It’s been revealed that former Labor Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis ignored Treasury advice before the election to ensure MPs had offices located within their electorates following the redistribution of electoral boundaries. Treasury documents show that on 27 March 2017, Mr Koutsantonis rejected Treasury advice to allocate funding in the 2017-18 Budget to establish new electorate offices.…
DetailsThe former Labor Government concealed a secret deal prior to the state election to privatise the state’s Motor Vehicle Registry. As part of Labor’s privatisation of the Lands Titles Office, a secret deal was struck which saw the Land Services SA (LSSA) consortium pay $80 million to be granted an exclusive right to negotiate…
DetailsThe Marshall Liberal Government has welcomed the 2018-19 Federal Budget and will continue to work with the Turnbull Coalition Government to deliver for South Australians. “The Marshall Government has been working with Turnbull Government to secure funding for important infrastructure projects and we look forward to further discussing the opportunities contained in the Federal Budget,”…
DetailsState Treasurer Rob Lucas revealed today that former Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis had splashed $2.7 million in the last nine months before the election out of a personally controlled ‘slush fund’. “This was an unprecedented and outrageous pork barrelling exercise by Mr Koutsantonis with the vast bulk of the money going to support Labor MPs and…
DetailsTreasurer Rob Lucas today welcomed the decision by the Return To Work South Australia Board to reduce their average premium rate for businesses to 1.7 per cent for 2018/19. This new average premium rate of 1.7 per cent is reduced from 1.8 per cent this year and will be the lowest in the scheme’s…
DetailsThe Leader of the Opposition Peter Malinauskas has a chance to back up his words with action by supporting the Marshall Liberal Government’s reforms to shop trading hours. “The first real test for Mr Malinauskas is whether he is prepared to put the interests of the public ahead of the interests of his mates…
DetailsState Treasurer Rob Lucas will tell a meeting of all Treasurers in Melbourne today that the Marshall Government will oppose strongly any proposal to change the current agreed GST distribution deal. “The Marshall Government will not support any policy that disadvantages South Australia and reduces the level of expected funding expected under the current…
DetailsState Treasurer Rob Lucas has ordered SafeWork SA to prepare an urgent report on anomalies and absurdities in South Australia’s antiquated shop trading laws as well as claims of regular breaches of the current laws. “This report will be critical in the preparation of legislation for parliamentary debate on the Marshall Liberal Government’s reforms to…
DetailsLabor Leader in waiting Peter Malinauskas has serious questions to answer about his failure to release an essential safety report into the new Royal Adelaide Hospital prior to the state election. “The Labor Leader in waiting is the Labor Leader in hiding,” said Treasurer Rob Lucas. “The former Health Minister in the previous Labor administration…
DetailsThe State Liberals will end the practice of Government Ministers having long boozy lunches at the taxpayers’ expense with a strict new policy on who pays for alcohol consumed by Ministers, their staff and guests. Ministers spending taxpayers’ money on alcohol for themselves, their staff, public servants and guests will end under a Marshall Liberal…
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