Shadow Health Minister, Rob Lucas, said the State Liberals would commit to spending $17.5 million to build a new neonatal unit at Flinders Medical Centre (FMC) if elected to Government, which would eventually see an increase of up to 15 cots for babies. The State Liberals accept there is a need for improved facilities for…
DetailsPremier Weatherill’s dirty tricks campaign has now been embarrassingly exposed as a Labor candidate was forced to admit Labor political apparatchiks were forging her signature while pretending she had been door-knocking. Katrine Hildyard, who is one of Mr Weatherill’s Left faction candidates and allies, was yesterday forced to apologise for her involvement in ‘forgerygate.’ However,…
DetailsAnother confidential document has been deliberately leaked to the State Liberals designed to damage the integrity of the besieged Premier Weatherill. In December 2013, Mr Weatherill announced the appointment of Labor mate and former federal Minister Greg Combet as Automotive Industry Advisor, claiming the total payment would be $160,000 per annum. However, a confidential invoice…
DetailsPremier Weatherill and Labor appear to have been caught out engaging in more sneaky campaign tactics. The State Liberals have obtained three “Sorry I Missed You” doorknocking cards and a streetcorner meeting letter from Labor candidate for Reynell, Katrine Hildyard, in four different handwriting styles. The doorknocking cards, signed “Kind Regards Katrine”, give the impression…
DetailsThe Weatherill Labor Government’s child protection scandal has now spread to another department – SA Health. Nurses at Modbury Hospital have informed the State Liberals that security guards employed at the hospital do not have a ‘working with children’ police clearance even though they have access to parts of the hospital where children are treated.…
DetailsThe Weatherill Labor Government’s child protection scandal has now spread to another department – SA Health. Nurses at Modbury Hospital have informed the State Liberals that security guards employed at the hospital do not have a ‘working with children’ police clearance even though they have access to parts of the hospital where children are treated.…
DetailsPremier Weatherill and Labor have continued to follow the State Liberals’ lead on policy initiatives. At Labor’s campaign launch yesterday, Mr Weatherill announced a number of policies “Labor will continue to lobby the Australian Government to restore meaningful concessions through the regional migration system which will help Adelaide attract skilled migrants.” Last month, State Liberal…
DetailsThe State Liberals have today launched a television advertisement to remind South Australians that Labor‟s crippling division and disunity means they don‟t know who will be Labor Leader after the State Election. “South Australia cannot afford another four years of Jay Weatherill and Labor,” said Liberal spokesman Rob Lucas. “Feedback from Liberal candidates in marginal…
DetailsIn an extraordinary revelation, one of Premier Weatherill’s own Labor colleagues has labeled him a “dead man walking” who will be removed after the March State Election. This latest extraordinary revelation comes one day after senior Labor Right-aligned MPs and figures declared Premier Weatherill “would pay” for creating a “f**king disaster” by threatening to resign…
DetailsThe dysfunctional Weatherill Labor Government’s crisis of division, disunity and dysfunction has descended into open factional warfare with yet another leak. On Monday – four days into Mr Weatherill’s crisis – Minister Koutsantonis told media: “I am not involved in factional politics anymore and everyone in the Labor Party knows that.” (Channel 9, 03/02/14) Despite…
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