Information provided to the State Liberals raises further doubts over Public Sector Minister Susan Close’s version of events about the appointment of Erma Ranieri as Commissioner for Public Sector Employment. “Information provided to the State Liberals by a whistleblower is that on 7 April 2014 Minister Close took a submission to cabinet indicating she would…
DetailsPublic Sector Minister Susan Close must address a series of unanswered questions about the appointment of Erma Ranieri as the Commissioner for Public Sector Employment. In May, the State Liberals asked Minister Close in Parliament: “Can the Minister assure the house that when the current Commissioner for Public Employment concludes his term she will ensure…
DetailsTreasury CEO Brett Rowse has confirmed Federal funds to SA will actually increase by $2 billion per year by 2017/18, Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas said today. In evidence to the Budget and Finance Committee, Mr Rowse agreed total Federal grants to SA in 2017/18 will be $9.9 billion, an increase of $2 billion over the…
DetailsIn a script worthy of the Yes Minister TV series, it has been revealed South Australia’s Treasury Department doesn’t have an economic forecasting unit. “It is bizarre and simply defies logical explanation that Premier Weatherill and Treasurer Koutsantonis could have decided South Australia’s Treasury should probably be the only Treasury in Australia not to have…
DetailsThe State Budget is based on a range of absurdly optimistic revenue assumptions that will require South Australia to transform overnight from economic basketcase to economic powerhouse to be realised. “At the heart of the Treasurer’s dodgy figures is the assumption that South Australian tax revenue growth will rocket along at 6.2 per cent, the…
DetailsA senior State Government source has provided information that the Weatherill Government employed highly-paid consultants last year to consider privatising some SA Water assets said Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas. In evidence to the Budget and Finance Committee, Under Treasurer Brett Rowse refused to answer questions on the grounds the issue had gone to Cabinet and…
DetailsTreasurer Koutsantonis has been severely embarrassed by today’s revelation the Weatherill Government will be applying for money under the Federal Government’s 15 per cent asset recycling grant scheme. Evidence to the Budget and Finance Committee by Treasury head Brett Rowse confirmed the Government would be applying for the bonus after its decision to privatise the…
DetailsThe record $1.2 billion deficit that the Weatherill Labor Government has delivered for this financial year is the Labor Government’s single most expensive broken promise. Mr Koutsantonis’ record breaking budget has just delivered the largest deficit in South Australia’s history at $1.2 billion and the biggest debt in SA’s history at $14.3 billion. “If the…
DetailsSouth Australians should be asking themselves what promises the Weatherill Labor Government will break in today’s Budget. “The Weatherill Labor Government has spent 12 years making and breaking promises and has shown that it cannot be trusted,” said Shadow Treasurer Rob Lucas. “There is already serious doubt over one of the Weatherill Labor Government’s key…
DetailsThe Weatherill Labor Government must ensure that safety is the top priority at the new Royal Adelaide Hospital construction site after the latest safety incident. Media outlets have reported that a crane has this morning dropped a load of steel at the new Royal Adelaide Hospital site – the latest incident at the site. “We…
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