many of them were grossly overpaid and leeches on the public purse sucking valuable dollars from more important priorities. Liberal Member of the Legislative Council, Rob Lucas, said today that there is no justification at all for Mr Rann to pay…
Treasurer Kevin Foley was wasting millions of taxpayer dollars on ‘dead rent’ in buildings for public servants due to the Labor Government’s decision to delay the Shared Services project. Liberal Member of the Legislative Council, Rob Lucas, said today that in July last year the Rann Government announced the lease of nine floors of Westpac…
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,…