Drivers detected driving with ecstasy would not be penalised under the Rann Government’s new drug driving laws, Shadow Police Minister Rob Lucas said today. “It seems hard to understand why the Rann Government would decide on such a bizarre policy unless the explanation is that this is yet another ‘stuff up’ by Transport Minister Conlon,”…
DetailsThe Rann Government has been left red-faced by revelations that the Victorian Labor Government this year amended its drug driving legislation to include ecstasy as a prescribed drug, Shadow Police Minister Rob Lucas said today. “The changes to Victoria’s drug driving laws will take effect on 1 July, the same date as South Australia’s less…
DetailsThe Lennon Labor Government in Tasmania has this week demonstrated that the Rann Government’s stated reasons for delaying its budget are plain nonsense, Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today. In announcing the Budget would be delayed until September, Mr Foley claimed it was because of the election: “The delay’s occurring because we had a State…
DetailsThree separate sets of official economic figures issued this past week paint a bleak picture of South Australia’s current economic performance, Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today. These Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) figures show: • SA’s economic growth over the last year was the second worst of all states and territories • SA’s business…
DetailsA continuing series of leaks from within the Government and the public service is a clear indication of a Government and Ministers under pressure and a budget in crisis, Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today. “Yesterday’s amazing revelation that Treasurer Foley was unaware that a key government agency that reports to him (the South Australian…
DetailsAn unprecedented lobbying campaign by Attorney-General Atkinson and Premier Rann failed to block the re-establishment of two critical Legislative Council Select Committees, Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today. Liberal Members, supported by key Independent Members, voted this evening to re-establish the ‘Stashed Cash’ and Atkinson/Ashbourne Affair Select Committees to allow them to finish their jobs…
DetailsA commitment by the Rann Government and Minister Karlene Maywald that the relocated Loxton police station would be open during business hours has become just another Rann/Maywald broken promise, Shadow Police Minister Rob Lucas said today. “The current Minister for Police, Paul Holloway, was asked questions in Parliament today about the broken promise and he…
DetailsA new financial analysis prepared by an independent think tank includes a scathing criticism of the waste and squandered opportunities of the Rann Government, Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today. “The Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) has highlighted that all states, including South Australia, have experienced phenomenal revenue growth from the GST which was far…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas has welcomed the decision today of Parliament’s Upper House to re-establish a Parliamentary inquiry into the collection of property taxes and what are widely considered to be inequities in the current system. The Legislative Council has late this afternoon voted to appoint a select committee to inquire into property tax collection.…
DetailsShadow Police Minister Rob Lucas said today that the Rann Government had to accept responsibility for its role in ongoing problems with managing the state’s DNA database identified by Judge Shaw in her scathing judgement last week. While the Police Commissioner will speak on behalf of police officers, Judge Shaw’s judgement raises a number of…
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