Delivered on 22 June 2021, on the second reading of the Appropriation Bill 2021, by the Honourable Rob Lucas MLC, Treasurer of South Australia. Mr Speaker, as much as I always enjoy the company of you and your colleagues, I am delighted to note that this will be the last occasion on which I…
Mr President I seek leave to make a Ministerial Statement. The Marshall Government has been a long standing supporter of the current objective of horizontal fiscal equalisation which is to provide states and territories with the capacity to provide services and the associated infrastructure at the same standard — or in other words, full equalisation. …
Today, I am pleased to introduce the Retail Trading Bill 2018, which will give choice back to South Australians by reforming our outdated shop trading laws in the current Shop Trading Hours Act 1977. As part of the Liberal government's election platform, a commitment was made to deregulate South Australia's shop trading hours, reduce red…
The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (16:43): I rise on behalf of Liberal members to address this bill. Essentially, I will treat this as a cognate debate. There are two bills, the Constitution (One Vote One Value) Amendment Bill and an associated bill in relation to the establishment of a referendum. I will address the bulk of my…
The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (11:14): I rise to continue my contribution on the Budget Measures Bill. At the outset, can I just indicate to the government and its advisers that when we last spoke, as has been my custom and practice, I placed on the record some advice from one of South Australia’s leading tax lawyers…
The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (16:36): I move: That this council notes with concern the actions taken by Labor MPs and statements made by Labor MPs both inside and outside the parliament. The motion that I have moved this afternoon has been brought on by the arrogance and hypocrisy that I and other members have witnessed from Labor…
The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (17:01): I move: That this council notes the level of total state debt in South Australia since the early 1990s and the factors that have influenced that level of state debt. In speaking to this motion, I want to trace the history of the issues that relate to the level of the…
As I indicated in speaking to the companion bill, and that bill has now passed, the Liberal Party is looking at these as cognate debate companion bills. I want to address some more considered and lengthy remarks to the second reading of this bill. As I have indicated to the Leader of the Government, I…
The Hon. R.I. LUCAS ( 11:49 :22 ): After many days of waiting, I am pleased to be able to speak to the second reading of the Employment Tribunal bill. Over the last few weeks we have seen some three or four pages of amendments to the government’s own bill moved by the government in…
The Hon. R.I. LUCAS ( 16:17 :15 ): I rise on behalf of Liberal members to support the second reading of the Supply Bill. The Supply Bill, as members will be aware, is a mechanism each year to provide appropriation of just over $3 billion to enable the continued payment of public servants and public…