Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today that the Liberal Party would submit a Freedom of Information application this week to try and get further details on the secret Rann Government and Ashbourne settlement. Mr. Rann, who is always available to the media when there is any good news to announce, has gone into hiding on…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today that now Mr. Rann was back from holidays he could no longer hide from answering the many unanswered questions on the payout to his former political adviser Randall Ashbourne. This payout cost taxpayers at least $400,000 and of course was announced last week whilst Mr. Rann was on holidays…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas today condemned Mr Rann’s handling of the Atkinson/Ashbourne scandal which had now cost taxpayers about $400,000. The Auditor-General, Ken MacPherson, in evidence to the Legislative Council Select Committee in August warned that the actions of Mr Rann had exposed the taxpayers of South Australia to a significant liability for unfair dismissal.…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas is accusing the Rann Government of playing pre-election political games over the timing of the release of important budget information. “Mr Rann’s decision to delay the release of the Mid-Year Budget Review until mid-January is a sneaky move designed to give a party political advantage to his government,” Mr Lucas said…
DetailsFinal budget figures for the last financial year confirm that the Rann Government collected $600m more revenue than originally estimated, according to Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas. “The 2004-05 Final Budget Outcome released today confirms that the Rann Government is ‘awash’ with GST money and also from massive increases in property taxes and other state taxes…
DetailsThe Liberal Party in South Australia would not be supporting any proposals to increase the rate of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) or to broaden the base of the GST to include items such as food, Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today. “Such a policy would also not be able to be implemented because…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today that Premier Rann now had no option but to investigate fully bullying claims against Attorney-General Michael Atkinson. Last week’s confirmation by a staff member for Labor MP Frances Bedford that she had organised a Telstra bar on Ms Bedford’s phone to stop unwelcome calls from Mr Atkinson is an…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today that Premier Rann now had no option but to investigate fully bullying claims against Attorney-General Michael Atkinson. Last week’s confirmation by a staff member for Labor MP Frances Bedford that she had organised a Telstra bar on Ms Bedford’s phone to stop unwelcome calls from Mr Atkinson is an…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today that the hapless Attorney General Michael Atkinson was looking increasingly isolated after a key member of his own staff blew a key element of the Attorney’s story out of the water. Mr George Karzis (Ministerial Advisor to Mr Atkinson) position remains that at a critical meeting between Mr Atkinson,…
DetailsFurther stunning allegations at today’s Atkinson-Ashbourne Select Committee hearing were another nail in the political coffin of Attorney-General Michael Atkinson, Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today. Ms Edith Pringle gave evidence today of a phone conversation with Mr Atkinson in November 2002 in which she claimed Mr Atkinson told her the defamation actions with Mr…
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