The Labor Government’s contempt for democracy since being elected in 2002 is reflected by the fact a staggering 3944 parliamentary questions have not been answered. The following table shows more than half (54.52%) of all questions have been unanswered. Total Questions Answered Unanswered % Unanswered House of Assembly 4450 2191 2259 50.79% Legislative Council…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today the Weatherill Government’s crazy shop trading hours laws were stopping many stores like Moana IGA from trading at the same time as its competitors. At the peak of the summer holiday season for many tourists and holiday makers the Moana IGA is forced to close at 5:00pm on weekends…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today the fourth leak in three months of a confidential Weatherill Government Cabinet document was a clear indication of a deeply divided and dysfunctional government. The latest leak is a Cabinet submission drafted just prior to the last election from Minister Jack Snelling relating to keeping secret details of serious…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today a new expert study into the nuclear waste dump will cause major problems for Mr Weatherill as it raises significant concerns and questions about the financial assumptions of the project. The report by international nuclear experts Nuclear Economics Consulting Group was released today by the Joint Parliamentary Committee and…
DetailsPremier Jay Weatherill has once again taken the extraordinary step of gagging his Ministers regarding their support for a high-level nuclear waste dump in South Australia during question time in State Parliament today. “For the second day running the Premier has refused to allow his Ministers to record their views regarding his doomed nuclear waste…
DetailsPremier Jay Weatherill has taken the extraordinary step of gagging his Ministers regarding their support for a high-level nuclear waste dump in South Australia during question time in State Parliament. “Jay Weatherill’s refusal to allow his Ministers to record their views regarding his doomed nuclear waste dump is illustrative of just how desperate he is…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today the Weatherill Government’s much hyped ‘forced redundancy for public servants’ policy was virtually unworkable for government departments. In late 2014 the Weatherill Government introduced its new policy of allowing forced redundancy of surplus public servants after a 12-month period. The Government proudly boasted that this policy, detailed in Determination…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today that after a 14-month Freedom of Information battle Treasurer Koutsantonis had been forced to admit he had allowed two of his ministerial staffers to fly business class with him to Canada. In March 2015 Mr Koutsantonis took his media adviser and chief of staff to a four day Prospectors…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today another leak of a confidential Cabinet submission, this time one signed by Treasurer Koutsantonis, is a major embarrassment for Premier Weatherill and his government. This leaked submission was signed by Treasurer Koutsantonis on 4 August 2014 and related to the controversial issue of the resignation of the former Small…
DetailsShadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today a leaked confidential Cabinet submission signed before the last election by Premier Weatherill conflicted with his public statements about the total cost to taxpayers of the Rolling Stones concert at Adelaide Oval. The leaked Cabinet submission signed by Mr Weatherill on 12 August 2013 included the recommendation that Cabinet…
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