South Australia’s 25,000-strong teaching workforce has voted overwhelmingly in favour of the Government’s Enterprise Agreement offer, in a move that locks in pay rises of 2.35% per annum for teachers and 3.35% for principals and preschool directors over three years and officially ends the long-running pay dispute. A two-week state-wide ballot, which ended at 5pm…
DetailsAll Rundle Mall and CBD retailers will have the option of trading later, until 7pm, on Saturday and Sunday night – if they choose – so they can capitalise on tens of thousands of people in the city for the Superloop Adelaide 500 and Adelaide Fringe. Treasurer Rob Lucas said he had made the decision…
DetailsColes Rundle Place has become the second supermarket in Rundle Mall to be granted a special State Government exemption to trade extended hours during the Superloop Adelaide 500 weekend, so they can cater for an influx of interstate and international tourists as well as tens of thousands of local motorsport and Adelaide Fringe festival fans. Coles Group wrote to Treasurer Rob…
DetailsInterstate and international tourists, as well as tens of thousands of local motorsport and Adelaide Fringe festival fans, will be able to pick up additional snacks, drinks and other grocery supplies on their way through the city, with the State Government granting a special exemption to Woolworths Rundle Mall to trade later – until 7pm – next Saturday and Sunday…
DetailsSouth Australian small businesses, primary producers and non-profit organisations impacted by the recent bushfires on Kangaroo Island and at Cudlee Creek, as well as other SA regions, including Keilira in the state’s South-East and at Yorketown on the Yorke Peninsula, are being invited to apply to the State Government for concessional loans to assist them…
DetailsThe second year of Boxing Day trade across suburban Adelaide was a ‘roaring success’, with new industry figures revealing record consumer demand last year, as more than 150,000 South Australians and holidaying tourists flocked to the ‘burbs to bag a post-Christmas bargain. Shopping Centre Council of Australia (SCCA) data, using a sample of its member centres, which includes SA’s largest centre…
DetailsThe Marshall Liberal Government has announced its formal response to the final report of the SA Productivity Commission’s Inquiry into Government Procurement (Stage 2) – which will result in one of the most significant reforms of the state’s procurement system in more than a decade. Treasurer Rob Lucas said the Government has accepted all 60 of its recommendations – the…
DetailsThe State Government has today announced tax relief measures and the waiving of fees and charges for people affected by bushfires in South Australia. Tax relief measures include: Ex-gratia tax relief for the stamp duty payable on the purchase of replacement properties and motor vehicles Ex-gratia relief for 2019-20 and 2020-21 land tax liabilities for those directly impacted by bushfires in…
DetailsThe Marshall Liberal Government has begun repairing South Australia’s reputation for successfully managing Public Private Partnerships (PPPs), with strong and competitive market participation in the recent tender for two new state-of-the-art Birth to Year 12 schools in Adelaide. The contract to design, construct and maintain the schools, in Aldinga (southern suburbs) and Angle Vale (northern suburbs), has been awarded to TESA…
Details“The Government has released publicly details of taxpayer-funded credit card expenses from 2013 to 2016 for the Office of the Leader of the Opposition. “In response to an earlier FOI request, Treasury had released details of expenses from 2016 to 2018 but had advised that, due to a software change in 2016, data prior to…
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